考研听力基本功1 Passage15

Every year there are reports of people dyin
[00:16.27]as a result of extremely¹ hot weathe
[00:29.00]Many of the victims² are old person
[00:42.58]whose hearts or breathing systems fai
[00:56.89]But many die from a lack of wate
[01:10.45]Water is necessary for life and good healt
[01:26.65]We often forgot this fa
[01:35.53]when we think about the other building blocks of li
[01:52.48]such as vitamins,minerals and protein
[02:07.22]We can live for many days without eatin
[02:21.87]but two or three days without wat
[02:36.97]usually leads to deat
[02:46.16]The human body may look soli
[02:57.79]but most of it is wate
[03:06.98]New born babies are as much as 85% wate
[03:24.93]Women are about 65% wate
[03:37.05]and men about 75
[03:48.21]Women ususlly have less water than ma
[04:02.42]because woman,in general,have more fat cell³
[04:18.77]and fat cells hold less water than other kinds of cell

1 extremely   

adv.极其，非常，极度

参考例句：

• The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.这部电影太精彩了，我非看不可。
• The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.这个老人极难相与。

2 victims   

n.牺牲者( victim的名词复数 )；牺牲品；受骗者；为祭祀杀死的动物（或人）

参考例句：

• Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine. 许多慈善机构捐款赈济饥民。
• victims of child abuse 受虐待的儿童

3 cell   

n.区，细胞，血球；小室，牢房；电池，光电管；基层组织

参考例句：

• Soap destroys the cell walls of bacteria.肥皂破坏细菌的细胞壁。
• They have locked the prisoners up in their cell.他们已把犯人监禁在小牢房里。