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1、Unit14SpaceShuttleChallengerBackgroundThisarticleisinthenatureofreportage,writtenbyanewspaperreporterwhowitnessedthedisastrouslaunchofthespaceshuttleChallengerintheunitedstatesin1986ItiswritteninjournalisticstyleandthenarrationfollowsthenaturalsequenceoftheeventI
2、nhumanity’ssearchforscientificdiscoveries,muchcourageanddevotionhasbeenrequiredanddisplayed.Themenandwomenwhogavetheirlivesinthiscasewerenottheonlypeople,andtheywillnotbethelastWordsandexpressionsPressthepresspeople;allthereportersfornewspapers,magazines,radiosan
3、dtelevisionLoadsth.intoacontainertofillsomecontainerwithsth.theword“load”isalsousedinthefollowingpatterns:toloadatruck,toloadsth.ontoavehicle,toloadaplacewithsth.tobeheavilyloaded(tobeloadeddownwith),tocarryaheavyloadWordsandexpressionsChatterafriendlyinformalcon
4、versationaboutsth.unimportantExcess(adj.)(onlybeforenoun)muchmorethannecessary,e.g.excesslabor,excessluggage,excesscapacityWordsandexpressionsLetsth.outtoallowsth.toleaveaplace(saidofgas,air,lightandwater)Builduptoincreasegradually,e.g.Overtheyears,astrongresentm
5、enthadbuiltupamongthepeopleagainsttheirunfairtreatment.TheJapanesemassmediasaythatitisstilluncertainwhetherthePrimeMinisterwillbeabletobuildupthenecessarysupportforhisreforpoliciesWordsandexpressionsliftoffthemomentaspaceshuttleleavesthegroundMorecompoundwordslik
6、e“liftoff”standoff,buildup,go-between,checkup,slowdown,makeup,printout,standby,get-together,handoutremindtoremindsb.of(doing)sth.toremindsb.(not)todosth.toremindsb.that…(clause)toremindsb.what/how/why,etc.WordsandexpressionsThunderedtolifewereignitedwithaterrible
7、roar(“life”heremeansactivity)Cf.tocometolife,toroartolife,tospluttertolifeflawadefectorsomeweaknessthatmakessth.imperfect,e.g.Themansaidtotheemperorthattherewasaflawinthejade.Thedisasterwascausedbyamechanicalflawoftheplane.Shecanspeakthelanguageflawlessly.Wordsan
8、dexpressionsRawcopyunpolishedcopy,givingallunpleasantfactswithouttryingtomakethemmoreacceptablePullfreetostrugglefree,tomovetogetawayfromthebooster.Cf.tobreakf
