Module 5 Newspapers and Magazines單元學案
the first regularly published newspaper in england was printed in amsterdam in 1620. in 1621, an english newspaper was started in london and was published once a week. the first daily english newspaper was the daily courtant, which came out in march 1702.
in 1690, beijamin harris printed the first american newspaper in boston. but not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. in 1704, john campbell started the boston newspaper ,the first newspaper published daily the american colonies（1）. by 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. there are now about 1800 daily papers in the united states.
today, as a group, english language newspapers have the largest circulation（2）in the world. but the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the japanese newspaper asahi shimbun. it sells more than eleven million copies every year.
注解：
（1）colonies: 殖民地 （2）circulation： 發行量
language study
1. the beijing space control centre said the flight was a “complete success”
== the beijing space control centre said the flight was a completely successful flight.
北京航天控制中心說這次飛行完全成功。
success
(1) n. [u] the fact that you have achieved sth that you want and have been trying to do or get 成功；勝利 success in (doing) sth. 在（做）某事上取得成功
e.g.
he didn’t have much success in finding a job.他找工作沒有什么結果。
what’s the secret of your success? 你成功的秘訣是什么？
（2）n.[c] a person or thing that has achieved a good result and been successful 成功的人或事
e.g.
the party was a big success.聚會非常成功。
she’s proud of her daughter’s successes.她為女兒的種種成就感到自豪。
以下名詞作不可數名詞用時，表示抽象概念，用作可數名詞時，表示具體的人或事物。
beauty n. [c] a person or thing that is beautiful. 美人，美好的東西
honour n. [c] a person or thing that brings great pride and pleasure光榮的人或事物
pleasure n. [c] a thing that make you happy or satisfied.
e.g.
she had been a beauty in her day.她年輕時是個美人。
she is an honour to the profession.她是這一行業的光榮。
everyone can enjoy the pleasures and pains of everyday life.
每個人都能嘗到日常生活的苦與樂。
（3）構詞解析：
success n.成就,成功, 成功的人或事物；succeed vi. 成功; successful adj..成功的,一帆風順的, successfully adv..成功地,順利地
practice
1. 在這里生活的好處之一是安寧。
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