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Book 3 Lesson 45
Part 1
Lead in
The Power of the Press
Part 2
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(1) In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned.
單詞：democratic adj. 民主的
詞組：民主黨/權/選舉 _________________________________
擴展（派生詞）：
____________ n. 民主政治，民主國家
____________ n. 民主人士，民主黨人
德先生&賽先生 _______________________
單詞：effort n. 努力
詞組：竭盡全力做某事 __________________________
democracy
democratic party/rights/elections
democrat
democracy and science
spare no effort to do sth.
(1) In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned.
單詞：restrict v. 限制
詞組：把……限制在 ______________
翻譯：發言者只談論了有關醫療保健的一些建議。
___________________________________________________
__________
囚犯的活動被限制在監獄里。
____________________________________________________
派生詞：___________ n. 限制
restrict…to…
The speaker restricted his remarks to the health care problems.
The prisoners’ activities are restricted within the prison.
restriction
(1) In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned.
詞組：the freedom of the press _________
擴展：
言論自由 _______________________
信仰自由 _______________________
單詞：rightly adv. _______________________
單詞：condemn v. 譴責
He was condemned to death for murder and later hanged. ___________ = __________
新聞自由
the freedom of belief
the freedom of speech
有道理地，有充分理由地
宣判，判處
sentence
(1) In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned.
翻譯：在民主國家，任何鼓勵人們行使思想自由的努力都應受到高度贊揚。
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In democratic countries, any efforts to encourage people to exercise their freedom of thought are highly praised.
(2) However, this freedom can easily be abused.
單詞：abuse v. 濫用
翻譯：She abused her position as principal by giving jobs to her friends.
______________________________________________
The referee was threatened and abused.
______________________
擴展：No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. (N3 L23)
篇章：_________
她濫用自己作為校長的職權，把工作安排給朋友們。
裁判遭到了恐嚇和謾罵。
承上啟下
(3) Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political events.
單詞：event
擴展：寫出以下event的意思
1. The election was the main event of 2008. _________
2. a fund-raising event ___________________
3. The 800 meters is the fourth event of the afternoon. ______________________
重大事件
公開活動，社交場合
（體育運動的）比賽項目
(4) Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves.
句型：enjoy … , equally enjoy …（并列句型）
詞組：read of / about _____
單詞：doubtful adj. ___________
翻譯：這輛汽車未必還能用上一年。
__________________________________________________
語法：whether引導_________
獲悉
未必，難說
It’s doubtful whether the car will last another year.
主語從句
(4) Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves.
翻譯：
盡管我們常常喜歡八卦別人的隱私，可是我們是否同樣喜歡成為別人議論的對象，這很難說了。
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Though we may enjoy gossiping about others’ privacy, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy becoming the object of others’ gossip.
(5) Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives.
詞組：act on… __________________
翻譯：警方根據密報(tip-off)逮捕了毒品走私者。
________________________________________________________________
擴展：Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag and took them to Robert. (N3 L23)
語法：acting on _________作_________，代替平庸的原因狀語從句because I think...
根據/因為……行事
Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested the drug smugglers.
現在分詞
原因狀語
(5) Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives.
單詞：contention n. 論點
句型：__________________________
翻譯：
我方論點是即使在民主國家，人們的自由也該受到限制。
__________________________________________________________________________________________
擴展（派生詞）：
__________ v. 爭論，聲稱，競爭
_____________ adj. 引起爭議的
It is my contention that…
It’s my contention that even in democratic countries, people’s freedom should be restricted.
contentious
contend
(5) Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives.
語法：that引導___________
翻譯：facts are sacred __________
單詞：untold adj. 數不清的
擴展（近義詞）：__________
詞組：a man of untold wealth _____________
翻譯：洪水已經給數千家庭造成了極大的痛苦。
_____________________________________________________________
同位語從句
事實至上
countless
腰纏萬貫的人
The flood has caused untold misery to thousands of families.
(5) Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives.
擴展（一詞多義）：
Her story remains untold. _________
句型：do A by doing B
翻譯：家長們本著分數至上的原則，逼著孩子做不感興趣的事，會給孩子帶來無限災難。
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未透露的
Acting on the contention that scores are sacred, parents may cause untold disasters to children by forcing them to do things that they are not interested in.
(6) Newspapers exert such tremendous influence that they can not only bring about major changes to the lives of ordinary people but can even overthrow a government.
詞組：exert influence on … _______________
語法：such…that…引導_____________
詞組：bring about sth.= _________
單詞：overthrow v. _____
對……產生影響
結果狀語從句
帶來……
推翻
(7) The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight, dramatically illustrates the power of the press.
