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高中英语选修八课文及翻译

高中英语选修八课文及翻译

选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.Unit1 加利福尼亚加利福尼亚是美国的第三大州,而且是人口最多的州。

加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州,它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。

这些移民的风俗习惯以及语言在他们的新家都得以延续。

当你了解了加利福尼亚的历史后,你就不会对此感到惊讶了。

NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery.In addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state.美洲土著人最早的一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在所知道的加利福尼亚地区的,谁也说不清楚。

高中英语选修8unit2

高中英语选修8unit2

选修8Unit 2Cloning一.重点短语pay off得到好结果;取得成功;偿清cast down 沮丧;不愉快object to 反对in favour of 赞成;支持owe...to... 把......归功于...... (be)bound to(to)... 一定或注定(做)...... strike...into one's heart 使......刻骨铭心from time to time 不时;偶尔bring back to life 使复生;使复活in vain 白费力气;枉费心机in good/poor condition 状况很好/坏;情况很好/坏have a great impact on 对......有很大影响二.重点句型1.Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill.之后传来了多莉得了重病的令人烦恼的消息。

2.Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the length of the life of the original sheep.多莉总共存活了6年半,是被克隆羊的寿命长度的一半。

3.Did she die young because she was a clone?因为她是克隆的,所以才早逝了吗?4.Besides that, there is also a fierce dabate over the question whether human cloning experiments should be allowed.除此之外,克隆人的实验是否被允许进行的问题引起了激烈的争论。

三.单词短语扩展1.differ vi. 不同;相异differently adv. 不同地differ from sb./ath. 与……不同differ with/from sb. about/on/over sth. 关于某事和某人不同differ in…在……方面不同拓展: tell the difference between A and B 辨别A与B之间的不同difference n.区别;差异make a difference (to) 有影响;区别对待make no difference 没影响,不起作用different adj. 不同的be different from sb. in …在某方面不同与某人例1. The two sides in the dispute still differ _____ each other _____ the question of pay.A. on; withB. with; inC. at; withD. from; on例2:The rain didn't _______________________ the game.这场雨对比赛没有多大影响。

高中英语选修八课文及翻译

高中英语选修八课文及翻译

选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.Unit1 加利福尼亚加利福尼亚是美国的第三大州,而且是人口最多的州。

加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州,它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。

这些移民的风俗习惯以及语言在他们的新家都得以延续。

当你了解了加利福尼亚的历史后,你就不会对此感到惊讶了。

NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery.In addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are moreNative Americans living in California than in any other state.美洲土着人最早的一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在所知道的加利福尼亚地区的,谁也说不清楚。

高中英语人教版选修8翻译课文翻译

高中英语人教版选修8翻译课文翻译

英语选修8 翻译Unit1 一个多元文化的国家加利福尼亚是美国的第三大州,而且是人口最多的州。

加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州,它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。

这些移民的风俗习惯以及语言在他们的新家都得以延续。

当你了解了加利福尼亚的历史后,你就不会对此感到惊讶了。

美洲土著人最早的一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在所知道的加利福尼亚地区的,谁也说不清楚。

然而,很可能至少在15 ,000年以前美洲土著人就住在加利福尼亚了。

科学家们认为,这些迁居者通过一条史前时代曾经存在的大陆桥穿越北极地区的白令海峡到达美洲。

欧洲人在16世纪来到这儿后,土著人遭受了极大的苦难,成千上万的人被杀害或被迫成为奴隶。

此外,欧洲人带来了疾病,使许多人染病而死,不过,还是有一些人在经历了这些恐怖时期后活下来了。

今天住在加利福尼亚的美洲土著人比任何其他州的都要多。

西班牙人在18世纪的时候,加利福尼亚是由西班牙统治的西班牙士兵最早是在1 6世纪初期来到南美洲的,他们同土著人打仗,并夺去了他们的土地。

两个世纪以后,西班牙人在南美洲的大部分地区定居下来,而且还在我们现在称之为美国的西北沿海地区住下来。

在首批移居加州的西班牙人中,大部分是宗教人士,他们的职责是向原住民传授天主教。

1821年,墨西哥人从西班牙获得了独立-加利福尼亚于是成了墨西哥的一部分。

1846年美国向墨西哥宣战,美国赢得战争胜利后,墨西哥被迫把加利福尼亚割让给美国。

但是,这个州至今仍然保留着很强的西班牙的影响。

这就是为什么今天还有40%的加利福尼亚人仍然把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言的缘故。

