北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 21 workshop4

[00:02.58]Pronunciation
[00:03.94]Exercise 4 Listen to three sentences.
[00:08.37]Choose the correct meaning,a, b or c,
[00:12.26]according to the way each sentence is stressed.
[00:15.50]1 The man at the back in the blue jacket.
[00:20.25]2 There's no doubt that is will help us
[00:23.09]to cure all sorts of illnesses.
[00:25.90]3 By the year 2020,over twenty percent of
[00:30.04]the population will be over eighty.
[00:33.25]Speaking:
[00:34.41]Exercise 1 Listen to two people
[00:37.38]discussing genetic¹ engineering².
[00:40.03]How would you describe  Tom and Jan's opinions
[00:42.94]on the subject:
[00:44.29]strongly in favour? strongly against?
[00:47.94]or in favour but with reservations³?
[00:51.02]Tom, did you see that programme
[00:52.58]on TV last night?The debate about cloning?
[00:55.64]No, I was out.Anyway, Jan,
[00:58.01]I'm totally against all that.For starters,
[01:00.48]we've got to ban those experiments, I think.
[01:03.60]Well,it's true there are dangers with cloning,
[01:06.53]but there are lots of possibilities too.
[01:08.98]I think the possibilities for using
[01:11.00]cloning to save lives are really interesting.
[01:13.49]Let's face it.From the word go,
[01:15.39]those big medical companies have just been
[01:17.16]after big money.
[01:18.94]They don't care about saving⁴ lives, do they?
[01:21.11]Of course they want to make money,
[01:22.66]but that's a bit unfair.
[01:24.49]I think you would like it if it saved your life
[01:26.48]

1 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

2 engineering   

n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵

参考例句：

• The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
• It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。

3 reservations   

n.[法律]（权益等的）保留( reservation的名词复数 )；预订；保留地；保留意见

参考例句：

• Most of these workers are American Indians living on reservations. 这些工人中的大多数是住在居留地的美洲印第安人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Have you made the reservations for our holiday yet? 你为我们度假做好预订安排了吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 saving   

n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款

参考例句：

• Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
• Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。