Unit 1 Science and Scientists Reading and Thinking 知识点练习单-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Reading and thinking severe adj.严重的 severer/more severe severest/most severest severely adv. severe weather恶劣天气 severe winter 严冬 · There was an outbreak of cholera in London, so the queen tackled some officers .(severe) frustrated adj.沮丧的frustrate v.使……沮丧 frustration n.沮丧 · Mary felt extremely (frustrate) because of her children’s diarrhoea and dehydration. · The food shortage is (frustrate). To people’s (frustrate), some businessmen used this chance to promote the price of food. In general, doctors in those days had two contradictory theories to explain how cholera spread. 关于霍乱的蔓延方式，当时医生大体上有两种截然不同的看法。 contradictory adj.相互矛盾的contradict v.与……矛盾 contradiction n.矛盾 · The Steady State Theory is contradictory the Big Bang Theory. infect v.传染；感染 infection n.(C)传染；感染 infected adj.受感染的 infectious adj.传染性的 infect sb with sth 把……传染给……=sb be infected with sth · The (infect) of COVID-19 is quick, and the authorities have paid great attention to it. · Tom infected his brother a bad flu. In other words, Tom’s brother was infected a bad flu. · The cold is an (infect）illness, and we should learn to protect ourselves from it. germ n.(C)细菌；病菌=bacterium-bacteria(pl.) Snow subscribed to the second theory.斯诺赞同第二种看法。 subscribe vi.订阅；捐助 subscription n.订阅；捐助 subscribe to 订阅……；捐助……；同意…… · Stephen Hawking subscribed the big bang theory. · Queen Victoria subscribed to (tackle) a severe cholera, and she subscribed a series of books about cholera for the scientists. · An annual (subscribe) will begin next Friday. It was correct, but he still needed proof. 这一看法是正确的，但他仍需要证据。 proof · I have some (prove) showing that the bad egg told a lie. It proved that I was right once and for all. once and for all=thoroughly 彻底地 · Yuan Longping tried his best (create) the hybrid rice once and for all. There were multiple deaths near the water pump