Unit 3 Reading The Future is in Our Genes第二课时语言点课件 2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版选择性必修第二册

Reading Language Points 01 Language U s a g e 2 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for coming to this lecture. Over the course of my career, I have seen many wonderful scientific developments, but none are as game-changing as genome editing. I am full of excitement about the possibilities this scientific advance can bring and hope to share my excitement with you today. 女士们，先生们，下午好。谢谢大家来听这个讲座。在我的职业生涯中，我见证了许多了不起的科学发展，但没有一个能像基因组编辑那样改变游戏规则。我对这一科学进步所带来的可能性充满了兴奋，我希望今天能与你们分享我的兴奋。 As many of you may already know, genes play a critical role in shaping our lives. Everything from the color of our eyes to our talent for maths depends on genes. The complete set of genes inside a cell or a living being is called a genome. 你们很多人可能已经知道,基因在塑造我们的生活中起着至关重要的作用。从眼睛的颜色到我们的数学天赋，一切都取决于基因。一个细胞或生物体内的整套基因被称为基因组。 Our own personal genome carries all the information needed to make us grow and develop. It also contains information that helps determine our lifespan and affects our chances of contracting certain diseases. Some people, for example, carry a gene that makes them more likely to catch a certain virus or develop a particular form of cancer. 我们个人的基因组携带着使我们成长和发展所需的所有信息。它(基因组）还包含了有助于决定我们寿命长短和影响我们患某些疾病概率的信息。例如，有些人携带一种基因,使他们更容易感染某种病毒或患上某种癌症。 1. affect vt. 影响;侵袭，使感染;深深打动 ① be affected by 被……侵袭；被……感动/影响 be affected by heat/ cold 中暑/着凉 affect sb./ sth. 影响某人/某物 ② affection n. 喜爱；爱慕（与for搭配） have a great affection for 非常喜欢…… gain/win sb.’s affection 得到某人的喜爱 【语境应用】单句语法填空。 1) The experiment showed that our body clocks _____________ (affect) by light and temperature. 2) Researchers began reporting the benefits of family dinner about a decade ago, focusing mainly on how it ___________ (affect) children. are affected　 affects affect, effect, influence affect 指“产生的影响之大足以引起反应”，注重影响的动作，常指负面、消极的影响。 effect 通常用作n，作“影响”讲时，构成have an effect on “对……有影响”。 influence 指“通过说服、举例等对行动、思想、性格等产生不易察觉到的、潜移默化的影响”。 2. contract vt. 感染疾病；与…订立合同(契约) n. 合同，合约 v. contract (sb) to