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Unit 7 Living with disease. By Da’nian Zhang. Ways to remember and understand new words:. You can put new words into groups to remember and understand them together. For example, some words have similar meaning, like cure and heal, both meaning “to make something better”.
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Unit 7 Living with disease By Da’nian Zhang
Ways to remember and understand new words: You can put new words into groups to remember and understand them together. For example, some words have similar meaning, like cure and heal, both meaning “to make something better”. Other belong to the same category, like AIDS and cancer, which are both diseases. Try to think more ways that you can group new words.
Group the following words and phrases: immune, defenseless, infection, cure, contract, virus, suffer, discourage, specialist, lonely, eventually, break down, die of, cheer up, deal with, as if, a lack of Group 1: immune, defenseless, infection, cure, contract, virus, suffer discourage, specialist, lonely, eventually, break down, die of, cheer of, deal with, as if, a lack of Group 2:
Now look at these words: AIDS immune defenseless infected cure contract virus suffer Such as: transmission, prevention, illness, treatment, defensive, diagnose, sick, spread, recover, curable, hospital…
words and expressions: 1.Via prep. 凭借;通过;经过;经由 He flew to Washington via New York. I’ve read this French play via an English translation. 2.treatment n.治疗;疗法;对待;处理 He developed a new treatment for liver cancer. I don’t want special treatment.
words and expressions: 3.Lack n.缺乏;没有;缺少的东西;常与介词of 连用 The reason for their failure was the lack of experience. A lack of food caused her to grow weak. vt.缺乏;短少;没有 lack money/courage/ability/experience We lacked the strength to walk any further. lacking adj. 欠缺的,不够的 be lacking in “缺乏(品质,特点等)” He seemed to be lacking in courage.
words and expressions: 4. discourage vt. 使泄气;使失去信心。 常用于被动语态 They got discouraged and decided to give up. discouraging “令人泄气的;使人灰心的” The examination result is discouraging. discourage sb. from doing sth. “阻止某人做某事,劝某人打消做某事的念头” Her parents tried to discourage her from becoming a singer.
words and expressions: 5.Cheer vt. 感到振奋;感到高兴 cheer up (使)感到振奋; (使)感到高兴 Your presence will cheer him up. v. 为……加油;向……喝彩;欢呼 The crowd cheered when he appeared. 6. Identify vt. 认出;鉴定;使等同于 It is impossible to identify the man among so many people. Can you identify the bird?
words and expressions: 7. Contrary adj. 相反的;相对的;逆向的;对抗的 They walked in contrary directions. on the contrary 正相反;反之 I thought it was going to clear up. On the contrary, it began to rain. 8. (be) free from 无…的;免于…;免除…;摆脱… A day free from wind 无风的日子 The child is free from care. 这孩子无忧无虑 He wished to live a life entirely free from troubles.
words and expressions: 9. Take every chance 冒险一试;碰运气;投机 =take a chance 或take chances That’s a chance I’ll have to take! Don’t take chances by driving too fast. 10. To the full/fullest 充分地;尽情地;非常 I’ll enjoy myself to the full. They displayed to the full their talent and wisdom.
words and expressions: 11. Break down vt.毁坏;镇压;分解 The boys broke down the door and rushed in. vi. (机器、车辆等)坏了,出故障; (计划、谈判)受挫,失败; (身体、精神)垮了;(谈话等)中断 The car broke down on the way home. All our plans broke down. She broke down when she saw the accident.
words and expressions: 12.Persuade vt. 说服;劝服;使某人相信 persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 She tried to persuade him to change his mind. persuade sb. into doing sth.劝说某人做某事 persuade sb. out of (doing) sth.劝说某人不要做某事 persuade sb. of sth.使某人相信某事 How can I persuade you of my innocence?
Choose the best answers: • 1.Could people become infected___ • HIV by swimming in a pool or sitting in a bath? • with B. of C. into D. to • 2.Some people transmit HIV by receiving • infected blood transfusions or,__, through birth. • in Jane’s case B. as in Jane’s case • C. in case of Jane D. with Jane’s case
Choose the best answers: 3. This computer doesn’t work properly, because a certain virus has ___ the operating system. A. broken up B. broken down C. broken out D. broken away 4. Our defeat was due to a lack __ experience. A. in B. for C. of D. to
Choose the best answers: 5. I’d like to book a room for tonight. Sorry, sir, but we don’t have any rooms ____ at the moment. A. available B. usable C. suitable D. comfortable 6. Our football team will compete against the Japanese team this evening. Let’s go and ___, shall we? A. cheer them up B. join them up C. add them up D. pick them up