北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 21 workshop2

[00:01.81]This is very important,
[00:03.35]because we could stop people
[00:04.66]from losing their memories
[00:06.12]or having mental illnesses.
[00:07.75]That would be very important
[00:08.94]for quite a large number of diseases².
[00:11.11]OK?Right,next question,please.Yes?
[00:15.85]Hello.Dr Cartwright...
[00:17.62]I read an article in the a paper about...
[00:19.64]about freezing people
[00:20.62]when they die of a disease¹,
[00:22.05]and then,years later,
[00:23.68]when we've found a cure for the disease,
[00:25.29]we could wake them up and cure them.
[00:26.79]Will that be possible?
[00:28.27]Apparently,someone in California
[00:29.85]is already doing that sort of thing.
[00:32.81]No,I'm afraid not- freezing people
[00:34.81]and bringing them back to life
[00:36.33]won't be possible at all!
[00:38.02]There are some companies that do this-
[00:40.14]but unfortunately there's no scientific basis
[00:42.55]behind it.
[00:43.74]The important thing to remember is that...
[00:46.06]we can change processes,
[00:47.36]but we can't reverse³ them.
[00:49.15]There is no way in which
[00:50.19]we could bring back all the cells
[00:51.65]of a dead body to life.
[00:53.76]It would be like trying to change a hamburger
[00:55.89]back into a cow...
[00:58.30]Er, I would like to point out,though,that...
[01:00.90]we may be able to freeze certain body parts
[01:03.14]which are in good condition
[01:04.49]and save them for some time.
[01:06.46]But whole bodies are out of the question.
[01:08.64]I'm afraid it is just not possible.
[01:09.56]

1 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

2 diseases   

n.疾病( disease的名词复数 )；弊端；恶疾；痼疾

参考例句：

• Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
• The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。

3 reverse   

v.推翻，颠倒，反向；n.反面，逆境；adj.反向的

参考例句：

• His answer was just the reverse of what I expected.他的回答正好与我期望的相反。
• Please reverse the positions of two pictures.请把两张图片的位置倒转过来。