新概念英語第三冊（美音版）The facts

The facts:確切數(shù)字
go to extremes:走極端
provide=supply:　給...提供（通常與介詞搭配連用）
provide sb.with sth/provide sth for sb.
He provided them with a bed for the night.
He provided a bed for them for the night
instruct sb.to do sth.=tell sb formally to do sth.正式告訴某人做某事
A well-known magazine instructed a journalist to write an article on the president's palace in new African republic.
The teacher instructed him to take the examination.

on=about 側(cè)重強調(diào)課題專一
a book on radio
When the article arrived=When the editor received the article
refuse to publish it
refuse:（vt.) 拒絕（態(tài)度嚴厲）
decline:(vt.) 婉言謝絕
repudiate:(vt.)斷然拒絕
which 指代the high wall

instruction……現(xiàn)在分詞進一步補充說明telegram的情況
set out to do = decide and try to do 決定，打算，著手做...
He set out to make his first 1,000,000 in 5 years.
set about doing
take sb.a long time to do sth.:某事花了某人很久的時間
It took me five days to write the article.
two more faxed=another two faxed

fail to
reluctantly=unwilling 勉勉強強地，不情愿地

as it bad originally been written=in its original way
Not only位于句首，必須采用倒裝形式
The poor man had not only been arrested,but had been sent to prison as well.

否定副詞位于句首，要倒裝
Never have I read such stones.
Nowhere can he find the book he wants.
Hardly did I think it possible.
常見的否定副詞: never,seldom,rarely,little,hardly,scarcely,nowhere,no sooner

含有only的狀語位于句首，句子要倒裝
Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake.
Only when a great deal more information has been obtained will it be possible to plan a trip.

含有not的副詞短語位于句首，句子要倒裝
not for a moment,not in the least,not for an instant,not until
Not in the least is he interested in English literature.
Not for an instant did I believe he had lied.

含有no的短語位于句首，句子要倒裝
at on time,in no way ,in no sence,by no means,in no case,on no account,on no condition,under no circumstances“決不”
Under no circumstances can we accept the check.
On no account must you leave the baby in the house.

so such 位于句首，句子要倒裝

he had at last been allowed=he had at last been permitted
=he had asked for permission
請求允許，被允許：be allowed to do,be permitted to do,asked for permission to do sth.
in which --which指代fax

while和現(xiàn)在分詞（-ing)搭配，做時間狀語，表示“正在做某事的過程中”
可用用while引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句去替換
while he was counting

現(xiàn)在分詞
the steps leading to the president's palace
the road leading to the forest

fifteen-foot……做前置定語，這里的名詞必須上單數(shù)形式

which 指代wall(避免和前面的句式結(jié)構(gòu)相同）