新概念英语3: 第45课媒体的力量

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　　Lesson45 The Power of the Press 媒体的力量

　　In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned. However, this freedom can easily be abused. Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political events. Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves. Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives. 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.

　　The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight, dramatically illustrates the power of the press. 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. They were expecting their sixth child and faced with even more pressing economic problems. If they had only had one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed. They would have continued to struggle against economic odds and would have lived in obscurity. But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event which radically changed their lives. The day after the birth of the five children, an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing sixty reporters and photographers.

　　The rise to fame was swift. Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the country. Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sums for the exclusive rights to publish stories and photographs. 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. Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokes-men for the family at press conferences. While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame. 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.

　　新概念英语3逐句精讲：　　

　　1.In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned.

　　在民主国家里，任何限制新闻自由的企图都理所当然地受到谴责。

　　语言点:由democratic（民主的）一词拓展学习:

　　Democrat民主人士，Democratic Party民主党，Conservative Party保守党，Radical Party激进党，Communist Party共产党

　　2.However, this freedom can easily be abused.

　　然而，这种自由很容易被滥用。

　　语言点:由abuse一词拓展学习:

　　Abuse of rights权力滥用，drug abuse药物滥用，abuse of substance物质滥用，abuse of women and children虐待妇女儿童

　　3.Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political events.

　　常人轶事往往比政治事件更能引起公众注意。

　　本句适合模仿写作:

　　写作:相比自己平淡的生活，人们往往更喜欢在电视上看到一些奇闻轶事。

　　Anecdotes about society on TV often draw much more attention than common life of people.

　　4.Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves.

　　我们都喜欢看关于别人生活的报道，但是否同样喜欢看关于自己生活的报道，就很难说了。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:此句中的it作先行主语，指代whether引导的主语从句，本意是“是否同样喜欢看那关于自己生活的报道就让人怀疑了。”

　　5.Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives.

　　记者按事实至上的论点行事，发表有关别人生活的细节，有时会给当事人造成极大的痛苦。

　　语言点:acting on的意思是“按照…做”，要表达类似的意思还可以说:according to,in the light of,by…,as…,in pursuance of,base on。

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