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Reading 2
Fit for life
目录
C O N T E N T S
第三章节标题
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第四章节标题
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Learning objectives
Discuss the possible changes genome editing can bring to human life and health care
Explain their attitudes towards “designer babies”
Understand the relationship between genetic markers and human lifespans
Review:
1.a _________performing an operation 一位做手术的外科医生
2.a practising __________ 一位执业医师
3.a research ________ 从事研究工作的化学家
4.go to the _______ 去看牙医
5. _______________ genome editing 至关重要的基因组编辑
6.inside a ____ 在细胞内
7.a living _______ 生物体
8. _________ a certain ______ 感染某种病毒
9.develop a particular form of ________ 患有某种特定类型的癌症
10.an effective _______ 一种有效的方式
surgeon
physician
chemist
dentist
game-changing
cell
being
contract
virus
cancer
means
11. _______ all 全部删除
12. _______ a blind person’s vision 恢复一位盲人的视力
13.a new ________ 一种新武器
14.a _____________change 一个重大的改变
15.at a fast _____ 以一种快的节奏
16.questions ______ 问题出现
delete
restore
weapon
fundamental
pace
arise
17.select specific ______________ 选择特定的特征
18. ________ with such moral issues 解决这些道德问题
19.a _______ on genome editing 关于基因组编辑的争论
20.a _____ old age 高龄
characteristics
wrestle
debate
ripe
1.Over the course of my career, I have seen many wonderful scientific developments, but none are as game-changing as genome editing.(as...as...)
在……过程中
2. As many of you may already know, genes play a critical role in
shaping our lives.
在……中起关键性作用
塑造我们的生命
3. affect vt. 影响;侵袭,使感染;深深打动
(教材原句) It also contains information that helps determine our lifespan and affects our chances of contracting certain diseases.
(读后续写之心理描写) 这个坏消息深深地影响了我,我突然感到很绝望。
I ______so deeply __________the bad news that I suddenly felt desperate.
e.g: An unhappy home environment can affect a child’s growth. _________
Cancer had affected his lungs. _________
I was so deeply affected by the film that I almost cried._____
was affected by
影响
疾病感染/侵袭
感动
(1)be affected by 受……的影响;被……感动
be affected with 感染……疾病
(2)have affection for 喜爱……
(3)effect n.作用;影响 effective adj.有效果的
have an effect/influence on 对……产生影响
①(2023∙全国甲卷)Putting electric fencing around chicken houses and other farm
animal quarters is also highly _________(effect) at getting grizzlies away.
②Table tennis is the only sport that my son has _________(affect) for.
③④As is known to us, smoking __________________our health.
众所周知,吸烟对我们的健康有不良影响。
effective
affection
has a bad effect on
4. contract vt.感染(疾病);与……订立合同(或契约)
n.合同,合约
(教材原句) It also contains information that helps determine our lifespan and affects our chances of contracting certain diseases.
①Several computer engineers have been contracted ___ the finance department.
②The company has contracted _____ him to employ him as its salesman.
③She is _________________a major computer firm.
她已签约为一家大型计算机公司工作。
④(熟词生义)Metal contracts as it cools. (contract vi. ______)
to
with
under contract to
收缩
患病的几种表达:
医学术语:
被诊断为癌症 _____________________
流感症状 ____________________
注射一种新型疫苗__________________
be diagnosed with cancer
flu symptoms
confirmed diagnosis 确诊
be affected with a disease
contract a disease
catch a disease
develop a disease
have a disease
inject a new vaccine
5.identify vt.找到,发现;确认;认出;显示,说明身份
(教材原句) 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.
(1)identify sth./sb. as... 认定某事物/某人是……
identify oneself 证明自己的身份
(2)identification n. 鉴定,识别;确认;身份证明
(3)identity card 身份证
(4)identical adj.完全同样的
be identical to/with... 与……完全一样
【即学活用】单句语法填空/完成句子
①The police are trying to discover the _________(identify) of the killer.
②The _____________(identify) of the plane crash victims was a long and difficult
task.
(1)identify sth./sb. as... 认定某事物/某人是……
identify oneself 证明自己的身份
(2)identification n. 鉴定,识别;确认;身份证明
(3)identity card 身份证
(4)identical adj.完全同样的
be identical to/with... 与……完全一样
identity
identification
6.means n.方法,方式;财富,钱财
(教材原句)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.
by means of 用……办法;借助……
by this means 这种方法
by all means 尽一切方法;务必
by no means=not by any means 绝不,一点也不
be meant to do 注定做,打算做
一种有效的方式
【即学活用】单句语法填空/完成句子/句式升级
①As we know, television is ____ effective means of communication.
②Every possible means _____(have) been tried to solve the problem, but none has worked.
③China has built up a good international reputation ____________selflessly helping poor countries.
中国通过无私帮助贫穷国家树立了良好的国际声誉。
an
has
by means of
7. restore vt.恢复;修复;使复原,使复位
(教材原句)Soon we may be able to use such treatments to restore a blind person’s vision or give someone who was born deaf an excellent sense of hearing.
