Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the country.

carry ^{v. to publish or broadcast a news story 刊登，播出（新闻报道等）}

• All the papers carried the story the next day.
• Several papers carry the photograph of Mr. Anderson.  ^{好几家报纸都刊登了安德森先生的照片。}

When Beijing won to right to host the 2008 Olympic Games, Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the world. ^{当北京赢得了 2008 年奥林匹克运动会主办权的时候，电视摄像机和报纸把这一消息传遍了全世界。}

Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sums for the exclusive rights to publish stories and photographs.

exclusive ^{adj. available or belonging only to particular people, and not shared 独家的，独享的}

• Our group will have exclusive use of a 60-foot boat. ^{我们组将有一条专用的60英尺的船。}
• He told the magazine in an exclusive interview: "All my problems stem from drinking."   ^{他在一次独家采访中告知那家杂志：“我所有的问题源于饮酒。”}
• Some papers thought they had an exclusive.  ^{一些报社以为他们有一条独家报道。}

Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufaturers who wished to advertise their products.

pour in ^{涌入（“水”涌入的派生意义）}

• Letters of complaints poured in.
• Donations poured in for the earthquake victims in China.

advertise a product ^宣传产品

• The company spent millions to advertise their new product. ^{公司花费了数百万来宣传他们的新产品。}
• It gives the merchant a wider market in which to advertise a product or service.^{它使商家更广泛的市场，宣传产品或服务。}
• Slogan: a phrase used to advertise a product, a company or an organization. ^{广告口号：一个用以推销商品跟公司、机构的短语、短句。}

The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new ＄500, 000 home.

be replaced by ^{被…所取代、代替}

• He was replaced by Lt. Frank Fraser. ^{他由弗兰克•弗雷泽少尉来取代。}
• The mist had been replaced by a kind of haze that seemed to amplify the heat. ^{这薄雾已经被一种热汽代替了，这似乎加重了炎热的程度。}
• The deathly pallor of her skin had been replaced by the faintest flush of colour. ^{她皮肤死一般的苍白已被极微弱的一点颜色所取代。}

Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.

press (sb.) for sth. ^{迫切要求，一再敦促}

• Reporters pressed (him) for an explanation.
• I pressed (him) for his consent to our marriage.

act as … ^{临时担任某种工作}

• The box acts as a seat. ^主动
• My brother speaks French — he can acts as interpreter. ^{被动(人做主语)}
• Alfred the Great acted as his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel.

act as if ^{假装、好像、伪装、行为象什么一样}

• Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to £10.
• He acted as if he had never lived in England before.

act as = serve as / function as / be used as … ^{当做…来使用}

• The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two. ^{沙发可以当床凑合一两夜。}
• A typical PDA can function as a mobile phone and a personal organizer. ^{一部典型的个人数字助理可以兼具手机和个人记事簿功能。}
• Art may be used as a vehicle for propaganda. ^{艺术可以用作宣传的工具。}

press conference ^{记者招待会}

• She gave her reaction to his release at a press conference.  ^{她在一次新闻发布会上就他的释放做出了回应。}
• The press conference was a complete shambles. ^{记者招待会一片混乱。}
• The President will be giving a press conference this afternoon. ^{总统今天下午将举行记者招待会。}

While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame.

oxygen tent ^{n. a clear covering put over the head and upper body of an ill person to provide oxygen to help them breathe 氧气帐，氧幕}

• Meanwhile, he's got a hospital full of patients in oxygen tents that need mitral valve replacement, and he said, 'You can't wait on this. ^{在这同时呢，医院吸氧室里挤满了患者，他们需要替换冠状瓣膜。于是他说，你们不能再等了。}

nursery ^{n. a room in a hospital where babies that have just been born are looked after 医院的婴儿室}

• He has painted murals in his children's nursery.  ^{他在他家的育儿室画上了壁画。}
• It's been made into a nursery for thee. ^{它已经变成了你的育儿室。}
• The babies were bawling in the nursery. ^{托儿所的婴儿都在啼哭。}

pay the price for sth. ^{为某事付出代价}

• Being recognized wherever you go is the price you pay for being famous. 
• Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet. 

It would never again be possible for them to lead normal lives.

lead / live a … life ^{过着...的生活}

• They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. 

They had become the victims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value.

be / become the victim of … ^{成为了...的受害者}

• Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
• A man without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of adverse circumstances, deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities.

commercialization ^{n. 商业化}

• When experts cite possible harm from the commercialization of laser enrichment, they often point to Iran. ^{当专家列举激光浓缩商业化可能带来的危害时，他们常常指向伊朗。}
• There are three dozen universities in the UK which are actively engaged in advanced research training and commercialization work. ^{在英国，有36所大学积极从事高级研究培训和商业化工作。}
• These roads made possible a reduction in transportation costs and thus stimulated the commercialization of agriculture along their routes. ^{这些道路使得运输成本能够降低，从而刺激了沿线农业的商业化。}

commercialize / commercialise ^{vt. [usually passive] to be more concerned with making money from sth. than about its quality, used to show disapproval 使商业化}

• Christmas has become so commercialized.

market value ^{n. the value of a product, building etc. based on the price that people are willing to pay for it, rather than the cost of producing it or building it 市场价值}

• He must sell the house for the current market value. ^{他必须按照目前的市场价格出售这套房子。}
• The house now has a market value of one million pounds. ^{这栋房子目前的市场价值为100万英镑。}
• Unmodernized property can sell for up to 40 percent of its modernized market value. ^{未经现代化改造的房地产售价至多是其现代化改造后市价的40%。}

Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity.

instead of …, … ^{本该…， 却…}

• Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective stories.