俄罗斯人19世纪初期,一批最初到阿拉斯加的俄罗斯猎人开始在加利福尼亚定居下来。

今天,住在圣弗朗西斯科(旧金山)及其周边地区的美籍俄罗斯人约有25,000人。

淘金矿工1848年,在美国同墨西哥开战之后不久,在加利福尼亚发现了金矿。

发财梦很快就吸引了世界各地的人。

距离最近因而来得最早的是南美洲人和美国人。

人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译

人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译

人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译选修 8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population.It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world.The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California,no one really knows. However,it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed theBering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed inprehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, thenative people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. Inaddition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, somesurvived these terrible times,and today there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state.THE SPANISHIn the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrivedin South America in the early16th century,when they fought against the native people and took their land. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts ofSouth America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States.Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whoseministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people ofMexico gained their independence from Spain.California then became part of Mexico. In1846 the United States declared war on Mexico,and after the war won by the USA, Mexico had to give California to the USA. However, there is still a strong Spanishinfluence in the state. That is why today over 40 of Californians speak Spanishas a first or second language.RUSSIANSIn the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, begansettling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living inand around San Francisco.GOLD MINERSIn 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California.The dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. Thenearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people fromthe United States. Then adventurers from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact,few achieved their dream of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but mostremained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. Theysettled in the new towns or on farms. By the time California elected to become thethirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already amulticultural society.LATER A RRIVALSAlthough Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period,it was the building of the rail network from the west t o the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts ofCalifornia,although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the"Chinatowns"of Los Angeles and San Francisco.Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrivedin California in the late 19th century.In1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920sthe film industry was well established in Hollywood,California.The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the secondlargest Jewish population in the United States.Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the1980s a lot more have settled there.People from Africa have been living in California since the1800s,when they moved north from Mexico.However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945 to work in the ship and aircraft industries.MOST RECENT ARRIVALSIn more recent decades,California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians.Since its beginning in the 1970s, the computer industry has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California.THE FUTUREPeople from different parts of the world,attracted by the climate and the lifestyle,still immigrate to California.It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.GEORGE’S DIARY 12TH— 14TH JUNEMonday 12th, JuneArrived early this morning by bus.Went straight to hotel to drop my luggage,shower and shave. Then went exploring. First thing was a ride on a cable car. From top ofthe hill got a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and the city. Built in 1873,the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie, who wanted to find a betterform of transport than horse-drawn trams.Apparently he'd been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram's brakes failed,the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it.Had a late lunch at Fisherman's What. This is the district where Italian fishermenfirst came to San Francisco in the late19th century and began the fishing industry. Now it's a tourist area with lots of shops,sea food restaurants and bakeries.It's also the place to catch the ferry to Angel Island and other places in the Bay.Did so much exploring at Fisherman's What. Am exhausted and don't feel likedoing anything else. Early bed tonight!Tuesday 13th, JuneTeamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter and Terri) and hired a car. Spent allday driving around the city. There's a fascinating drive marked out for tourists.It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It's a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous tourist spots.Stopped many times to admire the view of the city from different angles and take photographs. Now have a reallygood idea of what the city's like.In evening, went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Chinese immigrants settled inthis area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like oldbuildings in southern China.Saw some interesting temples here, a number of markets and a great many restaurants.Also art galleries and a museumcontaining documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration,but it is closed in the evening. Will go back during the day. Had a delicious meal andthen walked down the hill to our hotel.Wednesday 14th, JuneIn morning, took ferry to Angel Island from the port in San Francisco Bay. On theway had a good view of the Golden Gate Bridge. From 1882 to 1940 Angel Islandwas a famous immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to livein USA. The cells in the station were very small, cold and damp; some did not evenhave light but the immigrants had nowhere else to go. Their miserable stay seemedto be punishment rather than justice and freedom to them. They wrote poems on thewalls about their loneliness and mourned their former life in China. In 1940 the civilauthorities reformed the system so that many more Chinese people were ableto grasp the opportunity of settling in the USA. Made me very thoughtful and thankful for my life today.选修 8 Unit 2 Cloning-ReadingCLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING US?Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exactcopy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identicalin sex and appearance are produced from the same original egg. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to producecommercial quantities of plants.Secondly,it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals.Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task to undertake. Manyattempts to clone mammals failed.But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough - the cloning of Dolly the sheep.The procedure works like this:On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the progress of the firstsuccessful clone,Dolly the sheep.The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging.Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill. Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years,half the length of the life of the original sheep. Sadly the same arbitrary fateaffected other species, such as cloned mice. The questions that concerned allscientists were: "Would this be a major difficulty for all cloned animals? Wouldit happen forever? Could it be solved if corrections were made in their researchprocedure?"On the other hand, Dolly's appearance raised a storm of objections and had a greatimpact on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenlyopened everybody's eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even to produce human beings.Although at present human egg cells and embryos needed for cloning research aredifficult to obtain, newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselvesto attain their ambitions.Religious leaders also raised moral questions. Governments became nervous and more conservative.Some began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning,but other countries like China and the UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloningcould provide. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harmus and where it is leading us.克隆一直在我们左右并且已经被大多数人接受。

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高中英语选修八课文与翻译

选修 8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.Unit1 加利福尼亚加利福尼亚是美国的第三大州,而且是人口最多的州。

加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州,它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。

这些移民的风俗习惯以及语言在他们的新家都得以延续。

当你了解了加利福尼亚的历史后,你就不会对此感到惊讶了。

NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery.In addition, many died from the diseasesbrought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are moreNative Americans living in California than in any other state.美洲土著人最早的一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在所知道的加利福尼亚地区的,谁也说不清楚。

人教版高中英语选修8 课文及翻译

人教版高中英语选修8 课文及翻译

人教版高中英语选修8 课文及翻译选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.NA TIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. In addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state. THE SPANISHIn the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century, when they fought against the native people and took their land. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people of Mexico gained their independence from Spain. California then became part of Mexico. In 1846 the United States declared war on Mexico, and after the war won by the USA, Mexico had to give California to the USA. However, there is still a strong Spanish influence in the state. That is why today over 40 of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.RUSSIANSIn the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, began settling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco.GOLD MINERSIn 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. The dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. The nearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people from the United States. Then adventurers from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact, few achieved their dream of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. They settled in the new towns or on farms. By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.LATER A RRIV ALSAlthough Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage havechosen to stay in the "Chinatowns" of Los Angeles and San Francisco.Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrived in California in the late 19th century. In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920s the film industry was well established in Hollywood, California. The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the second largest Jewish population in the United States.Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the 1980s a lot more have settled there. People from Africa have been living in California since the 1800s, when they moved north from Mexico. However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945 to work in the ship and aircraft industries.MOST RECENT ARRIV ALSIn more recent decades, California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians. Since its beginning in the 1970s, the computer industry has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California.THE FUTUREPeople from different parts of the world, attracted by the climate and the lifestyle, still immigrate to California. It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures. GEORGE’S DIARY 12TH—14TH JUNEMonday 12th, JuneArrived early this morning by bus. Went straight to hotel to drop my luggage, shower and shave. Then went exploring. First thing was a ride on a cable car. From top of the hill got a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and the city. Built in 1873, the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie, who wanted to find a better form of transport than horse-drawn trams. Apparently he'd been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram's brakes failed, the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it.Had a late lunch at Fisherman's What. This is the district where Italian fishermen first came to San Francisco in the late 19th century and began the fishing industry. Now it's a tourist area with lots of shops, sea food restaurants and bakeries. It's also the place to catch the ferry to Angel Island and other places in the Bay.Did so much exploring at Fisherman's What. Am exhausted and don't feel like doing anything else. Early bed tonight!Tuesday 13th, JuneTeamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter and Terri) and hired a car. Spent all day driving around the city. There's a fascinating drive marked out for tourists. It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It's a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous tourist spots. Stopped many times to admire the view of the city from different angles and take photographs. Now have a really good idea of what the city's like.In evening, went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Chinese immigrants settled in this area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like old buildings in southern China. Saw some interesting temples here, a number of markets and a great many restaurants. Also art galleriesand a museum containing documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration, but it is closed in the evening. Will go back during the day. Had a delicious meal and then walked down the hill to our hotel.Wednesday 14th, JuneIn morning, took ferry to Angel Island from the port in San Francisco Bay. On the way had a good view of the Golden Gate Bridge. From 1882 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to live in USA. The cells in the station were very small, cold and damp; some did not even have light but the immigrants had nowhere else to go. Their miserable stay seemed to be punishment rather than justice and freedom to them. They wrote poems on the walls about their loneliness and mourned their former life in China. In 1940 the civil authorities reformed the system so that many more Chinese people were able to grasp the opportunity of settling in the USA. Made me very thoughtful and thankful for my life today.选修8 Unit 2 Cloning-ReadingCLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING USCloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex and appearance are produced from the same original egg. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task to undertake. Many attempts to clone mammals failed. But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough - the cloning of Dolly the sheep. The procedure works like this:On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the progress of the first successful clone, Dolly the sheep. The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill. Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the length of the life of the original sheep. Sadly the same arbitrary fate affected other species, such as cloned mice. The questions that concerned all scientists were: "Would this be a major difficulty for all cloned animals Would it happen forever Could it be solved if corrections were made in their research procedure"On the other hand, Dolly's appearance raised a storm of objections and had a great impact on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenly opened everybody's eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even to produce human beings.Although at present human egg cells and embryos needed for cloning research are difficult to obtain, newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselves to attain their ambitions. Religious leaders also raised moral questions. Governments became nervous and more conservative. Some began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning, but other countries like China and the UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloningcould provide. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.克隆一直在我们左右并且已经被大多数人接受。

