Lesson 5
The facts
确切数字
Part 1:New words and expressions Part 2:Text Part 3:Summary writing Part 4:Special difficulties Part 5:Exercise
New words and expressions
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. 记者立即出发去核实这些重要的事实，但 过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来。
Mean while, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine woul1d soon go to press. 在此期间，编辑等得不耐烦了，因为杂志 马上要付印。
He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply. 他给记者先后发去两份传真，但对方毫无 反应。
He sent yet another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. 于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说， 若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Mean while, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine woul1d soon go to press. He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply. He sent yet another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
学习提示： 在主从复合句中，主句倒装，从句不倒装。 例句支持： Only when she is seriously ill（从句） does she ever stay in bed(主句)． 她只有在病重的时候才会卧床不起。
Summary writing
1.Did the journalist immediately set out to get the facts after receiving instructions from his editor or not? 2.Did he send them at once or not? 3.Was the editor getting impatient or not? 4.How many faxes did the editor send? 5.What did the editor threaten to do? 6.Was the last fax answered or not? 7.Was the article omitted from the magazine, or was it printed in its original form? 8.When did the journalist send a fax? 9.Why had he been imprisoned?
本文语法：部分倒装 （Partial Anastrophe） 一句话总结： 倒装有时是句子结构的需要，而有时是表 示强调等修辞手法的需要。
原句重现： (Line 13) Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.
3) only置于句首，表强调，句子要用部分倒装。 Only in this way, can you learn English well． 只有通过这个方法，你才能把英语学好。 Only after being asked three times did she come to the meeting. 只有请了她三次后，她才去开会。
When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. 稿子寄来后，编辑看了第一句话就拒绝予 以发表。
The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.’ 文章的开头是这样的：“几百级台阶通向 环绕总统府的高墙。”
Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. 去年，一位记者受一家有名的杂志的委托 写一篇关于非洲某个新成立共和国总统府 的文章。
editor ['edɪtə] extreme [ɪk'striːm] statistics [stə'tɪstɪks] journalist ['dʒɜːnəlɪst] president ['prezɪdənt] palace ['pæ lɪs] publish ['pʌblɪʃ] fax [fæ ks] impatient [ɪm'peɪʃnt] fire ['faɪə(r)] originally [ə'rɪdʒənəli]
2) such，so，neither，nor放在句首时句子常用 部分倒装。 So precious is time that we can not afford to waste it. 如此的宝贵以至于经不起我们浪费。 If you won’t go, neither will I． 如果你不去，我也不去。
The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. 编辑立即给那位记者发去传真，要求他核 实一下台阶的确切数字和围墙的高度。
编辑 极端 统计数字 新闻记者 总统 王宫，宏伟的住宅 出版 传真 不耐烦的 解雇 起初，原先，从前
Text
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.’ The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
常见的引起倒装的词汇： 1)句首否定和半否定词：no, not, never, seldom, little, hardly, at no time, in no way，not until, 这些词汇置于句首时句子常用部分倒装。 Never have I seen such a performance． 我从来没有看过这么精彩的表演。 Nowhere will you find the answer to this question．你在哪儿都找不到这个问题的答案。 Not until the child fell asleep did the mother leave the room.到孩子睡着，母亲才离开房间。