高级英语下册课文讲解(2)

The newspaper was asked to be less selective in its reporting. 这家报纸被要求在报道中应少一些主观的选择性。

6. justifiable: that can be justified 有道理的；有理由的

If it is justifiable, then we’ll take these steps. 如果有道理，那么我们将采取这些步骤。 justified: reasonable, proper 有理由的；正当的

The editors are justified in refusing your work. 编辑们有理由拒绝你的作品。 7. attract: (vt.) get the attention of sb. 引起某人的注意

Bright colors attract babies. 鲜艳的色彩可引起婴儿的注意。 appeal: (vi.) attract 有吸引力

Bright colors appeal to small children. 鲜艳的色彩能吸引小孩。 8. function: (vi.) operate, act 起作用；有效用

Some English adverbs function as adjectives. 英语有些副词有形容词的作用。 work: have the desired result 获得预期结果

It’s a good idea, but it just won’t work. 这是个好主意，但是就是行不通。 难句理解（Sentence comprehension）

1. It is still the only effective screen against the morning features of the loved one, and as such, performs a unique human service.:

Men can hold up a piece of newspaper to read to prevent them from seeing their wives' faces before they make up. Newspapers can serve human in such an unparalleled way.

报纸仍然是挡住爱妻早晨蓬头垢面的唯一有效的屏障，因而扮演了独具人情味的角色。 2. When Mr. Roper asked his guinea pigs …, the newspapers topped the list.:

When Mr. Roper asked those people he inquired, the newspapers was the choice for most people. 罗伯先生问及调查对象时，报纸成了多数人的首选。

3.…. which serve the world as models of responsible public information, :

which serve the world as examples of providing trustworthy information to the public. 这些报纸向公众提供可靠的信息，成为世界的典范。

4. 1 am speaking of the local press which in hundreds of American communities is the only news available, aside from those recitals of ticker tape that pass for radio news. :

I am referring to the local press. It's the only news source that can be got in hundreds of American communities, in addition to those recitals of ticker tape which are accepted as radio news. 在美国几百个社区，除了那些电讯稿充当广播新闻之外，这些报纸就成了人们唯一 5. Well, let's get the partisan bit over with. :

Well, let's make clear the partisanship of the newspaper. 让我们先把报纸的党派性这一点说清楚。

6. …, confines himself to only one pungent footnote on this subject. He only mentions this serious subject in a footnote. 他就这一尖锐的话题仅作了一个脚注而已。

7. \newspaper ownership. It is a fact of life.\

\owns and controls one newspaper. And this is quite common in real life. 他说：“我有意避免谈及报纸一党独尊的特性，现实生活的确如此。” 8. That balanced and independent opinion is our only security as a nation. :

A nation functions well only when its people can form a balanced and unbiased idea. 人们具有公正独立的观点才是这个国家的真正保证。

9. Now, very often, television coverage of news is superficial and inadequate. Very often the picture takes precedence over the point. :

Now, the news report on television is usually incomplete. It's usual that the picture on the screen is more important than the viewpoint.

目前的电视新闻常流行于形式，不够深入。画面比观点更为重要。

10. Television also provides a wide range of opinion by setting up four or five experts and letting them knock each other down.:

Television also conveys different opinions by arranging four or five experts to be actively involved in debating. They try to defeat each other by expressing their reasons.

电视也通过组织四、五名专家就某一专题进行相互辩论，向公众提供广泛的观点。

11. But it has an equally sacred right to explain that position in the light of the opposing one, to document that position, and to bolster it, not with emotion but with fact.:

But it has an equally important right to explain that position in view of the opposing position, to prove that position with documents and to strengthen it, not with emotion but with proof. 但它也拥有一种同样神圣的权利，从对立者的角度去阐明自己的观点，以实据证明自己的立场，用事实而不是以感情去作证自己的论点。 12. It can only stuff. :

It can only be inserted between the TV programs. 它只能起到填充节目的作用。

13. What features are provided for these people?:

What special programs are provided for these highly intelligent people? 为这些人提供了什么特别节目呢？

14. They have held their franchise so long that change has become inadmissible. :

They have held their special right so long that it's impossible to make any change to them. 他们长期把持着自己的特权，致使变化已不可接受。