Unit3FitforlifeReading(II)中小學一級教師醴陵市高中英語學科帶頭人醴陵市高中英語朱英名師工作室導師株洲市英語教學競賽一等獎醴陵市“教書育人楷模”劉卓卓1._____isknowntoall,genomeeditingbringsmanyexcitingpossibilitiestotheworld.Genesplay2.____criticalroleinshapingourlives.Ourpersonalgenomecarriesalltheinformation3._______(need)tomakeusgrowanddevelop.Alsoitcontainsinformation4._____helpsdetermineourlifespanand5._____(affect)ourchancesofcontractingcertaindiseases.Bycorrecting,adding,deletingorreplacingspecificpartsofthegeneticmaterial,6.______(gene)hopetoapplythetechnologyofgenomeeditingtohelpwith7._____diseasetreatmentandprevention.8._______,questionsariseabouthowtousegenomeediting9.___________(appropriate).10.________thepublicargument,genomeeditingisoneofthegreatestinnovationsinthehistoryofscience.AsaneededthataffectsgeneticistsbothHoweverappropriatelyDespiteLead-inCompletethepassagewithproperwordsorthecorrectformsofthewordsinbracketsItalsocontainsinformationthathelpsdetermineourlifespanandaffectsourchancesofcontractingcertaindiseases.(page30,lines10–11)影響

affectv.

1.不幸的家庭環境可能會影響孩子的成長。Anunhappyhomeenvironmentcanaffectachild’sgrowth.2.Atthesightofthemovingscene,allthepeoplepresentwereaffectedtotears.3.Heaffected

nottoseeme.=moved=pretended1.Unfortunately,hecontractedcancerataveryyoungage.不幸的是，他年紀輕輕就得了癌癥。2.Theeconomyhascontractedby2.5%sincelastyear.自去年起，經濟已經萎縮了2.5個百分點。3.Shehascontractedtowork20hoursaweek.她已簽訂每周工作20小時的合同。Shehassignedaseven-yearcontractwithaHollywoodstudio.她與好萊塢的一家制片廠簽訂了七年的合同。contractv.

得（病）；收縮；訂立…的合同contractn.契約，合同2.Geneticistshavebeentryingtoidentifywhichgenesrelatetowhichdiseases,astheybelievegenomeeditingisaneffectivemeansofdiseasetreatmentandprevention.(page30,line14–16)Scientistsaretryingtoidentifytherelationshipbetweengenesandpersonality.科學家正在試圖找到基因與個性之間的聯系。identifywithsbIbelievethatmostreaderswillidentifywiththeauthor.我相信大多數讀者會與作者產生共鳴。identifyv.

找到，發現identityn.身份；特征identificationn.

鑒定與某人產生共鳴；諒解；同情PracticeSuchmeansare/suchameansisunpleasant.這樣的方式令人不快。bymeansofHecamefirstinthewritingcompetitionbymeansofhardwork.通過勤奮努力，他獲得了寫作比賽的第一名。bynomeansSheisbynomeansabadgirl.她絕不是一個壞女孩。meansn.方式，方法Practice借助，依靠決不3.Soonwemaybeabletousesuchtreatmentstorestoreablindperson’svisionorgivesomeonewhowasborndeafanexcellentsenseofhearing.(page31,line19–20)Theoperationrestored

hissight.手術使他恢復了視力。Thepalaceisclosedforrestoration.王宮因整修而停止開放。restorev.恢復（某種情況或感受）Practicerestorationn.

整修4.Asthetechnologycontinuestodevelopatafastpace,however,questionsariseabouthowtouseitappropriately.Shouldwerestrictouruseofthistechnologytothetreatmentandpreventionofdiseases?Shouldweprohibitgeneticistsfromusingittoenhancehealthybodies?(page31,lines25–28)Therunnerquickenedhispaceandwontherace.賽跑者加快了腳步，贏得了比賽。atafastpacekeeppacewithSlowdown!Ican’tkeeppacewithyou.慢一點！我跟不上你了。pacen.

