北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 21 workshop1

[00:04.54]Unit 21 Human Biology Communication Workshop
[00:09.99]Listening:
[00:11.26]Exercise 2 Listen and check your
[00:14.35]answers to exercise 1.
[00:17.15]Then put these topics in the order
[00:19.09]they are mentioned.
[00:21.26]I hope that answers your question.
[00:22.95]Right, next question from the audience, please.
[00:25.78]Yes? The man at the back in the blue jacket.
[00:29.22]Good evening.Dr² Cartwright,what do you think
[00:32.76]will be the most important developments
[00:34.39]in medicine int he next...
[00:36.38]in the next thirty years or so?
[00:38.29]Well, the first thing.
[00:39.68]the first thing I'd like to say about
[00:41.05]that is that our knowledge of the human brain
[00:43.58]will change medicine in the next five years.
[00:46.03]I think that's fairly³ clear.
[00:47.94]There's no doubt that it will help us to cure
[00:49.95]all sorts of illnesses,
[00:52.00]from heart disease⁴ to cancer.
[00:53.74]I'm fairly opitimistic about that.
[00:55.52]Does that answer your question?
[00:56.89]Well, sort of.
[00:58.53]I don't really understand
[00:59.52]how it will be possible.
[01:01.38]Dr Cartwright?
[01:02.84]Well,without going into too many technical
[01:05.13]details,we still don't know exactly
[01:07.12]how the brain works¹
[01:07.60]

1 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

2 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。

3 fairly   

adv.公正地，正当地；相当；完全，简直

参考例句：

• I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.我认为警察对我非常公正。
• It fairly destroyed the machine.它将那部机器完全毁了。

4 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。