人教版高中英语选修8单词及课文详细翻译

人教版高中英语选修8单词及课文详细翻译

选修8 Unit 1△California 加利福尼亚(州)△Californian 加利福尼亚(州)人△illustrate vt. 说明;阐明distinct adj. 清晰的;明显的;明确的distinction n. 差别;区分;卓著△immigrant n. (从外国移入的)移民live on 继续存在;继续生存strait n. 海峡△Bering 白令海峡Arctic adj. 北极的;北极区的the Arctic 北极means n. 手段;方法by means of… 用……办法;借助……△prehistoric adj. 史前的majority n. 大多数;大半ministry n. (政府的)部;(全体)牧师;牧师的职责Catholic adj. 天主教的n.天主教徒△Alaska n. 阿拉斯加(州)△San Francisco n. 圣弗朗西斯科(也称旧金山)△adventurer n. 冒险家make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等△despite prep. 尽管;不管hardship n. 苦难;困苦elect vt. 选择;决定做某事;选举某人federal adj. 联邦制的;联邦政府的rail n. 铁路;扶手;(护栏的)横条percentage n. 百分比;百分率△Los Angeles n. 洛杉矶Italy n. 意大利Italian n. 意大利人;意大利语adj.意大利人的;意大利语的Denmark n. 丹麦(北欧国家)keep up 坚持;维持;沿袭(风俗、传统等)△Hollywood n. 好莱坞;美国电影业boom n. (人口、贸易的)繁荣vi. 处于经济迅速发展时期aircraft n. 飞行器;航空器;飞机△Cambodian n. 柬埔寨人;柬埔寨语Korea n. 韩国;朝鲜Korean n. 韩国/朝鲜人;朝鲜/韩语adj.韩国(人/语)的;朝鲜(人/语)的Pakistan n. 巴基斯坦Pakistani adj. 巴基斯坦(人)的n.巴基斯坦人△immigrate vi. 移入(外国定居)immigration n. 移民;移居入境racial adj. 人种的;种族的crossing n. 横渡;横越;十字路口;人行横道vice n. & adj. 代理;副职nephew n. 侄子;外甥pole n. 地极;电极;磁极applicant n. 申请人customs n. 海关;关税;进口税socialist n. 社会主义者;社会党人adj.社会主义者的socialism n. 社会主义occur vi. 发生;出现cattle n. 牛(总称)△Hispanic n. (美)讲西班牙语的美国人indicate vt. 指出;指示;表明;暗示back to back 背靠背luggage n. 行李(<美>baggage)shave vt. & vi. (shaved; shaved, shaven) 刮;剃△cable n. 缆绳;绳索;电缆△cable car 缆车;(美)有轨缆车△Andrew Hallidie 安德鲁•海利迪tram n. (有轨)电车apparent adj. 显而易见的;显然的;表面上的apparently adv. 显然地;显而易见地brake n. 闸;刹车;制动器Vi. & vt. 刹(车);用制动器减速conductor n. (公车)售票员;列车员;(乐队)指挥slip vi. 滑动;滑行;滑跤n.滑动;滑倒△wharf n. 码头bakery n. 面包房;面包厂ferry n. 渡船;渡口vt.摆渡;渡运△Angel Island 天使岛team up with 与……合作或一起工作hire vt. & n. 租用;雇用△fascinating adj. 迷人的;吸引人的mark out 划线;标出……界线seagull n. 海鸥take in 包括;吸收angle n. 角;角度a great/good many 许多;很多apply for 申请;请示得到nowhere adv. 无处;到处都无△miserable adj. 痛苦的;悲惨的punishment n. 处罚;惩罚justice n. 公正;公平mourn vt. & vi. 哀悼;悼念;表示悲痛civil adj. 公民的;国内的;民间的authority n. 权威;权力(pl)当局;官方reform vt. & vi. 改革;革新n.改革;改造;改良grasp vt. & n. 抓住;抓紧;掌握;领会△thoughtful adj. 关切的;体贴的;深思的thankful adj. 感激的;感谢的insert vt. 插入;嵌入选修八Unit1 CALIFORNIA加利福尼亚California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. 加州是美国第三大洲, 而且是人口最多的州。