詞組：
acquire fame and fortune overnight _________________
單詞：dramatically adv. _________________
單詞：illustrate v. ___________
擴展（一詞多義）：
He has illustrated the book with black-and-white
photographs. ______________________
一夜暴富，一夜成名
急劇地；戲劇性地
說明，闡明
給（書）加插圖（圖表）
(8) The family lived in Aberdeen, a small town of 23,000 inhabitants in South Dakota.
單詞：Aberdeen 阿拜丁
單詞：inhabitant 居民，住戶
擴展：________ v. 居住
單詞：South Dakota 南達科他州
inhabit
(9) As the parents had five children, life was a perpetual struggle against poverty.
單詞：perpetual adj. 永久的
擴展（近義詞）：
________________________________
詞組：struggle against _________________
翻譯：As poor as a church mouse, they have to struggle against perpetual poverty.
________________________________
permanent / everlasting / eternal
為反對……而斗爭
他們一貧如洗，永遠在貧困中掙扎。
(9) As the parents had five children, life was a perpetual struggle against poverty.
句型：… is a perpetual struggle against …
翻譯：索求知識就是不斷地戰勝愚昧無知。
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Seeking after knowledge is a perpetual struggle against ignorance.
(10) They were expecting their sixth child and were faced with even more pressing economic problems.
詞組：be expecting a baby _____
詞組：be faced with ______
單詞：pressing adj. 緊迫的
翻譯：Time is pressing. __________
懷孕
面臨
時間緊迫。
(11) If they had only had one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed.
語法：if ____________________________
請將該句倒裝：_________________________________________________
_______________________
單詞：unnoticed adj. 未被察覺的
語法：unnoticed __________作_________
虛擬語氣（對過去事實相反）
Had they had only one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed.
過去分詞
方式狀語
(12) They would have continued to struggle against economic odds and would have lived in obscurity.
單詞：odds n. 困難，逆境
單詞：obscurity n. 默默無聞
詞組：默默無聞做某事 ___________________
翻譯：他全盛時期，被男男女女愛戴，可最終死時籍籍無名。
He ______________ by men and women alike in his day yet _____________________________
擴展（派生詞）：_________ adj. 無名的；昏暗的
Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother. (N3L36)
do sth. in obscurity
was adorned
died in obscurity in the end.
obscure
(12) They would have continued to struggle against economic odds and would have lived in obscurity.
翻譯（一詞多義）：
He is of obscure origin. ____________
The bus stopped at an obscure bus stop.
汽車停靠在_____________。
擴展（文學知識）：Jude the Obscure 《無名的裘德》，作者：Thomas Hardy
詞組：live in obscurity ___________________
擴展：
窮奢極欲 ______________ 聲名顯著 _____________
他出身寒門。
不起眼的小站
live in fame
live in luxury
默默無聞地生活下去
(13) But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event which radically changed their lives.
詞組：become the parents of _____
翻譯：His arrival at this conclusion was the result of much thought.
______________________________
單詞：quintuplet n. 五胞胎之一
擴展：
三胞胎之一 _______ 四胞胎之一 ____________
六胞胎之一 __________ 七胞胎之一 __________
八胞胎之一 _________
生下
他得出這結論是深思熟慮的結果。
triplet
quadruplet
sextuplet
septuplet
octuplet
(13) But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event which radically changed their lives.
語法：請分析an event 在這句話中的成分？
________________________________
單詞：radically adv. 徹底地，完全地
翻譯：
他買了一輛寶馬，這事徹底影響了全村人民的價值觀。
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an event是前面整個句子的同位語
He became the owner of a BMW, an event which exerted radical influence on the values of all villagers.
(14) The day after the birth of the five children, an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing sixty reporters and photographers.
語法：bringing _________作_________
現在分詞
伴隨狀語
(15) The rise to fame was swift.
句型：The rise to … was swift. 很快……
翻譯：
很快暴富。
_____________________________
（明星）很快沉寂。
_______________________________
The rise to fortune was swift.
The sink to obscurity was swift.
(16) Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the country.
詞組：carry the news ___________
報道，宣傳
(17) Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sums for the exclusive rights to publish stories and photographs.
單詞：exclusive adj. 獨占的；獨家的
詞組：專為……所獨有 _________________
翻譯：This offer is exclusive to readers of China Daily.
______________________________
詞組：exclusive right ____________
擴展：獨家新聞/報道 __________________________
be exclusive to…
只有中國日報的讀者才有此優待。
獨家報道權
exclusive news / coverage
(18) Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products.
詞組：pour in _____
翻譯：Letters of complaint poured into the head office.
____________________________
擴展：
It never rains but it pours. __________
pour cold water on _______
pour forth abuses on sb. _________
pour oil on the fire _________
涌入
投訴信件源源不斷地寄到總部。
禍不單行。
潑冷水
大罵某人
火上澆油
(19) The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new $500,000 home.
