Unit 3 Reading The Future is in Our Genes 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

B5U3 Reading The future is in our genes Language points 衡阳市第二十六中学 Mrs. Lee 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 I hope to share my excitement with you today. that 译文：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具有颠覆性。我对这一科学进 步能带来的可能性感到万分激动，我希望今天能与你们 分享我激动的心情。 职业生涯 as…as…结构 定语从句 Race walking does not pound the body as much as running does. 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. 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. 起至关重要作用 译文：你们可能已经知道，基因在塑造我们的人生方面起着至关重要作用。从眼睛的颜色到我们的数学天赋，一切都取决于基因。基因组是指一个细胞或生物体内的一整套基因。我们的个人基因组携带着我们成长和发展所需的所有信息。它（基因组）还包含其他信息，这些信息有助于决定我们寿命的长短并影响我们患某些疾病的概率。例如，有些人携带着一种让他们更有可能感染某种病毒或患上某种癌症的基因。 后置定语 affect vt. 短语 变形 affect sb./ sth. be affected by…受……影响 affection n. 喜爱；感情；影响 have a great affection for… 非常喜欢… gain/win sb’s affections 得到某人的爱 effect n. effective adj. （2020 江苏）Athletes ad scientists have long known that meal timing _______(affect) performance. affects Geneticists have been trying to identify which genes relate to which diseases, as they believe genome editing is an effective means of disease treatment and prevention. It allows geneticists to make changes to the genome by correcting, adding, deleting or replacing spe