选修8unit2单词详解

选修8unit2单词详解
unit2 Cloning
1. differ vi. 不同于,意见相左
differ from 不同于...
differ in...在...方面不同
My younger brother and I differ from each other in many ways. 我弟弟和我在许多方面都不同。
6. cast v.扔,投掷
cast down 使失望(一般用于被动语态)
翻译:听到这个坏消息之后,她沮丧了好几天。 She was cast down for several days after she heard the bad news.
7. object vi. 反对,不赞成
object to sb/sth 反对某人/某事
in ______favour of it.
10. I owe_______to my teacher that I have made great progress in it English. 11. --Do you know where my blue coat is?
looking -- Don't bother _______(look) for it, I'm sure it will turn up some
拓展;
different adj. 不同的,有区别的 difference n. 差别,差异
2. exact adj. 精确的,准确的
to be exact(=exactly speaking) 确切地说
翻译:我不知道这个房间的确切面积。 I don't know the exact size of the room.
对..有影响

(完整版)人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译

(完整版)人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译

(完整版)⼈教版⾼中英语选修8课⽂及翻译⼈教版⾼中英语选修8 课⽂及翻译选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. In addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state.THE SPANISHIn the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century, when they fought against the native people and took their land. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people of Mexico gained their independence from Spain. California then became part of Mexico. In 1846 the United States declared war on Mexico, and after the war won by the USA, Mexico had to give California to the USA. However, there is still a strong Spanish influence in the state. That is why today over 40 of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language. RUSSIANSIn the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, began settling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco.GOLD MINERSIn 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. The dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. The nearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people from the United States. Then adventurers from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact, few achieved their dream of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. They settled in the new towns or on farms. By the time California elected to become thethirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.LATER A RRIVALSAlthough Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the "Chinatowns" of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrived in California in the late 19th century. In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920s the film industry was well established in Hollywood, California. The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the second largest Jewish population in the United States.Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the 1980s a lot more have settled there. People from Africa have been living in California since the 1800s, when they moved north from Mexico. However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945 to work in the ship and aircraft industries. MOST RECENT ARRIVALS In more recent decades, California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians. Since its beginning in the 1970s, the computer industry has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California. THE FUTUREPeople from different parts of the world, attracted by the climate and the lifestyle, still immigrate to California. It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.GEORGE’S DIARY 12TH—14TH JUNEMonday 12th, JuneArrived early this morning by bus. Went straight to hotel to drop my luggage, shower and shave. Then went exploring. First thing was a ride on a cable car. From top of the hill got a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and the city. Built in 1873, the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie, who wanted to find a better form of transport than horse-drawn trams. Apparently he'd been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram's brakes failed, the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it. Had a late lunch at Fisherman's What. This is the district where Italian fishermen first came to San Francisco in the late 19th century and began the fishing industry. Now it's a tourist area with lots of shops, sea food restaurants and bakeries. It's also the place to catch the ferry to Angel Island and other places in the Bay.Did so much exploring at Fisherman's What. Am exhausted and don't feel like doing anything else. Early bed tonight! Tuesday 13th, JuneTeamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter and Terri) and hired a car. Spent all day driving around the city. There's a fascinating drive marked out for tourists. It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It's a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous tourist spots. Stopped many times to admire the view of the city from different angles and take photographs. Now have a really good idea of what the city's like.In evening, went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Chinese immigrants settled in this area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like old buildings in southern China. Saw some interesting temples here, a number of markets and a great many restaurants. Also art galleries and a museum containing documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration, but it is closed in the evening. Will go back during the day. Had a delicious meal and then walked down the hill to our hotel.Wednesday 14th, JuneIn morning, took ferry to Angel Island from the port in San Francisco Bay. On the way had a good view of the Golden Gate Bridge. From 1882 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to live in USA. The cells in the station were very small, cold and damp; some did not even have light but the immigrants had nowhere else to go. Their miserable stay seemed to be punishment rather than justice and freedom to them. They wrote poems on the walls about their loneliness and mourned their former life in China. In 1940 the civil authorities reformed the system so that many more Chinese people were able to grasp the opportunity of settling in the USA. Made me very thoughtful and thankful for my life today.选修8 Unit 2 Cloning-ReadingCLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING US?Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex and appearance are produced from the same original egg. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task to undertake. Many attempts to clone mammals failed. But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough - the cloning of Dolly the sheep.The procedure works like this:On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the progress of the first successful clone, Dolly the sheep. The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill. Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the length of the life of the original sheep. Sadly the same arbitrary fate affected other species, such as cloned mice. The questions that concerned all scientists were: "Would this be a major difficulty for all cloned animals? Would it happen forever? Could it be solved if corrections were made in their research procedure?"On the other hand, Dolly's appearance raised a storm of objections and had a great impact on the media and publicimagination. It became controversial. It suddenly opened everybody's eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even to produce human beings.Although at present human egg cells and embryos needed for cloning research are difficult to obtain, newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselves to attain their ambitions. Religious leaders also raised moral questions. Governments became nervous and more conservative. Some began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning, but other countries like China and the UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloning could provide. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.克隆⼀直在我们左右并且已经被⼤多数⼈接受。

