新编大学英语第四册第六单元重点词汇和句子

In-classreadingpassageKeywordsandPhrasesposeindefinitelypartialaccidentallyotherwiseaccordinglyassessruntheriskofplaythepartofmay/might(just)aswellreduce...toSignificantsentences1.Atsometimeorother,allofushaveplayedthepartofahypochondriac,imaginingthatwehavesometerriblediseaseonthestrengthofveryminorsymptoms.在说不定的某个时候，我们大家都曾充当过疑病症患者的角色，只凭一些轻微的症状便怀疑自己得了某种可怕的病。2.Butfearofdiseaseisnotouronlyfear,andneitherisriskofdiseasetheonlyriskwerun.然而，对疾病的恐惧并非我们唯一的恐惧。同样，患病的危险也并非我们唯一会遇上的危险。3.Andfromthesethreatscomequestionsthatwemustposetoourselves:…从而产生了好些问题，我们不得不问自己，······。4.Itismuchmoredifficultwhenanxietyaboutotherformsofriskisconcerned,becausewithmanyrisks,thesituationisnotassimple.但当涉及到其它形式的风险时，事情就要困难得多，因为对许多风险来说，情况并不那么简单。5.Butwhatifyougethitfromthesideandenduptrappedinsidethevehicle,unabletoescapebecauseofadamagedseatbeltmechanism?倘若你的车侧面被撞，结果你被困在车里，又因安全带装置遭破坏而无法挣脱，那怎么办呢？6.Therearerisks,oftenpotentiallyseriousone,associatedwitheveryhobbywehave,everyjobwetake,andeveryfoodweeat－inotherwords,witheveryaction.(l.29-31)有些风险，常常是潜在的重大风险，与我们的每个业余爱好、所做的每项工作、所吃的每种食物有关，换句话说，与所进行的任何活动有关。7.Theansweristhatyouareroughlytwiceaslikelytodieinaseriouscrashinasmallcarthaninalargeone.答案是这样：在一起严重的车祸中，坐小车丧生的可能性是坐大车的两倍左右。8.Inthecasejustdiscussed,wewouldfindtherelativesafetyofcartravelandcoalminingbydividingthenumbersofliveslostineachbythenumberofpeopleparticipatingineach.在刚才讨论的例子中，我们可以用每一项活动中死亡的人数除以参与该活动的总人数，从而找出汽车旅行与采煤的相对安全性。9.Onceweunderstandthatriskcanneverbetotallyeliminatedfromanysituationandthat,therefore,nothingiscompletelysafe,wewillthenseethattheissueisnotoneofavoidingrisksaltogetherbutratheroneofmanagingrisksinasensibleway.一旦我们懂得在任何情况下都不能完全排除危险，因而任何事情都不是绝对安全的，我们就会明白问题不在于彻底避免危险而在于如何理智地管理危险。After-classreadingpassages1KeywordsandPhrasesbring...undercontrolbearinmindSignificantsentences1.Whatmakestoday’spreoccupationwithhealthslightlysurprisingisthatAmericansarefarhealthiernowthantheyhaveeverbeen.(l.3-4)美国人现在对健康如此关注，是有点令人吃惊，因为他们目前比以往任何时候都要健康得多。2.Nonetheless,healthandthevariousthreatstoitremaineveryone’spermanentconcern.(l.8-9)然而，健康以及对健康的各种威胁，仍然是人们永久关注的问题。3.Onemajorproblemwithanycomparisonofhealthrisks－especiallylife-threateningones－isthattheydifferenormouslyintheirimmediacy.(l.13-16)将威胁健康的危险，特别是致命的危险，进行比较时，有一个主要的问题，就是这些危险的紧迫性有很大差异。4....butariskthatmaycauseimmediatedamageismuchmorecostlythanoneforwhichthepiperneedn’tbepaidforalongtime.(l.35-37)但是，会马上引起伤害的危险，要比一个很长时间不需付出代价的危险要昂贵得多。5.ThatcriticismfailstoconsiderthefactthatAIDS,byvirtueofstrikingpeopleprincipallyintheir20sand30s,generatesfarmoreYPLLsthanthebarefigureof20,000deathsperyear,badasthatis,mightsuggest.(l.52-55)该批评没有考虑到这样一个事实：由于艾滋病的主要受害者是二三十岁的年轻人，尽管每年只造成二万人死亡——该数字本身也不小了——但是艾滋病引起的YPLL要大得多，远比简单的死亡人数更值得我们重视。After-classreadingpassages2rangequalifiedKeywordsandPhrasesSignificantsentences1.ThekindsofexperiencesthattravelagentslikePeterEvansareofferingrangefromwhite-waterraftingonAfrica’sZambeziRiver,toclimbingsomeoftheworld’shighestmountains.(l.9-11)像彼得·伊文思这样的旅行代理商提供的活动内容丰富，从漂流非洲赞比西河，直到攀登世界最高峰。2.“I’veseenstatisticsquotedforbasejumpingthatrangeuptoaboutonein700jumpsresultinginafatality,”hesays.“Thiscomparestoonein90,000fortraditionalparachuting.”(l.31-32)“我看到过一些关于这项运动的数据，大约每700次低空跳伞中就有一次是致命的。相比之下，传统的跳伞运动每90,000次才有一次是致命的。”3.Butriskythoughsuchactivitiesmaybe,theyallowpeopletoexpandtheirhorizons,...(l.52-53)这些运动虽然危险性高，却能帮助人们拓展视野。TranslationThismorningIaccidentallymetwithafriendwithwhomIhaveneverkeptintouchforalongtime.Iwouldratheryoudidn’tmentionthismattertoanyoneelse.Risingunemploymentisposingseriousproblemsfortheadministration.Hesavedmylifeattheriskoflosinghisown.Wemusttakeactiono