情景英语口语100主题 061science科学

061　science

Words
Medical science lab experience lab technician doctorate¹ nano-technology genetics operation
Inject atomic research sample mathematic formula laboratory virus discover theory biochemisty
Physics conclusion evidence/proof test astronomy botany zoology³ species cause cure
Genetic² engineering robot medicine result

Phrases
Invest in scientific research
Make a scientific breakthrough
Conduct scientific search into
Discover a new species
Train scientific
Conduct/perform an experiment
Discover the cause of
Hold a doctorate in
Conduct a series of tests
Reach a conclusion


Beginner
A: so, you finally got your doctorate in genetics. Well done!
B: thanks. Now, I have to find a job.
A: what are you thinking of doing?
B: I’d like to conduct some scientific research into genes⁴. It would be wonderful to make a medical breakthrough.
A: there must be several private companies that are interested in employing someone like you. You could do some research for a university. There’s a lot of discussion about genetics nowadays. Someone with you qualifications is bound to be in demand.
B: many companies and universities investing resources in genetics, because there are so many possibilities. Few people know where next discoveries will be made.
A: well, I hope scientists don’t decode⁵ to make a clone of me in the future! I wouldn’t like to be the subject of an experiment.

Intermediate
A; what are you reading about in that science magazine?
B: there are several interesting articles on recent scientific breakthroughs. I just finished reading one about cloning.
A: I’m not sure I like the idea of that. I don’t want people copying me or other people. It could be very confusing.
B; according to the article, you have no real need to worry. Research nowadays is foussing on cloning parts of a human body to replace damaged or lost parts, not on recreating a whole human.
A: in the future, that could be possible.
B: in this article, scientists say that if you took the genes from someone and tried to create a copy of a person, there’s no guarantee that the copy would look or act like the original!
A; really? What else have you discovered?
B: I read about how scientists are using material from plants and animals to create new medicines. For example, an animal be immune to disease that affects human. So, scientists find out why it’s immune and recreate that immunity⁶ for human.
A; that’s great, because it uses natural materials rather than ones that scientists make themselves. I prefer natural remedies to man-made ones.

1 doctorate   

n.(大学授予的)博士学位

参考例句：

• He hasn't enough credits to get his doctorate.他的学分不够取得博士学位。
• Where did she do her doctorate?她在哪里攻读博士？

2 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。

3 zoology   

n.动物学，生态

参考例句：

• I would like to brush up my zoology.我想重新温习一下动物学。
• The library didn't stock zoology textbooks.这家图书馆没有动物学教科书。

4 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

5 decode   

vt.译（码），解（码）

参考例句：

• All he had to do was decode it and pass it over.他需要做的就是将它破译然后转给他人。
• The secret documents were intercepted and decoded.机密文件遭截获并被破译。

6 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。