Unit3Welcome to Reading (page 41-45)

1. beyond our imagination, beyond one’s control/ description /ability beyond any praise

2. take part in a debate

3. the perfect copy, two copies of the magazine

4. cause much debate and shock people around the world

5. on (the) one hand, on the other hand

6. point one’s mistakes out

7. be used to save human lives

8. interfere in/with nature/one’s concentration

9. in this/that way; by this/that means

10. be on the way to producing a real-life monster, be on the way to school/success

11. die at a much younger age than normal, normal temperature, return to normal

12. in general, generally speaking

13. be praised for their wonderful scientific breakthrough

14. consider cloning human beings; be considered to have done sth; be considered to be the best

15. research cloning, do research into cloning

16. concentrate on sth/doing; cure diseased like cancer

17. with the intention of destroying them

18. show no respect for human life

19. cause a lot of anxiety

20. be desperate to have a child of one’s own

21. be desperate for a job

22. adopt one’s advice, adopt a child

23. be genetically related to sb

24. push ahead with research so as to deliver a cloned human baby，deliver a letter, deliver a speech

25. focus their efforts on cloning animals

26. be used in medical research

27. succeed in doing sth; be totally immoral

28. deal with the consequences, as a consequence of=as a result of

29. end up replacing us one day end up in failure

30. a product for sale/ on sale

31. use up Earth’s resources

32. be/feel sorry for

33. be delighted to have a mother

34. comment on your article, make comments on

35. scientific advances mentioned in your article

36. be in complete agreement with =agree with sth completely; after all

37. challenge questions of morality for centuries, turn challenges into opportunities

38. on a personal note; personally speaking

39. die of heart failure死于心臟病

40. as a whole作為整體

41. What he said made no sense. 他說的話沒意義，make sense of what he said理解他說的話

42. upon further readings 在進一步閱讀之后

43. read an article with great concern 十分關注的讀文章

44. go against nature違背自然， be against違背，反對

45. be responsible for the possible negative consequences

46. experiment with human life

47. put strict laws in place to protect nature制定嚴格的法律來保護自然， put everything in place使一切井井有條

48. take away his license取消執照

Word-power to Grammar in U3

1. be against= be opposed to; be for=be in favor of

2. on the opposite side of the street

3. cut down trees; be cut off from the outside; take a short cut

4. show disrespect for nature，

5. destroy the environment; have the environment destroyed

6. fight a hopeless battle against sth

7. work hard to achieve scientific breakthroughs

8. advance/promote technology促進科技

9. be left the way they are

10. compare your body to your school life把身體比作學校生活

11. control oneself bring sth under control; have sth controlled

12. be similar to sth

13. breathe fresh air, take a deep breath, hold one’s breath

14. lead/live a happy life

15. store information儲存信息

16. remove waste from the blood, remove him from his position開除

17. lie trapped under the building

18. find out the truth in the field of science

19. a challenging profession, a professional football player

20. do/perform/conduct an experiment

21. my next door neighbor, live next door to me

22. try to figure out sth

23. the other day

24. get bored easily

25. come back from work下班回來

26. do a job， do/take a part-time job

27. match A with B

28. be bored with, be tired of厭倦

29. behave in the same way, behave well/oneself

30. be cautious and use good judgement

31. in my judgement; pass judgement on

32. make decisions

33. have no alternative/choice but to wait

34. have two alternatives/ two alternative ways to solve the problem

35. The book cost me 10 yuan. His careless driving cost him his life. He got promoted at the cost of others.以他人為代價獲得升職 Cut down/Cut back on the cost of production

36. apologize for the mistake on my part. 我的錯誤 on my part=of my own

37. On my part, his plan made no sense.就我而言

38. The boy was more frightened than hurt.與其說他受傷了，不如說他被嚇壞了 The coat is more blue than green.

39. encourage sb to do鼓勵某人做--， inspire sb to do鼓舞某人做--- His hometown inspired his novel.給與靈感

40. burn out（元氣）大傷， （精力）耗盡 You’ll burn yourself out if you work so hard.

He is burned out after decades of hard work.

Unit 3Task & Project

1. correct spelling mistakes更正拼寫錯誤

2. make changes to the information修改信息

3. take turns to do sth輪流做某事

4. complain to sb about sth向某人投訴某事

5. follow in their footsteps效仿某人

6. conduct /do/make/carry out a survey 進行調查

7. the majority of people,大多數人 in the majority占大多是

8. advocate this type of scientific research提倡這種科學研究

9. to conclude/in conclusion最后，總之

10. urge you to seek the opinions of the people敦促你征求大家的意見 urge that sb (should) do

11. seek fortune淘金/ a job/opportunities尋求良機/advice from sb 征求意見

12. common practice 常做的事；貫常做法

13. donate money to the poor 向窮人捐錢

14. teach sb a lesson 教訓某人 learn a lesson from sth從中吸取教訓

15. be resistant to sth抵制，對---- 有抵抗力 resist doing sth 抵制做….

16. be harmful to animals, be bad for;對…有害 be good for, be of benefit to, be beneficial to 對…有利

17. a mistake on your part 你那方的錯誤

18. so far迄今為止

19. be limited to doing 局限于做…

20. increase production profits增加生產利潤, profit from從中得利, make profits獲利

21. ensure safety 確保安全

22. limit the speed to 100km per hour

23. prove the theory證實理論, the theory proves to be true.理論原來是正確的

24. seriously affect our study 嚴重影響我們的學習

25. endlessly overdevelop Earth’s resources 無窮盡地過度開發地球資源

26. construct a dam,建筑水壩 under construction在建設中，constructive advice 建設性建議

27. the planet we live on 我們生活的星球

28. stop economic development in favor of nature 為了保護自然停止發展經濟

29. from my point of view, 在我看來 =in my opinion=for/on my part=as far as I am concerned

30. meet our needs/requirements滿足需求/要求, make ends meet 量入為出

31. look around 環顧四周；全面思考

32. be concerned about saving nature rather than destroying it 關注保護而不是破壞自然

33. spell disaster for human beings 給人類招致災難

34. have a /no relationship with 與…有/無關

35. developed/developing countries 發達/發展中國家

36. after decades of destroying nature 在毀壞自然數十年后

37. enjoy healthy and productive lives 享受健康而富庶的生活

38. a question of humans winning and nature losing 一個人類獲勝自然失敗的問題

39. it turned out that 結果是… turn out as planned 結果和計劃一樣

40. The solution is acceptable for everyone. 這個方案是每個人都能接受的