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新概念葵花宝典 NO.4 2010/07/20Dictation:L5The journalist immediately _ obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was_, for the magazine would soon_. 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 telegram from the journalist._, 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 he had been arrested _which surrounded the presidents palace.L7:Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a_ in your back pocket? When you _your trousers, did you find the note was_? People who live in Britain neednt despair when they make mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)!_, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems, love to_!_Jane Butlin whose fianc, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had a very good day and put his wallet containing 3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane_. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and _, cooked her fiancs wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes_! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Band of England in Newcastle: the Mutilated Ladies! They examined the remains and John got all his money back. _we will give people their money back, said a spokeswoman for the Band. Last year, we paid 1.5m on 21,000 claims.Quiz:老百姓喜欢把钱放在银行里以妥善保管。For safekeepingGoogle 将人们从浩如烟海的信息中解脱出来，从而节省了大量时间和金钱。Rescue fromNot only _on-line games_, but it _as well.只要一牵涉到数学，我就无语了。When sth. Is concerned 永远不要对自己绝望。The design of this auditorium shows a great deal of_. We have never seen such a building before.(CET-6 03/6)A. Invention B. illusion C. originality D. orientationThe president promised to keep all the board members_ of how the negotiations were going on.(CET-4 01/6)A. Informed B. inform C. be informed D. informing_ he works hard, I dont mind when he finishes the experiment.(CET-4 98/1)A. AS soon as B.As well as C. So far as D. So long asI had just posted the letter when I remembered that I hadnt_ the cheque.(CET-4 03/9)A. imposed B. involved C. enclosed D. containedAs it turned out to be a small house party, we _ so formally.(考研98)A. neednt dress up B. did not need have dressed up Cdid not need dress up D. neednt have dressed up Sayings& Slangs:Haste makes waste 欲速则不达I think; therefore, I am.我思故我在。There is honor among thieves.盗亦有道。East or west, home is best.金窝，银窝，不如自己的狗窝。Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。Might is right.强权即公理。Too many cooks spoil the broth.人多手杂。Nothing comes from nothing.事出必有因。Call a spade of a spade.实事求是。/直言不讳。Talk it like it is.实话实说。日积月累：Barack Obamas victory speech in fullIf there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.美国是否暗藏一切皆有可能的巨大潜力？美国是否已经实现开国者锻造的美国梦？民主信仰是否具有强大力量？如果还有人对此报以怀疑，那么今晚这里发生的一切就是答案。Its the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference. 学校旁、教堂边，无数人都在排队投票，这一情景我们已经多年未见；3个小时、4个小时，他们为此而等候良久，这是很多同胞有生以来的第一次。因为他们相信，这一次，将不同以往；这一次，因为他们的呼声而有所不同。Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.无论老少贫富，无论共和党抑或民主党，不管是黑皮肤、白种人、拉丁后裔、亚裔子孙还是本土美国人；无论性向如何，不管健康抑或残疾，所有的美国人民都向全世界传递出这样一条信息：我们从来都不是红蓝阵营的政治堆砌，我们是，而且永远是，美利坚合众国。Its the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.Its been a long time coming,