英语讲义unit2.docx

新视野第三册讲义Unit 2 Section A 第一步:Learning before ClassI. Background Information1. Cultural differences1) Medicine Science in Sports ExerciseIt is a multidisciplinary journal featuring original investigations, clinical studies, and comprehensive reviews on current topics in sports medicine and exercise science. A vital exchange of information from basic and applied science, medicine, education, and allied health fields can be got from it.体育运动医药学：这是以进行原始调查、临床研究，和就当今体育医学和运动科学的有关话题进行综合回顾为特色的一本多学科杂志。基础与应用科学、医药、教育，和类似的健康领域的相关信息可以在这一杂志中得到很好的交流。2) digestive systemThe digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. Inside this tube is a lining called the mucosa. In the mouth, stomach, and small intestine, the mucosa contains tiny glands that produce juices to help digest food.消化系统指的是从口到肛门，连在一起的长而弯曲的一系列中空管道。在这个管道里有一种叫粘膜的内里。在口、胃、和小肠里，粘膜中含有一些非常小的腺，它们能分泌出有助于消化食物的液体。2. Pre-reading questions1) Why do women often not have enough iron in their bodies?This is often because most of them go on a restricted diet so as to keep themselves slim. Of course, there are also many other causes of it. One is that many women are more particular about what they eat than men do. Another is their fat-reducing exercise. If they restrict their diet by rejecting iron-rich food, more exercise may lead to greater loss of iron in their blood. A third one lies in their physiological characteristics. Women of child-bearing age are at the greatest risk of iron deficiency as their monthly bleeding is a major source of iron loss.2) If iron levels are low, what problems can women experience?If women suffer from iron deficiency, they may experience such problems as follows: If their iron reserves become lower and lower until they are not enough to form the molecules of blood protein that transport oxygen to the working muscles, fatigue and poor performance may begin to appear in their daily life. Once their iron reserves go to zero, they often feel tired, w