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选择性必修二Unit 1
Reading and thinking
课文逐句理解+词汇拓展+短语+语法+翻译
To raise newquestions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requirescreative imagination and marks real advance in science.
----Albert Einstein& Leopold Infeld
提出新的问题,发现新的可能,从新的角度审视已存在的问题,这些需要创造性的想象力,并标志着科学的真正进步。
JOHN SNOW DEFEATS “KING CHOLERA”
约输•斯诺战胜“霍乱王”
第一段:通读全文-获取段落大意+感知重点词句
Cholera used to be one of the most feared diseases in the world, until a British doctor. John Snow, showed how it could be overcome. This illness causes severe diarrhoea, dehydration, and even death. In the early19th century, when an outbreak of cholera hit Europe, millions of people died from the disease. As a young doctor, John Snow became frustrated because no one knew how to prevent or treat cholera. In time, he rose to become a famous doctor, and even attended to Queen Victoria when she gave birth. However, he never lost his desire to destroy cholera once and for all.
Cholera used to be one of the most feared diseases in the world,
until a British doctor, John Snow, showed how it could be overcome.
1.used to be 曾经是 be used to do 被用来作be used to doing习惯于做
2.one of the most+adj 最...之一
3.feared adj 吓人的
4.until连词 引导时间状从
5.how引导宾从
6.被动:be done
7.overcome v.克服 overcome-overcame-overcome
overcome difficulty克服困难
句意:
在英国医生约翰・斯诺向人们展示如何战胜霍乱之前,霍乱曾是世界上最令人恐惧的疾病之一。
This illness causes severe diarrhoea, dehydration, and even death.
句意:这个疾病导致严重的腹泻,脱水甚至死亡。
1.severe adj. 严重的 a sever winter 一个严冬
2.severely adv严重地
3.severity n.严重性
In the early19th century, when an outbreak of cholera hit Europe, millions of people died from the disease.
1.outbreak n.爆发;突然发生·an outbreak of ... ...的爆发
·outbreak是合成名词 对应的短语是 break out爆发
类似的由短语合成的名词还有:
outcome n.结果 breakdown故障 takeaway外面食品
2.hit v.打击;侵袭;使某人突然意识到
·It hit sb that...某人突然意识到....
eg: It hit me that money doesn’t means happiness.
3.die from 死于(外因 如:车祸、地震、事故)
die of死于(内因 如:癌症、心脏病、年老等)
句意:在19世纪早期,当霍乱爆发,侵袭欧洲,数百万人死于这个疾病。
As a young doctor, John Snow became frustrat