語法：the family lived in_________省略了關系詞______
請用關系副詞改寫這句話：
The old farmhouse where the family lived was to be replaced by a new $500,000 home.
總結：_________________________
翻譯：我回到我出生的地方。
關系副詞：__________________________________________
關系代詞：__________________________________________
定語從句
which
關系副詞= 介詞+關系代詞
I went back to the place where I was born.
I went back to the place which I was born in.
(20) Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.
詞組：press for _________________
翻譯：He took advantage of other 's difficulties to press for the repayment of debts.
_______________________
擴展（選出同義句）：
Reporters ____ interviews…
A. went on strike for
B. went on printing
C. made repeated requests for
D. were continually hurrying to
迫切需要，催著要
他乘人之危，進行逼債。
C
(20) Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.
詞組：act as ___________
詞組：press conference ___________
充當，擔任
新聞發布會
(21) While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame.
詞組：oxygen tent _______
單詞：nursery n. 育嬰師；保育室
詞組：pay the price for sth. _______________
氧氣帳
為……付出代價
(22) It would never again be possible for them to lead normal lives.
詞組：lead a … life _____________
過著……生活
(23) They had become the victims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value.
詞組：the victim of ______________
單詞：commercialization n. 商品化
擴展（派生詞）：
____________ adj. 商品的
類比：
local — ____________
urban — ______________
modern — ________________
global — ______________
……的受害者
commercial
localization
urbanization
modernization
globalization
(24) Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity.
單詞：commodity n. 商品
詞組：物價 ______________________
篇章：
The interest that was taken in the family was ____.
A. of national importance because of the rise in the birth rate
B. charitable, for people of all kinds were concerned about their poverty
C. so overwhelming that even lawyers attended their press conferences
D. mainly from commercial organizations who wanted to promote their sales
prices of commodities
D
Part 3
Translation skills
翻譯技巧-意譯法
復習：直譯指基本保留原有句子結構，照字面意思翻譯。
意譯是在不損害原文內容和精神的前提下，為了表達的需要，對原文做相應的調整
直譯和意譯
kill two birds with one stone
直譯：一石二鳥
意譯：一箭雙雕，一舉兩得
a drop in the bucket
直譯：一桶水中的一滴
意譯：滄海一粟，九牛一毛，微不足道
to meet one’s Waterloo
直譯：遇見某人的滑鐵盧
意譯：某人敗的一塌糊涂
Part 4
bonus
美國南達科他州South Dakota
地標性景點-總統山
瘋馬酋長紀念碑
玉米皇宮Corn Palace
quintuplet 五胞胎
雙胞胎twins
三胞胎 triplet
四胞胎 quadruplet
六胞胎 sextuplet
七胞胎 septuplet
八胞胎 octuplet
數字詞綴
一般來自拉丁語和希臘語
拉丁語：物質世界或現實生活
希臘語：思想感情的用語，或數學、藝術與哲學的詞匯
半 semi- demi-
semi-final半決賽
semicircle 半圓
semimetal 半金屬
demigod半神半人
半 hemi-（引申義是“其次”）
hemisphere 半球
hemicycle 半圓形
hemiplegia 半身不遂
數字詞綴
bi- → 表示“二”
bilingual → 雙語的
biweekly → 雙周刊/兩周一次的
di-/twi- → 都表示“二”（希臘語）
dioxide → 二氧化物
twifold → 兩倍/雙重
數字詞綴
tri- → 都表示“三”
trilogy → 三部曲
triangle → 三角形
triple → 三倍的
triweekly → 三周刊/三周一次的
數字詞綴
quadri- / quadru- → 都表示“四”
quadruple → 四倍的
tetra- → 表示“四（希臘語）
tetrameter → 四部詩句
tetragon → 四角形
數字詞綴
quin- / quinti- → 都表示“五”
quintuple → 五倍的/五重的/使成五倍
penta- → 表示“五”
pentagon → 五角形
數字詞綴
sex- / sext- → 都表示“六”
sextuple → 六倍的
hexa- → 表示“六”（希臘語）
hexagon → 六角形
數字詞綴
septem- / septim- → 都表示“七”
septangle → 七角形
septuple → 七倍的/七重的
September → 九月（古羅馬時為七月）
hepta- → 表示“七”（希臘語）
heptagon → 七角形
數字詞綴
octav- / octo- → 都表示“八”
octagon → 八角形
octopus
October → 十月（古羅馬時為八月）
數字詞綴
non- / novem- → 都表示“九”
前綴nona-為non- 的變體
nonagon → 九邊形
ennea- → 表示“九”（希臘語）
enneagon → 九角形
數字詞綴
decem- → 表示“十”
December → 十二月（古羅馬時為十月）
deca- → 表示“十”（希臘語）
decagon → 十角形
decagram → 十克
decameter → 十米
數字詞綴

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