1、,Lesson 45 The Power of the Press,,Contents,写作模板-某种行为受到批评/赞赏,1,写作模板-看上去很美，但冷暖自知,2,写作模板-一意孤行，造成后果,3,写作模板-影响力巨大的事物,4,,Democratic Party,Republican Party,,Power abuse,Words and Expressions,abuse,,Black Hills,George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Theodore Roosevelt,Abraham Lincoln,,Words and Expressions,per
2、petual,PHD Perpetual head damageEternal Everlasting,,“No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.”-Mahatma Gandhi,,Words and Expressions,commodity,Commodity economy Market economy,,Text,In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned. The freed
3、om of speech/belief Reasonably 区别Criticize 翻译 在民主国家，倘若有人企图限制新闻界的自由，都会理所应当受到谴责。,,Text,In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned. Any efforts to are rightly appreciated.,写作模板-某种行为受到批评/赞赏,,Exercise,在民主国家，如果有人剥削员工，都会受到指责。 In democratic countries any e
4、fforts to exploit employees are rightly condemned.,,Exercise,在许多国家，如果有公司召回有缺陷的产品，都会受到赞赏。 In many countries any efforts to recall deficient products are rightly appreciated.,,Text,However, this freedom can easily be abused. Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political e
5、vents. 常人轶事,,Text,Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves.,写作模板-看上去很美，但冷暖自知,,Exercise,Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading
6、about ourselves. 尽管我们羡慕那些大明星，但我们自己是否喜欢当明星，就不得而知了。 Though we may admire those movie stars, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy being stars ourselves.,,Text,尽管我们羡慕那些有留学经历的人，但我们自己是否喜欢留学，就不得而知了。 Though we may admire those with overseas education background, it is extremely doubtful w
7、hether we would equally enjoy studying abroad.,,Text,Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives. Act on : 基于.来行事 L23 Acting on a sudden impulse, L27 By having to sleep in the open, he gets far cl
8、oser to ,,Text,Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives.,写作模板-一意孤行，造成后果,,Exercise,Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishi
9、ng details about their private lives. 由于按照GDP至上的观点行事，许多发展中国家由于优先发展重工业，导致环境遭到严重破坏。 Acting on the contention that GDP is sacred, a great many developing countries cause untold deterioration to the environment by putting a priority to heavy industry.,,Text,Newspapers exert such tremendous influence tha
10、t they can not only bring about major changes to the lives of ordinary people but can even overthrow a government.,写作模板-影响力巨大的事物,,Text,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. 教育不仅
11、可以给寻常人家的生活带来重大的变化，甚至还能为一个国家带来巨变。 Education can exert such a tremendous influence that they can not only bring about major changes to the lives of ordinary people but can bring about a sea change to a nation.,,Text,The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight, dramatically illu
12、strates the power of the press. 生动地,,Text,The family lived in Aberdeen, a small town of 23,000 inhabitants in South Dakota. As the parents had five children, life was a perpetual struggle against poverty.,,Text,索求知识就是不断地战胜愚昧无知。 Seeking knowledge is a perpetual struggle against ignorance. 创新就是不断地打破传统
13、思维模式的束缚。 Innovation is a perpetual struggle against the bind of traditional mode of thought.,,Text,They were expecting their sixth child and were faced with even more pressing economic problems.,,Text,If they had only had one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed. Had they only had one mo
14、re child,,Text,They would have continued to struggle against economic odds and would have lived in obscurity. Economic difficulties Die in poverty,,Text,But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event which radically changed their lives.,,Text,The day after the bi
15、rth of the five children, an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing sixty reporters and photographers.,,Text,The rise to fame was swift. Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the country. send,,Text,Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sums for the exclusive r
16、ights to publish stories and photographs.,,Text,Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products. The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new $500,000 home. arrive,,Text,Reporters kept pressing for in
17、terviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences. Made repeated requests for On behalf of,,Text,While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame.,,Text,It would never again be possible for them to lead normal lives. They had become the victims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value. Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity.,