人教版高中英语选修8课文与翻译

人教版高中英语选修8课文与翻译

人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译选修 8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population.It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world.The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California,no one really knows. However,it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed theBering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed inprehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, thenative people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. Inaddition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, somesurvived these terrible times,and today there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state.THE SPANISHIn the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrivedin South America in the early16th century,when they fought against the native people and took their land. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts ofSouth America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States.Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whoseministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people ofMexico gained their independence from Spain.California then became part of Mexico. In1846 the United States declared war on Mexico,and after the war won by the USA, Mexico had to give California to the USA. However, there is still a strong Spanishinfluence in the state. That is why today over 40 of Californians speak Spanishas a first or second language.RUSSIANSIn the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, begansettling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living inand around San Francisco.GOLD MINERSIn 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California.The dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. Thenearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people fromthe United States. Then adventurers from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact,few achieved their dream of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but mostremained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. Theysettled in the new towns or on farms. By the time California elected to become thethirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already amulticultural society.LATER A RRIVALSAlthough Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period,it was the building of the rail network from the west t o the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts ofCalifornia,although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the"Chinatowns"of Los Angeles and San Francisco.Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrivedin California in the late 19th century.In1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920sthe film industry was well established in Hollywood,California.The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the secondlargest Jewish population in the United States.Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the1980s a lot more have settled there.People from Africa have been living in California since the1800s,when they moved north from Mexico.However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945 to work in the ship and aircraft industries.MOST RECENT ARRIVALSIn more recent decades,California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians.Since its beginning in the 1970s, the computer industry has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California.THE FUTUREPeople from different parts of the world,attracted by the climate and the lifestyle,still immigrate to California.It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.GEORGE’S DIARY 12TH— 14TH JUNEMonday 12th, JuneArrived early this morning by bus.Went straight to hotel to drop my luggage,shower and shave. Then went exploring. First thing was a ride on a cable car. From top ofthe hill got a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and the city. Built in 1873,the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie, who wanted to find a betterform of transport than horse-drawn trams.Apparently he'd been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram's brakes failed,the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it.Had a late lunch at Fisherman's What. This is the district where Italian fishermenfirst came to San Francisco in the late19th century and began the fishing industry. Now it's a tourist area with lots of shops,sea food restaurants and bakeries.It's also the place to catch the ferry to Angel Island and other places in the Bay.Did so much exploring at Fisherman's What. Am exhausted and don't feel likedoing anything else. Early bed tonight!Tuesday 13th, JuneTeamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter and Terri) and hired a car. Spent allday driving around the city. There's a fascinating drive marked out for tourists.It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It's a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous tourist spots.Stopped many times to admire the view of the city from different angles and take photographs. Now have a reallygood idea of what the city's like.In evening, went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Chinese immigrants settled inthis area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like oldbuildings in southern China.Saw some interesting temples here, a number of markets and a great many restaurants.Also art galleries and a museumcontaining documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration,but it is closed in the evening. Will go back during the day. Had a delicious meal andthen walked down the hill to our hotel.Wednesday 14th, JuneIn morning, took ferry to Angel Island from the port in San Francisco Bay. On theway had a good view of the Golden Gate Bridge. From 1882 to 1940 Angel Islandwas a famous immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to livein USA. The cells in the station were very small, cold and damp; some did not evenhave light but the immigrants had nowhere else to go. Their miserable stay seemedto be punishment rather than justice and freedom to them. They wrote poems on thewalls about their loneliness and mourned their former life in China. In 1940 the civilauthorities reformed the system so that many more Chinese people were ableto grasp the opportunity of settling in the USA. Made me very thoughtful and thankful for my life today.选修 8 Unit 2 Cloning-ReadingCLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING US?Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exactcopy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identicalin sex and appearance are produced from the same original egg. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to producecommercial quantities of plants.Secondly,it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals.Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task to undertake. Manyattempts to clone mammals failed.But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough - the cloning of Dolly the sheep.The procedure works like this:On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the progress of the firstsuccessful clone,Dolly the sheep.The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging.Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill. Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years,half the length of the life of the original sheep. Sadly the same arbitrary fateaffected other species, such as cloned mice. The questions that concerned allscientists were: "Would this be a major difficulty for all cloned animals? Wouldit happen forever? Could it be solved if corrections were made in their researchprocedure?"On the other hand, Dolly's appearance raised a storm of objections and had a greatimpact on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenlyopened everybody's eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even to produce human beings.Although at present human egg cells and embryos needed for cloning research aredifficult to obtain, newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselvesto attain their ambitions.Religious leaders also raised moral questions. Governments became nervous and more conservative.Some began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning,but other countries like China and the UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloningcould provide. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harmus and where it is leading us.克隆一直在我们左右并且已经被大多数人接受。

