Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit12:Dictation Item(6)

 　　Item Six.

　　Vocabulary. diagnose, testicular cancer, chemotherapy, bout¹, beacon², Lance Armstrong, Tour de France.

　　Lance Armstrong was born on September 18th, 1971.

　　Athletic³ from the start, Lance became a professional athlete by the age of 16.

　　Lance entered his first Tour de France in 1995.

　　Unfortunately in October of 1996, everything changed.

　　Lance was diagnosed with testicular cancer.

　　With chances of recovery less than 50%, Lance began a course of treatment that would include two surgeries and chemotherapy.

　　Remarkably⁴, though just five months after his initial diagnoses, Lance was back on a bike, rebuilding the strength he had lost.

　　Lance went on to fully⁵ recover, and amazingly win the Tour de France a record seven times since his bout with cancer.

　　He is a beacon of hope and a source of inspiration.

1 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

2 beacon   

n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔

参考例句：

• The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
• The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。

3 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

4 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。