新概念英语第三册课文和笔记第45课:The power of the press

【课文讲解】
要求全文背诵
In fact, the power of the press is beyond our description.
any efforts are rightly condemned.
effort 企图
try; attempt 尝试
make every effort; spare no effort; make every endeavor
go to great lenghts
blame
scold
reproach
reprimand
condemn 正式的谴责

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deed行为，行径
Eg: Your deeds should be rightly condemned.

forest authorities 森林当局
education authorities 教育当局
the authorities 有关当局
the authorities of the press 新闻当局

According to this sentence, we know we are much more interested in private stories.
Sometimes some people even want to smell out people’s secrets or particular scandals.

lives of others: 替代story about people

extremely doubtful == extremely uncertain == extremely dubious.
Eg: If a family skeleton is reviewed, one’s reputation will be damaged / destroyed / spoiled / ruined immediately.

equally == in the same way = alile
We wouldn’t like our secret to be reviewed.

Acting on 以......来行事，遵循......来行事
that引导的部分是contention 的同位语从句
When stories published in details by the press are wonderful, you will become famous very soon.
If the story is terrible, your reputation will be ruined immediately.

exert... on sth.
bring about 带来，导致
lead to
cause
result in

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major: great, considerable
In the first paragraph the writer illustrate how powerful the press is in the general way.

acquire: gain == obtain
acquire fortune: 发财
acuire fame 出了名
make fortune

the city dweller 城市居住者
the country dweller 乡村居住者

expect a baby
in the interesting condition
in the family way
pregnant
be faced with 面临
The window faces the south. 窗户朝南
In the process of studying English, We are faced with a great many problems, which should be surmounted.
surmount 克服
solve problem 解决问题
In teh process of studying English, we are faced with a great many problems, which should be surmounted / got rid of / removed as quickly as possible.

economic: problems = poverty
pressing 紧迫的
unnoticed 形容词做状语
odds n. 各种让人烦的小事

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