人教版高中英语教材选修8重点单词汇总 汉译英

人教版高中英语教材选修8重点单词汇总 汉译英

人教版高中英语教材选修8重点单词汇总Unit 1加利福尼亚(州)vt. 说明;阐明加利福尼亚(州)人n. 差别;区分;卓著adj. 清晰的;明显的;明确的n. (从外国移入的)移民继续存在;继续生存n. 海峡白令海峡n. 手段;方法adj. 北极的;北极区的用……办法;借助……北极adj. 史前的n. 大多数;大半n. 冒险家n. (政府的)部;(全体)牧师;牧师的职责n. 圣弗朗西斯科(也称旧金山)adj. 天主教的n. 阿拉斯加(州)n. 天主教徒prep. 尽管;不管习惯于新的生活方式、工作等vt. 选择;决定做某事;选举某人n. 苦难;困苦n. 百分比;百分率adj. 联邦制的;联邦政府的n. 铁路;扶手;(护栏的)横条n. 洛杉矶n. 丹麦(北欧国家)n. 意大利n. 意大利人;意大利语坚持;维持;沿袭(风俗、传统等)adj. 意大利人的;意大利n. 好莱坞;美国电影业语的n. (人口、贸易的)繁荣n. 韩国/朝鲜人;朝鲜/韩语vi. 处于经济迅速发展时期adj. 韩国(人/语)的;朝鲜(人/语)的n. 飞行器;航空器;飞机n. 横渡;横越;十字路口;人行横道)n. 柬埔寨人;柬埔寨语adj. 巴基斯坦(人)的n. 韩国;朝鲜n. 巴基斯坦n. 巴基斯坦人vi. 移入(外国定居)n. 移民;移居入境n. & adj. 代理;副职adj. 人种的;种族的n. 侄子;外甥n. 地极;电极;磁极n. 海关;关税;进口税n. 申请人vi. 发生;出现n. 社会主义者;社会党人n. (美)讲西班牙语的美国人adj. 社会主义者的n. 牛(总称)n. 社会主义背靠背vt. 指出;指示;表明;暗示vt. & vi. (shaved; shaved, shaven) 刮;剃n. 行李n. 缆绳;绳索;电缆adj. 显而易见的;显然的;表面上的缆车;(美)有轨缆车adv. 显然地;显而易见地安德鲁·海利迪n. 滑动;滑倒n. (有轨)电车vi. 滑动;滑行;滑跤n. 闸;刹车;制动器vi. 滑动;滑行;滑跤vi. & vt. 刹(车);用制动器减速adj. 迷人的;吸引人的n. (公车)售票员;列车员;(乐队)指挥与……合作或一起工作n. 码头vt. & n. 租用;雇用n. 面包房;面包厂n. 面包房;面包厂n. 渡船;渡口n. 海鸥vt. 摆渡;渡运包括;吸收天使岛n. 角;角度划线;标出……界线许多;很多申请;请示得到adv. 无处;到处都无adj. 痛苦的;悲惨的n. 处罚;惩罚n. 公正;公平n. 权威;权力vt.& vi. 哀悼;悼念;表示悲痛adj. 公民的;国内的;民间的当局;官方vt.& vi. 改革;革新adj. 感激的;感谢的n. 改革;改造;改良adj. 关切的;体贴的;深思的vt.& n. 抓住;抓紧;掌握;领会vt. 插入;嵌入Unit 2vi. 不同;相异n. 剪枝;剪报;剪纸adj. 精确的;准确的adj. 商业的;贸易的n. 双胞胎之一;孪生儿之一adj. 同一的;一模一样的adj. 成对的;成双的adj. 复杂的;难懂的adj. 简单的;直接的;坦率的vt.(undertook, undertaken) 着手;从事;承担得到好结果;取得成功;偿清adj. 躯体的;肉体的;细胞体的n. 突破n. 原子核;中心n. 程序;步骤;手续沮丧;不愉快n. 胚;胚胎;萌牙时期n. 携带者;搬运工;运输工具vt. 扔;投;掷adv. 总共;完全地adj. 任意的n. 命运;天命n. 改正;纠正;修正vi. 反对;不赞成n. 媒介;手段;工具n. 不赞成;反对;异议n. 撞击;冲击;巨大的影响大众传播媒体(如电视、报纸等)vt. 获得;赢得adj. 保守的;守旧的vt. 获得;到达(水平、年龄、状况等)adj. 道德(上)的;伦理的vt.禁止;不准vt. 积累;聚保赞成;支持旁路;支线;岔道n. 宪法;章程n. 合唱;合唱队adj. 必须做的;义务的;强迫的;强制的n. 歌剧;歌剧团;歌剧院n. 一条(面包)n. 面粉vt. 欠(账、钱、人情等);归功于……n. 胡说;无稽之谈;废话adv. 立刻;不久vt. 打扰vi. 退休;离开vi. 操心一定或注定(做)……n. 烦扰n. 假定;设想n. 受人喜爱;流行n. 规则;规章;法规vi & vt.打;撞击;罢工n. 胡说;无稽之谈;废话adj. 虚荣的;自负的;徒劳的侏罗纪公园(美国电影名)vt. 恢复;使恢复原状;重建使……刻骨铭心n. 北美或欧洲野牛n. 小牛;牛犊不时;偶尔使复生;使复活adj. 最初的;开始的脱氧核糖核酸白费力气;枉费心机vt. 抵抗;对抗n. 缺点;不利条件adv. 仅;只;不过n. 装饰n. 原牛(古代欧洲野牛,已灭绝)状况很好(坏);情况很好(坏)adj. 不能的;不会的n. 羽毛n. 大海雀(已灭绝)n. 白氏斑马(已灭绝)adv. 公平地;相当地n. 火鸡vt. 给……染色;染n. 爪;脚爪n. 染色剂vt. 崇拜;爱慕;喜爱vt. & vi. 孵出;孵卵;孵化adj. 合情理的;讲道理的;公道的Unit 3adj. 两栖(类)的n. 专利证书;专利权乔治·斯蒂芬森(英国发明家,蒸汽机的发明人)vi. & vt. 显示……的差别;使……有所不同;辨别给……打电话n. 院子;庭院;天井偶尔;有时n. 胡桃;胡桃木adj. 宽大的;仁慈的;慈悲的adj.无锈的;不锈的;没有污点的n. 产品n. 粉末;火药开始;着手n. 香水;香味n. 立方体;立方n. 果冻;果冻状物adj. 立方的adj. 突然的;意外的n. 小心;谨慎adv. 突然地;唐突地adj. 便利的;方便的;就近的adj. 被动的;消极的;被动语态的n. 预料;期待;期望adj. 愉快的;高兴的vt. 抓住;捉住;夺adj. 愉快的;高兴的n. 认出;认可;承认adj. 有效的;确凿的n. (评判的)标准;尺度n. & vt. 要求;声称;主张n. 文件;档案;文件夹n. 鉴定;辨认;确定;身份证明vt. 提交;将……归档adj. 清白的;无罪的;天真的adj. 熟的;成熟的n. 线;绳子;一串n. 胶;胶水n. 杆;棒vt.粘贴;粘合adj. 冰冻的;严寒的n. 果蔬商n. 电话簿;商行名录(pl)蔬菜水果店vt. 拨(电话)n. 降雨n. 法庭;审判室n. 灯笼;提灯n. 堵塞;阻塞;果酱vt. 忍受;忍耐;负担n. 麦克风;话筒n. 额头adv. 偶然地;不时地亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔被踩出来的路;常规;惯例迅速把手伸入;一心投入adj. 充满活力的;精力充沛的;动态的;发展变化的开始(做)n. 倍数adj. 多种的;多样的;多类型的n. 稻草;麦秆;饮料吸管n. 倍数莫尔斯电码n. 点;小圆点vt. 轻打;轻拍;轻敲vt. 以小圆点标出;分散n. 轻轻地敲(声);(水)龙头n. 金属丝;电线n. (水或气)流;电流vt. 复制;再现……的形象或声音adj. 现在的;当前的n. 直升飞机adj. 无价的;极宝贵的n. 三角形;三角形物体adj. 稳固的;稳定的;安定的vt. 联想;联系n. 冰箱n. 同伴;伙伴n. 法庭;法院;朝廷adj. 实际的;实践的;实用的詹姆斯·戴森(英国发明家)次序颠倒;发生故障n. 能力;胜利;本领n. 电话分机;扩大;延伸不挂断;稍等;紧紧握住设法联系上(尤指打通电话);(设法)做完;通过n. 能胜任的;有能力的;称职的回复电话n. 版本;译本挂断电话n. 吉普车n. 人力资源;人事部;全体人员Unit 4n. 皮格马利翁(希腊神话)乔治·伯纳德·萧(也译萧伯纳,英国剧作家)n. 适应(性);改编本(图片上的)说明文字;(电视、电影)字幕;(杂志等文章的)标题;韪adj. 经典的;第一流的adj. 重要的;决定性的;命中注定的n. 经典著作n. 情节;阴谋n. 教授希金斯(姓)n. 语音学n. (陆军)上校n. 口哨声;汽笛声皮克林(姓)vi. 吹口哨;发出汽笛声n. (一件)衣服(外套、裙、袍等)(pl)服装vi. 犹豫;踌躇n. 皮夹;钱包adj. 毛纺的;纯毛的n. 结果;效果dj. 不舒服的;不安的;不自在的adv. 不舒服的;不自在地adj. 带来麻烦的;使人心烦的adj. (见解或判断上)错误的;不正确的n. 小偷;贼n. 手帕;手绢;纸巾vt. 伪装;假扮;遮掩vt. 编排;分类;归类n. 伪装n. 谈论;言论;评述伪装(的);假扮(的)vt. & vi.谈论;评论;说起adj. 光辉灿烂的;杰出的;才华横溢的vt. 显露出(本来面目);背叛adj. (位置或地位)较高的;级别较高的adj. 不同寻常的;非凡的vi. 谴责;使……注定adv. 适当地;恰当地n. 排水沟;阴沟;贫民区(把某人)改变或冒充成……n. 公爵夫人;女公爵n. 相识;了解;熟人n. 大使;使节结识;与……相见n. 一把;少量n. 惊讶;惊愕一般来说震惊;惊讶n. 身份;地位;职位vt. 抢劫;盗窃;剥夺n. 机会;运气;大笔的钱adj. 真实的;真正的;可信的;可靠的adj. 优秀的;较高的;上级的就……来说;从……角度n.上级;长官vt. 抢劫;盗窃;剥夺vt. & vi. 不赞成;反对;认为不好adj. 古时的;(因古老、稀少而)珍贵的n.音乐喜剧n. 文物;古董;古玩adj. 音乐的;喜爱音乐的n. 先令(1971年以前的英国货币单位,旧币的12便士)n. 长袜n. 信徒;教徒n. 佛教n. 元音;元音字母n. 佛教徒皮尔斯(姓)adj. 佛教的n. 饼干n. 佛n. 茶壶n. 指甲;钉子n. 奶油;面霜带或领……进来n. 蜡;蜜蜡n. 磁盘vt. 上蜡旧式唱片vi.行屈膝礼adj. 破旧的;寒酸的n.(女子行的)屈膝礼n. 裁判员;仲裁者ni. & vi. 妥协;折衷adj. 可怕的;恐怖的n. 浴缸;澡盆n. 洗衣店;洗衣房;(待洗的或洗好的)衣服adj. 使人反感的;令人厌恶的vi. 啜泣;抽噎n. 腰;腰部;腰围n. 啜泣(声);抽噎(声)adv. 尽情地;热心地;痛快地n. 背心;内衣再一次需要……n. 字母表vt. 俯视;忽视;不理会vi. & vt.(使)褪色;减弱;逐渐消失adj. 有效的(声音、画面)逐渐模糊;渐淡Unit 5vt. 确认;识别;鉴别n. 可能的选择adj. 考古学的;与考古学有关的adj. 供选择的;其他的n. 考古学n. 挨饿;饿死n. 考古学家adj. 试探性的;不确定的n. 精确;准确vt. 挖掘;发掘vt. 假定;设想n. 挖掘;发掘adv. 不管;不顾n. 席子;垫子不管;不顾n. 被子;棉被vt. & vi. 打断……讲话;打岔;暂时中断或中止adj. 有观察力的;敏锐的;严重的;深刻的n. 野兽至多;最多n. 厘米n. 磨具;削具vi. & vt. (使)锋利;尖锐;清晰adj. 足够的;充足的;富裕的切碎vt. 擦净;削平;磨光adj. 凌乱的;脏的n. 刮刀;刮削器adj. 原始的;远古的;简陋的adj. 植物学的;与植物学有关的n. 小珠子;滴n. 植物学n. 分析n. 海贝壳vt. & vi. 使……成熟;成熟n. 意义;意思;重要性;重要意义n. 种类;类别;范畴vi. 吐痰adv. 以……方式;不知怎么地adj. 有系统的;有计划的;有条理的vt. (spat, spit; spat, spit) 吐出(唾液、食物等)n. (刮、抓、划的)痕迹;搔;挠vi. 吐痰vt. 搔;抓;擦伤;刮坏n. 相册;集邮册;唱片adj. 放射性的;有辐射能的n. 接待员;招待员vt. 删;删除n. 学院;学会;学术团体;院校n. 分割;划分;分配;分界线受够了;饱受;厌烦n. 洋葱n. 幼儿园n. 滑板n. 酸乳酷;酸奶n. 放射性公元前n. (各种)瓜n. 皱纹n. 血管;静脉vi. 强烈而有规律地跳动;搏动vi. & vt. 鼓掌欢迎;赞赏n. 脉搏;节拍n. 眉毛向前看;为将来打算vi. & vt. 加速;促进vt. & vi. 嗥叫;叫喊;吼叫adj. 晕眩的;昏乱的;使人发晕或困惑的n. 矛;枪vt. 逮捕;吸引n. 颧骨n. 逮捕;拘留n. 箭头adj. 快乐的;欢快的n. 斧;斧子adv. 快乐地;轻松地n. 铁锤;锤子追溯到……adj. 有技巧的;熟练的(<.美>skillful)n. 技艺;手艺;精工细作n. 标点符号vt. & vi. 崇拜;敬奉n. 崇拜;敬神。

