LANGUAGE POINTS, Unit 7, B3

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Unit 7

Language Points

1. fledgling / fledgling

① fledgling/fledgling n. --- a young bird just able to fly;

(fig) a young inexperienced person

eg: Are you fledglings now?

He is a fledgling teacher

② fledged (adj.) (of birds) with fully grown feathers; able to fly

eg: The birds are fledged now.

a fully-fledged man

2. beat n. --- the particular source or activity that a reporter is responsible for covering (范围) [只限用在新闻工作范围]

often: 'Beat' is also called news beat or news run.

eg: My beat is education. (I am responsible for education news.)

His beat is White House.

My responsibility is White House beat.

The news reporter is on the social security beat.

Par: Li Wei Tsien is responsible for sports news. (Li Wei Tsien is on sports beat.) He is responsible for science news. (He is on science beat.)

My brother is responsible for traffic news. (My brother is on traffic beat. /My brother's beat is traffic.)

3. assignment

① assign (v.)

vt. a) give to sb. for use or enjoyment, or as a share or part in a distribution (of work, duty, etc.) 分配, 分派(工作任务等给某人)

assign sth to sb./ assign sb. sth

eg: The leader will assign a new house to him.

They have assigned another class to John.

We'll be assigned a new house.

assign sb to + sth

eg: We'll assign him to a new post.

A new headmaster will be assigned to this school.

Please assign your best men to this job.

Par: We'll give him a new duty.

He will receive the guard duty.

The school will send him to XingJiang.

assign sb to do sth

eg: The headmaster assigned the students to sweep the floor.

The editor assigned the new reporter to cover international news.

b) name, put forward (as a time, place, a reason etc.)

指定(时间,地点等), 指出(理由)