【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ”，而不再叫他“艾爾弗”了。Lesson 5 The facts確切數(shù)字What was the consequence of the editor39。s insistence on facts and statistics？Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a wellknown magazine to write an article on the president39。s palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived， the editor read the first sentence and then refuse to publish it. The article began： 39。Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president39。s palace39。. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts， but the took a long time to send them Meanwhile， the editor was getting impatient， for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes， but received no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply， the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later， the editor at last received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested， but he had been sent to prison as well. However， he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1，084 steps leading to the fifteenfoot wall which surrounded the president39。s palace.New words and expressions 生詞和短語editor extreme statistics journalist president palace ；宏偉的住宅publish fax impatient fire originally ，原先，從前參考譯文報刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供成立一些關(guān)緊要的事實和統(tǒng)計數(shù)字而走向極端。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委托寫一篇關(guān)于非洲某個新成立共和國總統(tǒng)府的文章。稿子寄來后，編輯看第一句話就拒絕予以發(fā)表。文章的開頭是這樣的：“幾百級臺階通向環(huán)繞總統(tǒng)的高墻。”編輯立即給那位記者發(fā)去傳真，要求他核實一下臺階的確切數(shù)字和圍墻的高度。記者立即出發(fā)去核實這些重要的事實，但過了好長時間不見他把數(shù)字寄來，在此期間，編輯等得不耐煩了，因為雜志馬上要付印。他給記者先后發(fā)去兩份傳真，但對方毫無反應。于是他又發(fā)了一份傳真，通知那位記者說，若再不迅速答復，將被解雇。但記者還是沒有回復。編輯無奈，勉強按原樣發(fā)稿了。一周之后，編輯終于接到記者的傳真。那個可憐的記者不僅被捕了，而且還被送進了監(jiān)獄。不過，他終于獲準發(fā)回了一份傳真。在傳真中他告訴編輯，就在他數(shù)通向15英尺高的總統(tǒng)府圍墻的1，084級臺階時，被抓了起來。Lesson 6 Smashandgrab砸櫥窗搶劫The expensive shops in a famous near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning， the arcade was almost empty. Mr. Taylor， the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o39。clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes， Mr. Taylor went back into his shop. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car， with its headlights on and its home blaring， roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweller39。s. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stocking over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on， Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue， but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes， for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving， Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases， but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.New words and expressions 生詞和短語smashandgrab arcade （兩旁常設商店）Piccadilly jewellery （總稱）necklace ring background velvet ，絲絨headlight n.（汽車等）前燈 blare ，吼叫staff raid n. 偷襲scramble n. 偷襲 scramble v. 爬行fantastic adj. 非常大的 ashtray n. 煙灰缸參考譯文皮卡迪利大街附近的一條著名拱廊街道上，幾家高檔商店剛剛開始營業(yè)。在早晨的這個時候，拱廊街上幾乎空無一人。珠寶店主泰勒先生正在欣賞新布置的櫥窗。他手下兩名店員從早上8點就開始忙碌，這時剛剛布置完畢。鉆石項鏈、戒指漂亮地陳列在黑色絲絨上面。泰勒先生站在櫥窗外凝神欣賞了幾分鐘就回到了店里。寧靜突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進了拱廊街，在珠寶店門口停了下來。一人留在駕駛座上，另外兩個用黑色長筒絲襪蒙面的人跳下車來。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。這開始發(fā)生時，泰勒先生正在樓上。他與店員動手向窗外投擲家具，椅子，桌子飛落花流水在拱廊街上。一個竊賊被一尊很重的雕像擊中，但由于他忙著搶鉆石首飾，竟連疼痛都顧不上了。這場搶劫只持續(xù)了3分鐘，因為竊賊爭先恐后地爬上轎車，以驚人的速度開跑了。就在轎車離開的時候，泰勒先生從店里沖了出來，跟在車后追趕，一邊還往車上扔煙灰缸、花瓶。但他已無法抓住那些竊賊了。他們已帶著價值數(shù)千鎊的首飾逃之夭夭了。Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies殘鈔鑒別組Has it ever happened to you？ Have you ever p