北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 21 Language1

[00:02.74]Unit 21 Human Biology Language Awareness¹ 6
[00:08.59]THE COURAGE OF A WINNER
[00:11.01]Many people will know about Lance Armstrong's
[00:13.84]seven wins in the Tour be France,
[00:16.06]but fewer people will have heard of his battle
[00:18.32]with cancer.In the summer of 1996,
[00:22.11]everything must have been going perfectly²
[00:24.26]for the twenty-five-year-old Texan cyclist.
[00:27.06]He had just won a major race
[00:28.72]and was ranked 7th in the world.
[00:30.93]He had been offered contracts
[00:32.61]by big sporting companies,such as Nike,
[00:35.17]and did not need to worry about money.
[00:37.34]His future looked bright.
[00:39.75]Then, in September 1996.
[00:42.05]Armstrong went to the doctor with a problem.
[00:44.41]He should have gone earlier,
[00:45.71]but he had ignored the pain
[00:47.22]so that he could continue racing³.
[00:49.38]When he went to the doctor that day,
[00:51.13]he could not have known
[00:52.44]what was about to happen to him.
[00:54.23]Within two hours,
[00:55.42]he had been diagnosed⁴ as having cancer
[00:57.82]which had spread do his lungs.
[00:59.79]There was a 40% chance he would survive
[01:02.60]and a 60% chance he might die.
[01:04.07]

1 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

4 diagnosed   

诊断( diagnose的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Some foetal malformations cannot be diagnosed until late in pregnancy. 有些胎儿的畸形部位得等到妊娠后期才能诊断出来。
• He diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine to knock. 他找出了引擎咔咔响的毛病所在。