L45-08 begin 3’40”
press: 榨汁; 熨烫;按住,压住 (n. )出版,发行
invoke 求助,祈求
impose 强加于人
wield 造成 (== bring about, cause, result in )
10 Reporters _____ interviews … (l.22)
a. went on strike for b. went on printing c. made repeated requests for d. were continually
原文: Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokes-
men for the family at press conferences.
pressing for: 不断的催问,要求
11 Lawyers were employed to act as spokesmen _____ the family. (ll.22-23)
a. on account of b. instead of c. on behalf of d. for the sake of
instead of : 代替 (某物、谁)
on account of == because of )
for the sake of 出于......的缘故
12 Instead of being five new family members, these children had become _____ .(l.26)
a. victims of commercialization b. something to be bought and sold
c. a public conerience d. a product of the market
【Key to Multiple choice questions】
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C 11. C 12. A
§ Lesson 46 Do it yourself 自己动手
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
●plead v. 找(借口),辩解
●ignorance n. 无知,不懂