SectionⅣLearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguageAFACTORANOPINION?Whatisafact?Isitsomethingthatpeoplebelieve①？No.Afactisanythingthatcanbeproved.Forexample,itcanbeprovedthatChinahasmorepeoplethananyother②countryintheworld.Thisisafact.Thenwhatisanopinion?Anopinioniswhatsomeonebelievesistruebuthasnotbeenproved③.Soanopinionisnotgoodevidence④inatrial⑤.Forexample,itisanopinionifyousay“Catsarebetterpetsthandogs”.Itmaybetrue,butitisdifficulttoprove.Somepeoplemaynotagreewith⑥thisopinionbuttheyalsocannotprovethattheyareright.Inatrial,ajudgemustdecidewhicheyewitnessestobelieveandwhichnottobelieve⑦.Thejudgedoesnotconsiderwhateacheyewitnesslookslikeorwherethatpersonlivesorworks⑧.He/Sheonlycaresaboutwhethertheeyewitnesshasgiventrueinformation,whichmustbefactsratherthanopinions⑨.Thiskindofinformationiscalledevidence.①that引导定语从句，修饰something。②anyother任何其他一个more...thananyother...为比较级形式，却表达了最高级的含义，此处相当于hasthemostpeopleofallthecountriesintheworld。在Itcanbeprovedthat...句式中，it是形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的从句。③what引导表语从句，其中someonebelieves为插入语。④evidence/'evIdns/ən.根据；证据goodevidence充分的证据⑤trial/'traIl/ən.审判；审讯；试验inatrial在审判中⑥agreewith赞成；同意(后接sb.或whatsb.says)agreewith还表示“与……一致；(食物、气候等)适合某人”。⑦eyewitness/aI'wItnIs/ˌn.目击者；证人句中两个“which＋不定式”结构都作decide的宾语。⑧or连接了由what和where引导的两个从句，作动词consider的并列宾语，其语序均为陈述语序。⑨careabout在乎；在意；关心ratherthan而不是whether引导的从句作caresabout的宾语；which引导非限制性定语从句。事实还是看法？什么是事实呢？是不是人们所相信的就是事实呢？不是。事实是任何可以被证实的事。举例来说，中国人口比世界上任何其他一个国家的人口都多，这是可以被证实的，这就是事实。那么，什么是看法呢？看法是人们相信是真实的，但是未经证实。因此在审判中，看法不是有说服力的证据。举例来说，如果你说“猫作为宠物比狗好”，这就是看法，这个看法可能是正确的，但是它难以被证实。有些人可能不同意这种看法，但是他们也不能证明他们是正确的。在审判中，法官必须断定哪些证人可以相信，哪些证人不能相信。法官并不考虑每个证人的长相如何，也不考虑那个人住在哪里，或者在哪儿工作。他/她关心的只是证人是否提供了真实的信息，这些信息必须是事实而不是看法。这种信息就叫作证据。Step1Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestion.What'sthemainideaofthepassage？(nomorethan10words)Thepassageismainlyaboutthe_differences_between_a_fact_and_an_opinion.Step2Choosethebestanswersaccordingtothetext.1．Whatreallyisafactaccordingtothepassage?A．Itissomethingthatmorethanonepersonbelieves.B．Itissomethingthatmorethanonepersonhasseenordone.C．Itisanythingthatcanbeproved.D．Itisanythingthatisbelievedoracceptedbymostpeople.2．Chinahasthelargestnumberofpeopleintheworld.________.A．ItisafactB．ItisanopinionC．ItisanevidenceD．Allthethree3．Ajudgemustconsidertheeyewitness'________inatrial.A．appearanceB．jobsC．opinionsD．facts4．Howdoesthewriterexplainthetwotermsof“fact”and“opinion”？A．Bygivingexamples.B．Bygivingdefinitions(定义)．C．Bygivingevidence.D．BothAandB.答案：1～4CADD一、这样记单词记得准·写得对记得快·记得多Ⅰ.基础词汇1.localadj.本地的；当地的2.trialn.审判；审讯；试验3.sailorn.水手；海员；船员4.debaten．&vi.争论；辩论5.eyewitnessn.目击者；证人6.sinkvi.下沉；沉下Ⅱ.拓展词汇1.paintingn．绘画；画→paintv．油漆；绘画2.evidencen．根据；证据→evidentadj.清楚的；明白...
