Unit 4 A new newspaper
Soon after the term started, some Grade Eight students at Mayfield School wanted to publish a newspaper. They held a meeting. Later, Arthur wrote this report about their meeting for the headmaster.
学期开始后不久，一些梅菲尔德学园的八年级学生计划设计一份报纸。他们举行了一场会议。后来，Arthur提供给校长一份关于此次会议的报告。
We held a meeting after school. Pansy, Tony, Joyce, Millie and I were at the meeting.
放学后我们举行了一次会议，参与会议的同学有潘姿，托尼，乔伊斯，米莉以及我。
First, we decided to elect the
chief editor. Tony suggested that we should choose Joyce, because she has experience. She was an editor of her class newspaper last year. Then we all voted for her. We elected Joyce to be the chief editor.
首先，我们决定选举主编。托尼建议，我们选乔伊斯，因为她有工作经验。她是去年班级报纸的编辑。然后我们都给她投票，她被选举为主编。
Then Joyce took charge of the meeting. She said that we ought to select a secretary next. She asked for suggestions.
然后乔伊斯负责了整个会议。她说，我们接下来应该选一个秘书。她询问了大家的意见。
Millie suggested me, because I have experience too. I was secretary of the reading club last year. Then the others voted for me, and I was elected to be the secretary. I started taking notes.
米莉提议我，因为我也有经验，我去年是读书俱乐部的秘书。然后其他同学也投票，我被选作秘书。接着我开始记录会议笔记。
Joyce said that the other three would be editor of the paper. They would be responsible for different sections of the paper. Pansy asked which sections they would have. Joyce told them to talk it over among themselves, and said we would decide at the next meeting.
乔伊斯说另外三个同学都会是报纸的编辑。他们也会负责不同的版块。潘姿询问都会有哪些版块。乔伊斯让他们自己讨论—下这件事情，并说我们将会在下一次会议上作出决定。
Then we made a list of some other things we should discuss. For example, how often should we discuss. For example, how often should we publish the paper? Should it be free to readers, or should they pay for it?
然后我们列举了一下我们需要讨论的事情。比如说，我们多久讨论一次。举个例子，我们多久发一期报纸？这份报纸是免费的还是需要花钱购买？
We considered the last question briefly. Pansy asked whether we could call it the Mayfield Sun. Millie suggested the Mayfield Mirror or the Mayfield Star.
最后一个问题我们想的很简单。潘丝问我们是否应当给报纸取名《Mayfield Sun》。米莉建议叫《Mayfield Mirror》或是《Mayfield Star》。
We all had different ideas, and so Joyce said that we should think about this a bit longer. We would make a decision about the name at the next meeting. We agreed to conclude the meeting then. We
arranged to have the next meeting in one week’s time.
我们想法各不相同，所以乔伊斯建议我们多思考一段时间。在下次的会议中将对报纸的名称做出决定。我们都同意先结束会议，下次会议将在一周内进行。
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1 Soon after the term started, some Grade Eight students at Mayfield School wanted to publish a newspaper.
开学后不久，梅菲尔德学校的一些八年级学生打算出版一份报纸。
Joyce said that the other three would be editor of the paper.
乔伊斯说，其他三人将是报纸的编辑。
上述两个句子中出现的newspaper和paper均指“报纸”，是可数名词。paper意为“纸张”时，是不可数名词，如：We are running out of paper. 我们的纸快用光了。
2 They held a meeting. 他们开了个会。
句中的hold意为“召开”。
3 Tony suggested that we should choose Joyce，because she has experience.
托尼建议我们选乔伊斯，因为她有经验。
句中的experience作不可数名词，意为“经验”。当experience作可数名词时，意为“经历”。试比较：
That astronaut is telling the students about his experiences in space. 那位宇航员正在给学生}讲他的太空经历。
Experience is very important for this kind of work. 对这类工作而言，经验非常重要。
4 They would be responsible for different sections of the paper.他们将负责这份报纸的不同版面。
句中的section意为“部分”；在6A Unit 8曾学过vegetable section，section意为“部门”。
5 Joyce told them to talk it over among themselves, and said we would decide at the next meeting. 乔伊斯让他们自己讨论—下这件事情，并说我们将会在下一次会议上作出决定。 句中的talk...over相当于discuss。
6 Should it be free to readers, or should they pay for it?
句中的free是形容词，意为“免费的”。此外，free还可意为“有空的”。试比较：
You can use the Internet in your room for free. 你可以免费使用房间里的互联网。
Will you be free on Saturday afternoon? 你周六下午有空吗？
7 We all had different ideas, and so Joyce said that we should think about this a bit Ionger.
我们有不同的想法，所以乔伊斯说我们应该再多花点时间考虑这个（问题）。
句中的Iong作副词，意为“长时间地”。long也可作形容词，
如：He has been here for a long time.他在这里很久了。
