看一小段文字,用英文把它概括出来40个字内
Editorsofnewspapersandmagazines
Oftengotoextremestoprovidetheir
readerswithunimportantfactsandstatis-
tics.Lastyearajournalisthadbeen
instructedbyawell-knownmagazineto
writeanarticleonthepresident'spalace
inanewAfricanrepublic.Whenthe
articlearrived,theeditorreadthefirst
sentenceandthenrefusedtopublishit.
Thearticlebegan:'Hundredsofsteps
leadtothehighwallwhichsurroundsthe
president'spalace.'Theeditoratonce
sentthejournalistatelegraminstructing
himtofindouttheexactnumberofsteps
andtheheightofthewall.
一定要在40个英文字内...尽量不要全句拷贝
求求大大