Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics.

go to extremes  ^{走极端：采取极端的行动或态度，超出正常或合理的范围。}

• This is a rare occurrence as our climate seldom goes to extremes.
• Extreme poverty still exists in many rural areas. ^adj.
• Force is only justified in extreme circumstances. ^adj.

go to extremes to do sth. ^{过分地…在某方面走极端}

• Girls often go to extremes to lose weight. ^{女孩子常常在减肥方面走极端。}
• Some parents often go to extremes to satisfy the needs of their children.^{有些父母常常过分地满足孩子的需要}
• Alfred Bloggs went to extremes to seek the privilege of becoming a white-collar worker. ^{阿尔弗雷德·布洛格斯过分地追求成为白领工人的特权。}

provide sb. with sth. ^{为某人提供某物}

• If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country, you will find the city can provide you with the best that life can offer.
• It will be good to your health and provide you with plenty of energy for life activities. ^{它会对你的健康有好处，并为你的生命活动提供充足的能量。}
• This helps us to provide you with a better service. ^{这有助于我们为你提供更好的服务。}

礼让弱小 ^{哪个个儿小哪个在前}

• facts and statistics  ^{事实和统计数据}
• fruit and vegetables ^蔬菜水果
• fur and feather / birds and beasts ^飞禽走兽
• bed and board / food and shelter ^食宿
• food, shelter, clothing and transportation ^衣食住行

造句：Some websites often go to extremes to provide their visitors with a bewildering amount of information.^{某些网站常常过份地给访问者提供令人眼花缭乱的大量的信息。}

Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.

被动语态 ^{突出被动的承受者（本文突出整篇文章的主人公）}

• Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. ^{突出有趣的发现}
• Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look-out. ^{NCE3-10（突出巨大的冰山）}
• A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.^{NCE3-32（突出大陆的电报）}

article on / about sth. (by sb.) ^{关于...的文章}

• an article on / about education by Mr. Smith. ^{史密斯先生写的一篇关于教育的文章}

When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it.

the article arrived ^无灵主语

• The card arrived on my birthday ^{在我生日那天收到了贺卡。}
• A letter came for you this morning. ^{今天早上有一封信给你。}
• When reports came into London Zoo that...

造句：When the letter came / arrived, Jane read the first sentence and then cried.^{当Jane收到信时，读完第一句话就哭了。}

The article began: "Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace."

lead to ... ^{通往\导致}

• All roads lead to Rome.^{条条大路通罗马；殊途同归}
• The path led to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain. ^NCE3-48
• This led to yet another angry argument. ^NCE3-33

The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.

造句：The manager at once sent his secretary an email instructing her to find out the exact number of the people who will attend the meeting.^{这位经理立刻给他的秘书发了一 封email，要求她了解一下即将出席会议的确切人数。}