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UNIT 9 HUMAN BIOLOGY
主题语境——人与社会之人类生物学
词块背诵
佳句赏析
1.break the technical barrier 打破了技术壁垒
2.produce animal models制作动物模型
3.make an exact copy制作精确复制
4.clone more than 20 mammal species
克隆20多种哺乳动物
5.lead to cures for various diseases
导致治愈各种疾病
6.cause a great deal of disagreement
引起很大的分歧
7.worry about the ethical questions
担心道德问题
8.die from the epidemic死于疫情
1. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
生存下来的物种不是最强壮的,也非最聪明的,而是最能够适应改变的。
2. Cloning is changing worlds and creating new ones.克隆在改变世界,创造新世界。
3.The virus has brought great disaster to human beings.
病毒给人类带来了巨大的灾难。
[核心单词]
1.justify vt. 证明……有道理,为……辩护
[教材原句] Capabilities of the Human Mind making decisions,reasoning, justifying,...
人类思维的能力做出决定、推理、证明,……
①justify (doing) sth.证明(做)某事
justify in doing sth.有理由做某事
justify...to...向(某人)证明……是对的
②justified adj.有正当理由的; 情有可原的
be justified in做……是正当的
[练通]——单句语法填空
(1) How will you justify this pay cut to your employees?
(2) The decision is justified (justify) on the grounds that there is no realistic alternative.
(3) He is fully justified in doing (do) so.
[金句]——完成句子
(4)How can they justify paying such huge salaries ?
他们怎么能证明支付如此巨额的薪水是合理的?
2.calculate vt.计算;核算
[教材原句] Capabilities of the Human Mind create,innovate,solve problems,calculate
人类思维的能力、创造、创新、解决问题、计算
①calculate on (doing) sth.指望或依靠(做)某事
be calculated to do sth.打算或计划做某事
It has been calculated that...据估算……
②calculation n.计算;推算
calculator n.计算器;计算者
[练通]——单句语法填空
(1)We can't calculate on good weather for the barbecue.
(2)This advertisement is calculated to attract (attract) the attention of housewives.
(3)By his calculation (calculate),it could save airlines hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
[金句]——完成句子
(4) It has been calculated that the construction of the stadium will take two years.
据估算,体育馆的建设需要两年时间。
3.participant n.参加者,参与者
[教材原句] We trained the experiment's participants to do special breathing exercises...
我们训练实验参与者进行特殊呼吸