Unit 1 Science and Scientists 课文重难点词汇讲义-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册.docxVIP

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XB1Unit1

Toraisenewquestions,newpossibilities,toregardoldproblemsfromanewanglerequirescreativeimaginationandmarksrealadvanceinscience.

AlbertEinsteinLeopoldInfeld

译文：提出新的问题，发现新的可能，从新的角度审视已存在的问题，这些需要创造性的想象力，并标志着科学的真正进步。

ReadingandThinking

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重点词汇（词性、音标、意思、例句）

JOHNSNOWDEFEATS“KINGCHOLERA”约翰?斯诺战胜“霍乱王”Cholerausedtobeoneofthemostfeareddiseasesintheworld,untilaBritishdoctor,JohnSnow,showedhowitcouldbe?overcome.Thisillnesscausessevere?diarrhoea,?dehydration,andevendeath.Intheearly19thcentury,whenan?outbreak?ofcholerahitEurope,millionsofpeoplediedfromthedisease.Asayoungdoctor,JohnSnowbecame?frustrated?becausenooneknewhowtopreventortreatcholera.Intime,he?rose?tobecomeafamousdoctor,andeven?attendedto?QueenVictoriawhenshegavebirth.However,heneverlosthisdesiretodestroycholeraonceandforall.

overcome?[???v??k?m]（动词，克服；解决；战胜；受到……的极大影响）例句：Wemustovercomealldifficulties.（我们必须克服所有困难。）

diarrhoea?[?da???ri??]（名词，腹泻）例句：Hehadabadcaseofdiarrhoea.（他腹泻得很厉害。）

dehydration?[?di?ha??dre??n]（名词，脱水）例句：Dehydrationcanbeverydangerous.（脱水可能非常危险。）

outbreak?[?a?tbre?k]（名词，（战争、打斗等不愉快事件的）爆发；突然发生）例句：Therewasanoutbreakoffluintheschool.（学校里爆发了流感。）

frustrated?[?fr?stre?t?d]（形容词，懊恼的；沮丧的；失意的）例句：Hefeltfrustratedbecausehecouldntsolvetheproblem.（他因为无法解决这个问题而感到沮丧。）

rise?[ra?z]（动词，上升；升起；提高；起身；起床；（数量、水平等）增加；增强；名词，（数量、水平的）增加；加薪；斜坡；小山）例句：Thesunrisesintheeast.（太阳从东方升起。）

Histemperatureisrising.（他的体温在上升。）

attendto（短语动词，处理；照料；专心于）[??tendtu?]

例句：Thenurseattendedtothepatientcarefully.（护士细心地照料病人。）

Ingeneral,doctorsinthosedayshadtwo?contradictory?theoriestoexplainhowcholeraspread.Onetheorywasthatbadaircausedthedisease.Anotherwasthatcholerawascausedbyan?infection?from?germs?infoodorwater.Snow?subscribedto?thesecondtheory.Itwascorrect,buthestillneededproof.Co