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Unit 2 News Media BEHIND THE HEADLINES Language points 1. media (pl) n. (medium) 傳媒 ,媒體 news media 新聞傳播工具 mass media 大眾傳播媒介 電視可能會是一種絕好的教育媒介。 Television can be an excellent medium for education. a medium of education 作為教育用的媒介 2. reliable adj. 可靠的;可信賴的;確實的 這消息靠得住。 The news is reliable. rely v. 依賴 , 依靠 , 信賴 , 信任 , 依賴于 rely on 相信,信賴;依賴 我們必須依靠自己的努力。 We must rely on our own efforts. 天氣是靠不住的。 You can39。t rely on the weather. 單憑容貌來判斷一個人是不可靠的。 It39。s not reliable to judge a man only by his looks ■ (1) n. 火 ◇ set fire to? =set? on fire ■ (2) vt. 解雇,開除 ( =dismiss) ■ The pany fired him for his poor work. ■ (3) vi. 開槍,射擊 fire at ■ He fired his gun at the big snake. ■ (4) 激發(fā),使充滿熱情 ■ The story fired his imagination. ■ ※ be on fire for 對 ? 充滿熱情 ■ The students are on fire for having puter classes. face (to) the south be faced with 面臨;面對 face up to 面對;承擔(dān) face the music 接受(不愉快的后果或情況) ■ I was faced with a new problem. ■ She couldn’t face up to the fact. ■ The boy was caught cheating in the examination and had to face the music. 面對南方 vt. 面臨;面對;正視 5. …do more than… (1) 該句中的 do是助動詞,起強調(diào)作用,用 以加強說話者的語氣。 . Do remember to remind me to return the book I borrowed f