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Foreign language teaching center Shanghai University of TCM PASSAGE ONE discomfort n. 不适 contracture n. 挛缩 tendon n. 腱 amenorrhea n. 闭经，无月经 menorrhagia n. 月经过多 peripheral adj. 外围的 strenuous adj. 使劲的，紧张的 blurred vision 视觉模糊 1. fill in the missing words  The liver is capable of storing blood and regulating the volume of circulating blood. Firstly, a certain amount of blood stored in the liver can (1) . If the liver fails to function properly in storing blood, such (2) or bleeding will occur. When the liver-blood is not adequate enough to nourish the eyes, dryness and discomfort of the eyes with blurred vision, or night blindness are likely to occur. 2. Questions Answers ⑴ What are the two main functions of liver in governing the blood? ⑵ When the liver-blood is not adequate enough to nourish the eyes, what would happen to the eyes? PASSAGE TWO New Words and Expressions protracted adj. 拖延的 predispose vt. 使偏向于 endowment n. 天资 sturdy physique 体格健壮 exuberance n. 丰富，健康 1. fill in the missing words The occurrence of disease is closely related to internal and external environment. External environment refers mainly to living and working surroundings, including climatic variations, (1) . Closely bound up with nature, man gradually adapts himself to it in a protracted struggle with it. However, (2) or pollution of living and working surroundings predispose man to disease. True or False ⑴ External environment refers mainly to living and working surroundings, such as climatic variations, geographical features, environmental sanitation, etc. ( ) ⑵ The strength of normal qi is not closely linked with the constitutional and mental state of the body. ( ) * * If the liver-blood (3) , the contracture of tendons with vessels, numbness of limbs and inflexible joints will appear; if the liver-blood