Unit 4　Making the news

　　[2024·安徽卷] 某英文雜志正在舉辦以 “Fancy yourself as an interviewer” 為主題的征文活動，請你以“A famous Chinese I would like to interview” 為題， 寫一篇英語短文。

　　內容包括：

　　1．采訪的對象；

　　2．采訪的原因；

　　3．想提的問題。

　　　精彩美文　

　　A famous Chinese I would like to interview

　　The person I would like to interview is Yang Liwei.

　　I would really like to interview him because he is not only the first Chinese to go to space but also one of the greatest astronauts in the world. I have long been interested in space exploration and I believe I could learn a great deal from him about it.

　　If I could interview him, I would ask him what made him an astronaut and how he was trained. I would also like to know how he felt in space and whether space travel is such great fun as I have read. Finally, I would like to ask a few questions about his personal life, which must be very interesting.

　　　名師點睛　

　　1．文章體裁：記敘文。

　　2．行文邏輯：直接點題→說明原因→采訪內容。

　　3．詞匯短語：運用了較高級的詞匯和短語。如：would like to(想要……)，be interested in(對……感興趣)，learn from…(向……學習)等。

　　4．句式句法：運用了多樣化的句式結構。如：①定語從句：I would like to interview, which must be very interesting；②原因狀語從句：because he is not only the first Chinese to go to space but also one of the greatest astronauts in the world；③賓語從句：I could learn a great deal from him about it等。

　　Ⅰ.單詞薈萃

　　1．________ n．職業；專業→________ adj.專業的；職業的；n.專業人員

　　2．________ n．照片；vt.給……拍照→________ n．攝影師

　　3．________ vt.集中；聚集→________ adj.集中的；緊張的；加強的→________ n．集中；專心

　　4．________ vt.獲得；得到；學到→________ adj.已獲得的；已成習慣的→________ adj.可得到的；可獲得的

　　5．________ adv.故意地；有意地→________ adj.故意的

　　6．________ adj.犯罪的；有罪的；內疚的→________ n．罪行；內疚

　　7．________ adj.技術上的→________ adv.技術上地→________ n．技術

　　8．________ n．罪行；犯罪→________ adj.犯罪的；刑事的；n.罪犯

　　9．________ n．版本；版次→________ vt.編輯；校訂→________ n．編者；主編

　　10．________ adj.精確的；正確的→________ adv.正確地；精密地→________ n．精確；準確

　　11．________ vt.批準；贊成；認可→________ vt.不批準；不贊成→________ n．贊成；批準；認可

　　12．________ n．過程；程序；步驟 vt.加工；處理→________ n．行列；隊伍

　?、?短語檢測

　　1．全神貫注于　____________________

　　2．因……指責或控告……

　　____________________

　　3．在……的前面

　　____________________

　　4．依靠；依賴

　　____________________

　　5．為了(做)……

　　____________________

　　Ⅲ.佳句再現

　　1．Never __________________ Zhou Yang (ZY) forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper.

　　周揚將永遠不會忘記他在一家受歡迎的英語報社的第一次任務。

　　2．His discussion with his new boss，Hu Xin(HX), __________________ strongly influence his life as a journalist.

　　他與他的新老板胡新的討論對他的記者生涯將會產生重要的影響。

　　3．Not only ________________ in photography，but I took an amateur course at university to update my skills.

　　我不僅僅只是對攝影感興趣，在大學里我還選修過攝影課程來提高我的技能。

　　4．Only if you ask many different questions ______________ you acquire all the information you need to know.

　　你只有提出許多不同的問題才有可能搜集到你所有需要了解的信息。

　　5．Have you ever had a case __________________ someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick?

　　你們有沒有過這樣的情況：別人控告你們的記者，說他(她)們的報道完全失實？

　?、?課文回顧

　　Zhou Yang will never forget his first assignment 1.________ a newspaper reporter. When he asked his boss

　　2.________ he could go out on a story at once, the boss told him that he could cover a story only when he was more 3.________ (experience). So he was going to send him to work with a colleague and also send a 4.________(profession) photographer with him to take photos. The boss also told him that if he wanted to acquire all the information he needed, he must ask many questions and had to listen to the 5.________(detail) facts. 6.________，he had to prepare for the next question 7.________(depend) on what the person said.

