新概念英语第三册逐句精讲语言点第45课(3)
2016 美国大选
The Power of the Press 媒体的力量
jbsIn democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom
of the press are rightly condemned. However, this freedom can easily be abud. 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 ourlves.
Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cau 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 pasd unnoticed. They would have continued
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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 ri 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上海培训网
and soap manufacturers who wished to adverti their products. The old farmhou 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 nurry, their parents were paying the price for fame. It would never again
be possible for them to lead normal lives. They had become
objectthe victims of commercialization, for their names had
acquired a market value. Instead of being five new family members, the children had immediately become a commodity.
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7.The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight, dramatically illustrates the power of the press.
下面这户穷人一夜之间出名发财的故事戏剧性地说明了新闻报道威力。
shabby语言点：练习写作表示“出名，受欢迎”的句子：
四级准考证号Wedding tours gain widespread popularity among young people
in recent years.
最近几年，旅行结婚受到了年轻人的普遍欢迎。
8.The family lived in Aberdeen, a small town of 23,000 inhabitants in South Dakota.
这户人家住在南达科他州一个人口为23，000 的小镇上，镇名为阿拜丁。
9.As the parents had five children, life was a perpetual struggle against poverty.carmenelectra
家里已有5个孩子，全家人常年在贫困中挣扎。
强壮的爸爸语言点：struggle against的意思是“在贫困中挣扎”。
