Unit 1 Section I Reading and Thinking(Word教参)-【状元桥·优质课堂】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版2019）

英语　选择性必修　第二册

Section Ⅰ　Reading and Thinking

教材助读1

<1>cholera/ˈkɒlərə/n．霍乱

<2>used to do sth过去常常做某事

<3>severe/sIˈvIə(r)/adj．极为恶劣的；十分严重的；严厉的

severely adv．严重地；严厉地

<4>diarrhoea/ˌdaIəˈriə/n．腹泻

<5>dehydration/ˌdiːhaIˈdreIʃn/n．脱水

<6>outbreak n．爆发；突然发生

<7>hit v．攻击；进攻；袭击

<8>frustrated/frʌˈstreItId/adj．懊恼的；沮丧的；失意的

frustration n．挫折

<9>in time最后；迟早

<10>rise vi．[熟词生义]变得更加成功(或重要、强大等)

<11>attend to照料

<12>give birth (to)生孩子

<13>once and for all最终地；彻底地

<14>in general通常；总的说来

<15>contradictory/ˌkɒntrəˈdIktəri/adj．相互矛盾的；对立的；不一致的

be contradictory to与……相矛盾

contradict v．与……矛盾；反驳

<16>infection/Inˈfekʃn/n．感染；传染

<17>germ/dʒɜːm/n．微生物；细菌；病菌

<18>subscribe to 同意；赞同

subscribe/səbˈskraIb/vi．认购(股份)；定期订购；定期交纳(会费)

<19>proof/pruːf/n．证据；证明；检验

prove v．证明；证明是

<20>consequently adv．因此，所以

<21>investigate vt．调查；研究

<22>particular adj．特定的；特别的

<23>be determined to do sth决心做某事

<24>multiple/ˈmʌltIpl/adj．数量多的；多种多样的

multiply v．繁殖；使相乘

<25>water pump水泵

pump/pʌmp/n．泵；抽水机；打气筒

<26>household/ˈhaʊshəʊld/n．一家人；家庭；同住一所(套)房子的人

<27>suspect/səˈspekt/vt．& vi．怀疑；疑有；不信任

/ˈsʌspekt/n．犯罪嫌疑人；可疑对象

<28>blame/bleIm/

vt．把……归咎于；责怪；指责 n．责备；指责

<29>what is more 更重要的是；而且

<30>as a result of 由于(后跟原因)

as a result 结果(后跟结果)

 

JOHN SNOW DEFEATS “KING CHOLERA<1>”

Cholera used to<2> be one of the most feared diseases in the world, ①until a British doctor, John Snow, showed how it could be overcome．This illness causes severe<3> diarrhoea<4>， dehydration<5>， and even death．In the early 19th century, when an outbreak<6> of cholera hit<7> Europe, millions of people died from the disease．As a young doctor, John Snow became frustrated<8> ②because no one knew how  to prevent or treat cholera．In time<9>， he rose<10> to become a famous doctor, and even attended to<11> Queen Victoria when she gave birth<12>．However, he never lost his desire to destroy cholera once and for all<13>．