( )
(1)restore sth. to 恢复某事物到某状态
restore sth. to sb. 把某物归还给某人
(2)restoration n. 恢复;复位;归还
①Fortunately, the stolen car _____________(restore) to its owner at last.
②These policies are designed _________(restore)public confidence in the economy.
③The ___________ (restore) took almost six thousand man-hours over four years.
was restored
to restore
restoration
8. Ultimately, this new technology might even make it possible to prevent diseases from ever developing by correcting abnormal genes early on.(make+it+adj.+to do )
9. Genome editing, serving as a new weapon in the fight against diseases,
will lead to a fundamental change in our approach to health care.
充当,起作用
10.arise vi.发生,出现;(由……)引起,(因……)产生
(教材原句)As the technology continues to develop at a fast pace, however, questions arise about how to use it appropriately.
arise from/out of 由……引起;由……产生;从……中产生
①Seeing his mother return home, the boy arose from his chair immediately.( )
②New problems will arise one after another in the future. ( )
③They arose at sunrise to get an early start to the park. ( )
④The number of road accidents and the deaths arising from those accidents has
increased over the past year. ( )
⑤Can we begin by discussing matters ____________ the last meeting?
我们可以先讨论上次会议产生的问题吗?
起身
出现
起床
引起
arising from
keep pace with...
与……步调一致;
与……并驾齐驱
11.restrict vt.限制,限定;束缚,妨碍;约束,管束
(教材原句)Should we restrict our use of this technology to the treatment and prevention of diseases?
(1) restrict oneself/sb. to sth./doing sth. 限制自己/某人做某事
(2) restriction n. 限制;约束;束缚
(3) restricted adj.(大小或数量)有限的,很小的;(指能做的事)有限的,受限制的
① There are some ___________ (restrict) on the amount of money
you can withdraw.
②The physician _________________ one cup of coffee a day.
这位医师限制自己每天只喝一杯咖啡
restrictions
restricts himself to
12.prohibit vt.(尤指以法令)禁止;使不可能
(教材原句)Should we prohibit geneticists from using it to enhance healthy bodies?
(1)prohibit sb. from doing sth. 禁止某人做某事
prohibit doing sth. 禁止做某事
(2)prohibition n. 禁止;禁令
a/the prohibition on/against ……的禁令/禁止
【知识延伸】
(1)禁止某人做某事: ban/forbid sb. from doing sth.=forbid sb. to do sth.
(2)阻止某人做某事: prevent/keep/stop sb. from doing sth.
(应用文之学校生活)The students in our school ___________________________
________________________. 我们学校禁止学生将手机带入校园。
are prohibited from bringing
cellphones into the campus
13.wrestle with 努力处理,全力解决
(教材原句) Philosophers, geneticists and government officials have all started to
wrestle with such moral issues.
(1)wrestle to do sth. 想方设法做某事
(2)wrestling n. 摔跤运动
(3)wrestler n. 摔跤运动员
14. This means putting appropriate controls in place to make sure that genome editing will work to our advantage.
目录
C O N T E N T S
第三章节标题
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第四章节标题
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After reading
Activity3
What do you think of designer baby?
Discussion
1. The diversity level will drop.
2. Interfering with our natural evolution could result in disaster
(1) Genome editing, serving as a new weapon in the fight
against diseases, will lead to a fundamental change in our
approach to health care.
(2) As the technology continues to develop at a fast pace,
however, questions arise about how to use it appropriately.
Appreciation
(介词短语,“作为”)
(时间状语从句,“随着”)
* as的其他用法:
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (方式状语)
Cold as it was, we continued our journey. (让步状语)
as常用短语和结构:
as if, as though; as for; as to; such/so … as; the same … as; so as to
as特别注意点:与名词搭配时
as lovely a day; as many/much/few/little + 名词
关于,至于
After reading
pace
means
identify
wrestle with
cell
fundamental
affect
without doubt
This week, a team of scientists based in Switzerland announced the discovery of sixteen genetic markers that relate to human lifespans. (1) _____________, the discovery is an important finding in the field of genetics. For years, scientists have been working to (2) ________ specific genetic markers that are connected with a long lifespan. Until recently, only two such markers were known to the scientific community.
Without doubt
identify
Complete the news report with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
B1
After reading
pace
means
identify
wrestle with
cell
fundamental
affect
without doubt
Genes play a critical role in overall health. Every (3) _____ in the human body contains genetic information. Everything from the ageing process to the development of deadly diseases, such as cancer, is tied to an individual’s genetic make-up. However, scientists have long been (4) ____________ the question about which genetic markers indicate a short or long lifespan. The discovery by the research team may quicken the (5) _______ of the study on genes and human lifespans, and eventually help answer this question.
cell
pace
wrestling with
After reading
pace
means
identify
wrestle with
cell
fundamental
affect
without doubt
Scientists say that locating these sixteen genetic markers will greatly improve their understanding of how genes (6) ______ lifespans. These genetic markers may eventually function as a (7) _______ of targeting the specific genes connected with lifespans. This could significantly enhance people’s chances of living to a ripe old age. According to some scientists, it could make a (8) ___________ change to the future of human life.
affect
fundamental
means
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