人教版高中英语选修八Unit2知识点梳理(原创)

人教版高中英语选修八Unit2知识点梳理(原创)
英语选修八U2
单词 differ vi. 不同;相异 1 [intransitive ] to be different from sb/sth 相异;有区别;不同于 ◆ They hold differing views. 他们持有不同的观点。 ★ A differs from B ★ A and B differ (from each other) ◆ French differs from English in this respect. ◆ French and English differ in this respect. 在这方面法语不同于英语。 ★ differ between A and B ◆ Ideas on childcare may differ considerably between the parents. 在抚育儿童方面父母 的观点可能迥然不同。 ☞language bank ——→ contrast ★ contrast between A and B ◆ There is an obvious contrast between the cultures of East and West. 东西方文化之间有明显的差异。 ★ contrast to sb/sth ◆ The company lost $7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier. 这家公司本季度亏损了 700 万元,与去年同期 620 万元的盈利形成了对照。 ◆ The situation when we arrived was in marked contrast to the news reports. 我们到达时的局势与新闻报道的截然不同。 ◆ The poverty of her childhood stands in total contrast to her life in Hollywood. 她孩提时的贫困处境与她在好莱坞的生活有着天壤之别。 ★ contrast with sb/sth ◆ to show a sharp/stark/striking contrast with sth 与某事物形成鲜明╱明显╱显著 的对比 ★ contrast in sth ◆ A wool jacket complements the silk trousers and provides an interesting contrast in texture. 毛料上衣配真丝长裤,质地上的差异非常有趣。 ◆ When you look at their new system, ours seems very old-fashioned by contrast.