　　The boss said if the person 8.________(interview) agreed, he could use a recorder to make sure that he got all the facts straight. At last the boss said only by knowing all the 9.________(trick) of the trade 10.________ he be a good reporter.

　　　單詞點睛　

　　1 assist　vt.& vi.(to give help or support to)幫助；援助

　　(1)assist sb with sth幫助某人某事

　　assist sb to do sth

　　幫助某人做某事

　　assist (sb) in (doing) sth

　　幫助(某人)(做)某事

　　(2)assistant n．　助手，助理

　　assistance n.

　　幫助；援助

　　with the assistance of…

　　在……的幫助下

　　【活學活用】

　　(1)[2024·天津卷·閱讀B] The company's “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product's location in the store.

　　公司的“Oshbot”機器人是用來幫助顧客購物的，他們可以幫助顧客找到需要的商品，并帶領他們找到商品在店里的位置。

　　(2)Do you need anybody__________________ your work?

　　你需要人幫助你完成工作嗎？

　　(3)He expressed delight at the opportunity to________________ scientific and technological fields, and promised to visit China.

　　他表示很高興有機會在科技領域幫助中國，并答應去中國訪問。

　　(4)Not only ________________with the settlement problems, but also showed me around the city.

　　他不僅幫我解決了安頓問題，還帶我參觀了這座城市。

　　2 concentrate　vt. & vi.(to give all your attention to sth and not think about anything else)全神貫注；集中；集合

　　(1)concentrate on (doing) sth　專心(做)某事

　　concentrate one's attention (effort/energy/mind) on sth

　　集中注意力(力量/精力/思想)于某事

　　(2)focus/fix one's attention on…　

　　集中注意力于……

　　put one's mind/heart in (into)…

　　專心于……

　　be absorbed in…

　　專心于……

　　apply oneself/one's mind to…

　　專心于……

　　pay attention to…

　　專心，注意……

　　[溫馨提示] 以上短語中in, to, on都是介詞，后接名詞、代詞或動名詞。

　　【活學活用】

　　(1)[2024·陜西卷·閱讀D] Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time, fed, dressed and ready to learn.

　　前幾代人都把精力放在讓孩子按時入學、吃飯、穿衣和準備學習上。

　　(2)Many firms ________________increasing their markets overseas at present.

　　目前，許多公司正在集中精力開拓它們的海外市場。

　　(3)If you concentrate all your energies ________the study of English, you will master the language.

　　你若全力以赴地學習英語，你會掌握這門語言的。

　　(4)He didn't notice the teacher standing by his side, with all his attention ________________ a book.

　　他全神貫注地看書，沒有注意到老師站在他旁邊。

　　3 acquire　vt.(to gain possession of; to get by one's own efforts)得到；獲得；學到

　　(1)acquire a knowledge of…獲得……的知識

　　acquire a habit of…

　　養成……的習慣

　　acquire a taste for…

　　開始喜歡上……

　　(2)acquisition n.

　　獲得；得到

　　acquired adj.

　　已取得的；后天獲得的

　　【活學活用】

　　(1)[2024·天津卷·閱讀D] Boldness—a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme—is not one that can be acquired overnight.

　　勇敢是一種挑戰自己極限的意愿，并不是一晚上就能習得的。

　　(2)It's easy to perform a good action, but not easy to ________ of performing such actions.

　　做一件好事并不難，難的是養成一種做好事的習慣。

　　(3)He __________ wide knowledge of his major from his work in the past few years.

　　在過去的幾年中，他從工作中獲得了廣泛的專業知識。

　　(4)Having read the book，she will be able to pass on the ____________ knowledge to her students.

　　讀完此書，她便能將從書中所獲得的知識傳授給她的學生們。

　　4 case　n. (an instance of something; an example)情形，情況，實例；案件，病例；箱子，盒子

　　in case of…　假使……/萬一……

　　in case

　　以防，萬一

　　in any case

　　無論如何，總之

　　in this/that case　 如果這樣/那樣的話，在這種/那種情況下

　　in no case

　　決不

　　in the case of…

　　就……來說

　　as is often the case

　　這是常有的事

　　as the case may/might be

　　看情況，視情況而定

　　[溫馨提示] (1)in case后跟從句時，不能用that連接。

　　(2)case表示情況，若有定語從句修飾，后面的定語從句多用where引導，類似的詞還有：situation, point, position, stage等。

　　(3)in no case置于句首時，句子要用部分倒裝結構。

　　【活學活用】

　　(1)[2024·陜西卷·閱讀D] They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now，or in some cases never learnt it themselves，but they're still offering advice.

