课程内容

《Making The News （Part 3）》
1.The law allows people to defend them selves against a charge.
法律允许人们对指控进行辩护。
allow允许；许可。常用结构：
allow sb.to do sth/allow doing sth charge指控
charge 索价；掌管；指挥；攻击；充电
常用搭配
in charge of 主管，看管
in(under)the charge of 在.....的掌管下
charge sb.with指控某人.....
charge(sb)....(money)for sth.
要价，要（某人）付....（钱）买某物
take charge开始管理，接管
defend防卫，辩护，防护，
defend...from/against...  保护/卫....免遭/抵御
 When i am done wrong I must defend my self with laws.
We wil defend our land whatever the cost is.
The lawyer is defending the accused.
we must defend our country against its enemy.
2.Rewrite the inverted sentence using normal word order.用正常语序改定这些倒装句。
normal 正常的；常态的；一般的
Then normal price of a ticket is 230!
一张票的正常价格是230英镑。
智力正常的；身心健全的a nmomal child
3.We need it in this edition to be ahead of the other newspapers.
我们这一版就要用这条报道，这样就能抢在其他报纸的前面了。
ahead of adv..,adj.在前；向前；提前
ahead of 在....之前；比......强
我们前面有条河
Ahead of us is a river
北京的时间比新疆早4个小时。
The time of Beijng is 4 hours ahead of Xinjiang.
他的思想总是领先于那个时代。
His ideas are always ahead of his time.
他是班上最优秀的学生。
go ahead 是口语中一个十分有用的表达。归纳起来，它在中学英语中有以下3种用法。
1）表示同意或允许
表示同意对方的请求，根据情况可译为；说吧，做吧，开始吧，进行吧。如：
A:May i start?B:Yes,go ahead.好，开始吧。
A：Will you do me a favour?
B:Go ahead.说吧。
A:Do you mind if I smoke?B:No,go ahead.
A:Can i borrow your dictionary?
B:Yes,go ahead.
2)表示继续或持续
表示请对方继续说、继续做等，通常可译为：
继续.....吧。如：
Go ahead,we're al listening.
继续讲吧，我们都在听说呢！
Go ahead,what are you witing for?
往前走呀，你在等什么？
3）表示请对方生走或先做某事其意为：你先走一步，你先请。如：
You go ahead and tell him that we're coming.
你先走一步，告诉他我们就来。
Go ahead,please.你先请（劝别人先吃或先走等的客套说法）。
4.set to work=get/settle down to work 开始工作
set to sth/doing sth.开始做某事=get down to sth/doing sth
1)As soon as i got home,I set to preparing supper.
2)They'll set to the project,as soon as it is approved.
Look forward to....devote....to....
be/get used to.....lead to....
prefer......to.....pay attention to..... object to....
5.Although he realized the man had been lying.Zhou Yang knew he must not accuse him directly.
尽管他意识到那个人一直在说谎话，但周阳懂得，他决不能直接指责那个人。
had been doing 为过去完成进行时，表示从过去的某一个时间点开始某事一直持续到过去的某个时间点并且仍在执行。
I had been looking for my bike for days before i found it.
6.The first person who saw his article was a senior editor from his department
看他这篇报道的第一个人是他们部里的一们高级编辑。
senior年长的（级别，职位，资格）较高的，高年级的（作定语）
7.....to the native speaker employed by the newspaper to polish the style
.....给一位母语为英语的外国雇员，请她对语言风格进行润饰。
employ雇佣；使用；花时间
 The firm employs about 100 men.
Can you think of a situation where this word can be employed?
she employs all her free time in reading.
8.The chief editor read it and approved it chief 最重要的，主要的，最高权威的。
辨析：chief,principal 和major
chief主要的，首要的指人时表示地位高、权力大，指物时表示重要。
principal首要的，主要的，正式使用语言由于某重要性而具有首要的地位。
major主要的，首要的，指与他物相对比时突出显赫的地位。
9.All the information was then ready to be processed.
所有的报道材料就要被制成胶片。
process加工（食品等）冲洗
one has to process a film to print pictures.
必须先处理底片才能冲印出相片。处理；小心准备；仔细检查
The plans are now being processed.
计划现正在审查。
10.appointment任命，职位，约会
make/fix an appointment与某人约会
take an appointment 就职
by appointment按约定。