1.    editor 编辑        editorial  a./n. 专题报道

2.    go to extremes走极端：

go from one extreme to the other/go to the opposite extreme

3.    journalist 新闻记者 reporter 记者  journalism 新闻业

4.    instructed 指令    command order 强调上级对下级的命令

5.    president 总统，校长，总裁      the president of the US.Presidnet Kennedy

the president of Harvard University    the presidnet of General Motors

6.    republic 共和国        the People's Republic of China(PRC)   

the United Longdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(UK)

7.    lead to 引向，导致        Carelessness can lead to serious problems.

8.    surround 围绕，环绕        The city is surrounded by hills.

9.    set out 开始做，着手；出发        set out to do;set out for/from

Columbus set out from Europe in 1492.    He set out to find the truth.

10.    obtain 强调经过努力，花费时间得到

11.    im-impatient-patient        impossible，imperfect

        un-unimportant-important        unhappy,unfair

        in-incomplete        il-illegal        ir-irregular

12.    press 出版社，印刷业       go to press 交付印刷

Oxford University press         

13.    inform        informed        infornation        Keep me informed.

inform sb about/of         Inform us of any change of address please.     

14.    fail to do=not to do        The letters failed to arrive on time.

15.    not only....,but ...(as well)/but(also)...

It is not only legal,but it is also very popular.

(Not only is it legal,but it is also very popular.)

I not only heard it,but I saw it as well.

(Not only did I hear it,but I saw it as well.)