　　他們可能要么不記得自己的孩子現在正在學習的資料，要么在某些情況下自己從來沒有學過，但仍然提出建議。

　　(2)__________ emergency, break the glass and press the button.

　　遇到緊急情況時，擊碎玻璃罩并摁下按鈕。

　　(3)[2024·重慶卷·閱讀C] If you must do it, then keep the water wings handy __________you start to sink—and take a shower afterwards!

　　如果你一定要這么做，那么一定要把救生圈放在手邊，以防你下沉，之后務必洗澡。

　　(4)The company makes a promise that in no case ________ the quality of products be cheapened.

　　公司承諾無論在任何情況下都不降低產品的質量。

　　(5)A spokesperson in London tells us she's never heard of a case ____________ her company has insured someone for a drug overdose.

　　發言人在倫敦告訴我們，她從未聽說她公司的被保險人對因吸毒過量投保的。

　　5 accuse　vt.(to charge with a shortcoming or an error)指責；(to say that sb has done sth wrong or is guilty of sth)控告；指控

　　(1)accuse sb of (doing) sth控告、指控、指責某人(做)某事

　　be accused as…

　　被指控為……

　　(2)charge sb with (doing) sth　

　　控告某人(做)某事

　　blame sb for (doing) sth

　　責備某人(做)某事

　　【巧學助記】

　　【活學活用】

　　(1)We'll never accuse you of having done anything forgetful or unmanly.

　　我們決不會責備你不夠朋友或沒有男子漢氣概的。

　　(2)As yet, investigators have not accused him ________ any wrongdoing.

　　到目前為止，調查人員尚未指控他有任何不當行為。

　　(3)The newly-appointed mayor was said to be accused of (＝__________) cheating on his income tax.

　　據說新任市長被指控在所得稅上逃稅。

　　(4)____________________ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer school.

　　父親因為被責備忽視我們兄弟倆的教育，而把我們哥倆送到了暑期補習班學習。

　　6 demand　vt. (to ask for sth as if one is commanding, or as if one has a right to do so)強烈要求 n. (command, or sth which is given as if it was a command)需要；請求

　　(1)demand sth　要求某物

　　demand sth of/from sb

　　向某人要求某物

　　demand to do

　　要求做……

　　demand that…

　　要求……[從句用“(should)＋動詞原形”]

　　(2)be in (great) demand

　　(迫切)需求

　　satisfy one's demands

　　滿足某人的需求

　　【活學活用】

　　(1)[2024·全國卷Ⅰ·閱讀A] Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering.

　　在冰柜到來之前，食品保存和餐飲服務還是需要冰塊。

　　(2)The matter cannot rest there. I demand an apology ________ your company.

　　事情不能就此作罷——我要求你們公司向我道歉。

　　(3)As planes and cars were ______________ of oil, people went and found many big oil wells.

　　由于飛機和汽車迫切需要很多油料，人們勘探到許多大油井。

　　(4)It is every citizen's demand that the murderer who killed three children ______________ (punish).

　　每個公民都要求嚴懲那個謀殺了三名兒童的殺人犯。

　　7 approve　vt.& vi. (to agree to a plan; to consider right or good; to think or speak favourably of)批準，通過；認可；贊成；同意

　　(1)

　　(2)

　　【活學活用】

　　(1)[2024·江蘇卷·閱讀D] To make yourself obey what you approved was freedom.

　　遵守你自己認同的東西就是自由。

　　(2)Her father will never approve ________ her marrying such a lazy fellow.

　　她父親永遠不會贊成她嫁給這樣懶的一個人。

　　(3)The developers submitted building plans to the council for ________．

　　開發商把施工方案提交議會以求批準。

　　(4)[2024·湖北卷·閱讀B] Before building work began, a lot of people didn't want the Shard though the plans ______________．

　　在建設工作開始之前，盡管計劃已經通過了，許多人還是不想接受水晶宮的設計。

　　8 inform　vt. (to give information or knowledge to; to tell)通知；告知