發生的速度，節奏；步速；快節奏Practice快速跟上，并駕齊驅ariseAnewcrisishasarisen/comeup.

新危機出現了。arisefromMentalproblemscanarisefrom/outofaphysicalcause.

身體上的原因可以引起精神上的問題。arisev.

發生，出現；由…引起Practicearosearisen=ariseoutof由…引起Inthefuture,wewillrestrict

thenumberofstudentsperclassto30.以后我們會把每個班的學生人數限定在30人。restrictv.限制；阻礙restrictionn.

限制，約束Practiceimpose/placestrict/tough/tightrestrictionson對…實施嚴格限制prohibitsbfromdoingsth=ban/forbidsbfromdoingsthThelawprohibitspeoplefromhuntinganimalsinthisarea.法律禁止人們在該地區狩獵。prohibitv.

禁止；使不可能prohibitionn.

禁令；禁止Practice禁止某人做某事5.Philosophers,geneticistsandgovernmentofficialshaveallstartedtowrestlewithsuchmoralissues…Thismeansputtingappropriatecontrolsinplacetomakesurethatgenomeeditingwillworktoouradvantage.(page31,lines33–37)ShehelpedmesolvetheproblemIhadbeenwrestlingwithforweeks.她幫我解決了這個我好幾個星期都在努力解決的問題。wrestlewith努力處理，全力解決Practicehaveanimportantplaceintaketheplaceofinthefirstplace1.Working_______________________allourlives.2.Ihadtofindsomeoneto________________Jenny.3.Allthearrangements______________forthemeeting.4._______________,Iwanttoextendthewarmestwelcometoyouonbehalfofourschool.put…inplace準備就緒MoreexpressionsPractice首先占據重要位置取代hasanimportantplaceintaketheplaceofareputinplaceInthefirstplaceFillintheblankswithphrasesabovecorrectly.6.Withoutdoubt,genomeeditingisoneofthegreatestinnovationsinthehistoryofscience.(page31,lines42–43)Heis,withoutdoubt,oneoftheworld’smostpowerfulgeneticists.毫無疑問，他是世界上最有影響力的遺傳學家之一。Thereisno/littledoubtthat…Thereisnodoubtthatenoughconcernmustbepaidtotheproblemofairpollution.毫無疑問，我們必須對空氣污染問題有足夠的重視。without/beyonddoubt無疑Practice毫無疑問Thisweek,ateamofscientistsbasedinSwitzerlandannouncedthediscoveryofsixteengeneticmarkersthatrelatetohumanlifespans.(1)____________,thediscoveryisanimportantfindinginthefieldofgenetics.Foryears,scientistshavebeenworkingto(2)______specificgeneticmarkersthatareconnectedwithalonglifespan.Untilrecently,onlytwosuchmarkerswereknowntothescientificcommunity.Genesplayacriticalroleinoverallhealth.Every(3)______inthehumanbodycontainsgeneticinformation.Everythingfromtheageingprocesstothedevelopmentofdeadlydiseases,suchascancer,istiedtoanindividual’sgeneticmake-up.However,scientistshavelongbeen(4)____________thequestionaboutwhichgeneticmarkersindicateashortorlonglifespan.Thediscoverybytheresearchteammayquickenthe(5)______ofthestudyongenesandhumanlifespans,andeventuallyhelpanswerthisquestion.

B1Thenewsreportbelowisaboutthediscoveryofgeneticmarkersthataretiedtolifespans.Completethenewsreportwiththecorrectformsofthewordsandphrasesintheboxbelow.pacemeansidentifywrestlewithcellfundamentalaffectwithoutdoubtWithoutdoubtidentifycellwrestlingwithpace

Scientistssaythatlocatingthesesixteengeneticmarkerswillgreatlyimprovetheirunderstandingofhowgenes(6)______lifespans.Thesegeneticmarkersmayeventuallyfunctionasa(7)______oftargetingthespecificgenesconnectedwithlifespans.Thiscouldsignificantlyenhancepeople’schancesoflivingtoaripeoldage.Accordingtosomescientists,itcouldmakea(8)___________

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