新概念英语第三册 Lesson45 The power of the press 课件.pptx

新概念英语第三册;Lesson 45 The power of the press;contents;Part 1 Warming up;Part 2 Words and expressions;New Words;New Words; 吊起；悬挂;quintuplet;democratic ;restrict ;limit ;confine ;abuse ;convention ;untold ;countable;perpetual ;quintuplet ;obscurity ;radically ;exclusive ;nursery ;commodity ;Part 3 Notes on text ;1. 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. 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。然而，这种自由很容易被滥用。常人轶事往往比政治事件更能引起公众注意。;democratic adj. 民主的 democratic Movement 民主运动 a democratic society 民主社会 democratic party 民主党派 democratic election 民主选举 democratic revolution 民主革命;restrict vt. 限制，约束 restrict sth. to sth. 把…限制在… In Britain speed is restricted to 30 mph in towns. 在英国，城里的车速限于每小时30英里。;str- 拉紧 ;辨析：limit/confine/restrict;condemn v. （强烈）谴责 condemn sb. to sth. 判处某人…罪 He was condemned to life imprisonment. 他被判终身监禁。 condemn sb. for doing sth. 谴责某人做了某事;2. 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. 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。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。;extreme adj. 极端的，极限的 extremely adv. 非常，很 go to extremes 走极端 in the extreme 极端、非常 carry sth. to extremes 把…引向极端;act on/upon 按照…行动，行事 act on a sudden impulse 冲动行事 对…起作用 My words acted on his behavior.;contention n. 争论，论点 Religious contention 宗教冲突 resource contention资源冲突；资源竞争 be in contention for sth. 为了…而争辩，争夺… The two teams are in contention for the first prize.;3. 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. 新闻具有巨大的威力。它们不仅可以给寻常人家的生活带来重大的变化，甚至还能推翻一个政府。;overthrow v. 推翻，颠覆 overthr