第18讲 选择性必修三U9 Human Biology词句文精讲精练-2023高三英语一轮复习精品课程（北师大2019）

U9 Human Biology 一.核心词精讲 1. Cloning, however, continues to be an issue that causes a great deal of disagreement and provokes strong emotions. provoke v. to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one 激起，引起 provoke sb. into doing sth. provoke sb. to do sth. e.g. I’m sorry to provoke him into a fight. They provoked him to say more than he wanted. 2. They believe it is bound to lead to cloning of other species… bound adj. very likely to do or feel a particular thing 很有可能，肯定会 常用结构：be bound to do sth. It is bound to be 当然，早应料到 be bound for 准备前往，开往 e.g. Don't lie to her. She's bound to find out. The ship is bound for South America. 3. Finally, they worry that some organisations may abuse the technology for unethical purposes. abuse v. 1) to deliberately use sth. for the wrong purpose or for your own advantage 滥用，e.g. This man abused his position as manager. 2) to treat sb. in a cruel and violent way 虐待 e.g. When the police found the children, they had been abused physically. 3) to say rude or offensive things to sb. 谩骂，辱骂 e.g. He was abused after he failed to save a goal. 4. Each disease can only officially be classified as an epidemic once a certain number of deaths have occurred from the disease. 只有致死病例达到一定数量，某种疾病才会被正式定性为流行病。 classify v. to decide what group sth. belongs to分类；把……归类；将……界定 e.g. Biologists classify animals and plants into different groups. The books in the library are classified by / according to subject. 5. Scientists now estimate that up to 50% of the area’s population died from the epidemic... 科学家现在估计那个地区一半以上人口死于那个病毒…… estimate v. to try to judge the value, size, speed, cost etc of sth., without calculating it exactly 估计；估算 e.g. It is not easy to estimate how many people have the disease. estimate n. a calculation of the value, size, amount etc of sth. 估计；估算 e.g. The figure will only be about two million, less than half the original estimate. 6. … governments worldwide have underlined the fact tha