全新版大学英语综合教程3Unit4-Passage-B[中小学堂]

1、 Unit 4 Cloning and Ethics Passage B I have his Genes but not his genius 1课堂特制 Global Reading Read and Explore Passage B Group Discussion: Task 1: Interview One institute succeeded in producing clone Mozart. Many years later, clone Mozart grew up into an ordinary man, which was against his mothers e

2、xpectation. You feel interested in his story and invite him to your class. 2课堂特制 2) Structure of the passage Writing style Narration Part Division The passage can be divided into 3 parts Part 1.(Para. 16) The author came across the cloned Mozart and the cloned Mozart would tell his story to the auth

3、or 3课堂特制 Part 2 (Para. 7-18) The whole story of the cloned Mozart. (his birth, his interest, and his career) Part 3 (para 19) The end of the narration. 4课堂特制 Detailed Reading Words, phrases （chunks likeness There is a clear family resemblance between all the brothers. These prices bear no resemblanc

4、e to the ones I saw in the ads. 9课堂特制 Para 4 6. - it hits me like a brick. （像挨了当头一棒似的猛然明白过来）（像挨了当头一棒似的猛然明白过来） -Suddenly it hit me: my diary had probably been read by everyone in the office. like a cat on hot bricks -Make bricks without straw 作无米之炊 Para 5 7. - in the flesh （正是本人） flesh n.-the soft pa

5、rt of the body of a person or animal which is between the skin and the bones 10课堂特制 -I have got all her records but I have never seen her in the flesh. -她本人比照片还要好看。 -Shes even more beautiful in the flesh than in photographs. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足。 flesh and blood (家人)

6、11课堂特制 flesh and blood(家人家人)， black and white (黑白分明的；绝对的黑白分明的；绝对的) dos and donts=the rules (行为准则，须知行为准则，须知), haves and have nots（富人和穷人（富人和穷人)， ins and outs（详情（详情)， odds and ends（零星杂物（零星杂物)， pros and cons(赞成和反对赞成和反对)， rights and wrongs(事情的真相事情的真相)， tried and tested(经过反复考验的经过反复考验的)， ups and downs(盛衰，沉

7、浮盛衰，沉浮)， back and forth（反复地（反复地)， dribs and drabs(点滴、少量点滴、少量), 12课堂特制 said and done(说到底，毕竟说到底，毕竟), cat and mouse(猫鼠游戏，欲擒故纵猫鼠游戏，欲擒故纵)， trial and error(反复试验反复试验), down and out(贫困的，贫病交迫的贫困的，贫病交迫的), by and large=generally (大体上大体上)， 13课堂特制 8. - my identical twin (孪生兄弟) Identical twins 同卵双胎 Non-identical

8、twins 异卵双胎, triplets 三胎， quadruplets四胎，quintuplets 五胎，sextuplets 六胎， Para 6 9. In 200l, Congress passed a ban on cloning humans, but of course mad scientists went ahead with secret cloning. 14课堂特制 a total/ complete/ absolute ban on -The government is considering a total ban on cigarette advertising.

9、 Impose a ban on -decide to put a ban on（实 施禁令） Lift a ban -decide to stop having a ban (撤销 禁令) There was no ban on smoking. 15课堂特制 The European Union could decide this spring to lift a ban on arms sales to China, opening the way for lucrative contracts from Beijings big- spending military, official

10、s said Monday. Bayh, speaking Thursday morning on Fox crazy; very keen on extremely enthusiastic狂热的 Shes nuts about the boy next door. Ill go nuts if I have to wait much longer. 19课堂特制 Para 9 11. - bring four babies to term (使四个婴儿足月产下) term n -end or completion of a period of time bring (a baby) to

11、term -to complete a pregnancy -This pregnancy is approaching its term. -His life has reached its natural term. (他已尽其天年.) 20课堂特制 12. One baby Mozart was put up for adoption anonymously. Be put up for adoption （被收养） adopted son/daughter, adoptive father/mother, adoptive family养. Put up (at)-stay -They

12、 put up at an inn for the night. Anonymous-adj-person with a name unknown -The flowers were sent by an anonymous admirer. anonymous letter/ phone call/ bomb threat 21课堂特制 Para 11 13. ,trying to push her little Mozart toward music -trying to make a great musician (as great a Mozart) of her adopted so

13、n. (竭力将她的小莫扎特带进音乐的殿堂 将他培养成一个伟大的作曲家 push him to be a great composer push into world market, push ones nose into other peoples affairs (干涉别人的事情) 22课堂特制 Para 12 14. He had a decent job working in a frame shop. - a decent job (一份体面的工作) decent a.-(of behavior, attitude) proper; socially acceptable Public

14、 figures should have decent language and decent behavior. Few college graduates can find a job with a decent salary at this difficult time. 23课堂特制 15. And thats when the roof fell in. -And thats when his life was completely destroyed. The roof fell in. (灾难临头了) -He left the parental roof before he wa

15、s out of his teens. -She would raise the roof (be very angry)when people didnt do what she wanted them to do. 24课堂特制 16. Some reporter got wind of the institute and the cloning experiment and tracked him down. get wind of -hear a rumour that sth is happening , hear about sth secret听到某事的风 -People rus

16、hed to the supermarket as soon as they got wind of the sale. -I dont want my colleagues to get wind of the fact that Im leaving in case they tell my boss. track down to find after a difficult or long search 追踪追踪 -It was almost 5 months before the police tracked down the murderer. -It didnt take long

17、 for the technician to track down the cause of the problem with the computer. 25课堂特制 Para 13 17. - dig up the original,- (发掘出资料渊源) dig updiscover information, reveal sth 揭露 The fans are always interested in digging up love affairs of their idols. The candidate tried to dig up scandals(把丑事 揭出来) of hi

18、s opponent. dig out to find by searching 探索，查明 I dug out these old trousers to give to the boy. By careful questioning they managed to dig out the information they were looking for. dig out truth 26课堂特制 18. - joined a Buddhist monastery (在一家佛教寺院皈依佛祖) Para14 19. I felt a realization explode inside my

19、 head (我感到我的脑袋砰然开窍) -Suddenly I realized that Hyperbole (夸张) -I havent seen you for ages. -It was raining cats and dogs. -She swept oceans of tears. 27课堂特制 -He nearly exploded with indignation. （他几 乎把肺都气炸了） -His jokes made me die with laughing. -die trying-keep trying it until I die. 20. - be famous

20、 for real (将真的一举成名) for real -not false -I dont think her tears were for real. -seriously, in earnest -This isnt a practice game; we are playing for real. 28课堂特制 21. He immersed himself in Mozarts music Immersein-involve oneself deeply in sth, be absorbed in, be busy with, (全心身地投入到莫扎特的音乐里) be occupied in/ with sth, be engaged in 22. - drove himself, working on (所有的时间他都用来不辞劳苦地). drive sb crazy/ to insanity/ out of his mind/ to do sth 29