高中英语选修8unit2重点单词

高中英语选修8unit2重点单词

高中英语选修8unit2重点单词1. Assertive: This adjective describes someone who is confident and self-assured. It refers to a person who expresses their opinions or desires in a direct and confident manner. For example, "She spoke assertively during the meeting."2. Passionate: Passionate is an adjective that means having or showing strong emotions or intense feelings towards something. It can relate to love, enthusiasm, anger, or any other strong emotion. For instance, "He is a passionate supporter of environmental causes."3. Defiant: Defiant is an adjective that describes someone who openly resists or challenges authority or rules. It indicates a rebellious or disobedient attitude. For example, "The students were defiant in the face of the new dress code."4. Impulsive: Impulsive is an adjective used to describe someone who acts on sudden desires or instincts without thinking about the consequences. It suggests a lack of planning or forethought. For instance, "She made an impulsive decision to quit her job and travel the world."5. Lethal: Lethal is an adjective that means capable of causing death. It is often used to describe weapons, substances, or actions that have the potential to be fatal. For example, "The snake's bite contains a lethal venom."6. Grim: Grim is an adjective that describes something that is depressing or worrying. It suggests a sense of seriousness or severity. For instance, "The news of the accident had a grim impact on the entire community."7. Disruptive: Disruptive is an adjective used to describe something that causes disturbance or interruption. It suggests a lack of order or harmony. For example, "The disruptive behavior of the students led to a chaotic classroom environment."8. Diligent: Diligent is an adjective that describes someone who works hard and puts effort into their tasks. It suggests a conscientious and persevering attitude. For instance, "She was diligent in her studies and always completed her assignments on time."9. Remorseful: Remorseful is an adjective that describes someone who feels regret or guilt for their actions. It suggests a sense of remorse or repentance. For example, "He was remorseful after realizing the negative impact of his words."10. Candid: Candid is an adjective used to describe someone who is honest and straightforward in expressing their thoughts or opinions. It suggestssincerity and openness. For instance, "She gave a candid response to the interviewer's question."11. Resilient: Resilient is an adjective that describes someone or something that has the ability to recover quickly from difficulties or hardships. It suggests adaptability and strength. For example, "Despite facing numerous challenges, she remained resilient and continued to pursue her goals."12. Inevitable: Inevitable is an adjective that means certain to happen; unavoidable. It suggests that something is bound to occur or cannot be prevented. For instance, "Conflict is inevitable in any relationship."13. Vicious: Vicious is an adjective used to describe something that is cruel or violent. It suggests a destructive or harmful nature. For example, "The dog launched a vicious attack on the intruder."14. Competent: Competent is an adjective that describes someone who has the necessary skills, knowledge, or qualifications to perform a task successfully. It suggests capability and proficiency. For instance, "She is a competent pianist who has won several awards."15. Ruthless: Ruthless is an adjective used to describe someone who shows no pity or compassion. It suggests a lack of mercy or remorse. For example, "The ruthless dictator suppressed any opposition to his rule."16. Efficient: Efficient is an adjective that describes someone or something that is able to achieve a task with the least amount of time, money, or effort wasted. It suggests effectiveness and productivity. For instance, "She managed to complete the project efficiently, meeting all the deadlines."17. Lively: Lively is an adjective that describes something that is full of energy and excitement. It can refer to a place, event, or person that is vibrant and engaging. For example, "The party was lively with music and dancing."18. Adaptable: Adaptable is an adjective that describes someone or something that can easily adjust to new situations or changes. It suggests flexibility and resilience. For instance, "She has an adaptable personality, which allows her to thrive in different environments."19. Reliable: Reliable is an adjective that describes someone or somethingthat can be trusted to perform a task correctly or consistently. It suggests dependability and consistency. For example, "He is a reliable friend who always comes through in times of need."20. Zealous: Zealous is an adjective that describes someone who is very enthusiastic and passionate about a particular cause, activity, or belief. It suggests a strong dedication and commitment. For instance, "She is a zealous advocate for animal rights."21. Respectful: Respectful is an adjective that describes someone who shows polite and courteous behavior towards others. It suggests a sense of honor and consideration. For example, "He was respectful of his elders and always treated them with kindness."22. Unpredictable: Unpredictable is an adjective that describes something that cannot be foreseen or predicted. It suggests the lack of consistency or pattern. For instance, "The weather in this region is often unpredictable, with sudden changes in temperature and rainfall."23. Miserable: Miserable is an adjective that describes a state of great unhappiness, discomfort, or pain. It suggests a low level of satisfaction or well-being. For example, "She felt miserable due to the constant rain and cold weather."24. Generous: Generous is an adjective that describes someone who is willing to give more of their time, money, or resources than is strictly necessary or expected. It suggests a spirit of kindness and selflessness. For instance, "He was generous enough to share his lunch with the homeless man."25. Tenacious: Tenacious is an adjective that describes someone who is very determined and does not give up easily. It suggests a strong will and perseverance. For example, "She was tenacious in her pursuit of success, never letting obstacles deter her."。

选修8unit2词汇讲解

选修8unit2词汇讲解

Unit 2 Cloning1.differ vi.不同;相异Think about how they differ. (教材P10)想一想他们如何不同。

①differ from sb./sth.与某人/某物不同 differ from /with sb. about/on sth.关于某事与某人有异议differ in...在……方面不同②make a difference有影响,很重要 the difference between A and B A与B之间的不同③be differe nt from ...在……方面不同于某人It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant.(教材P11)这是一种用来生产与原型完全相同的动植物的方法。

exactly adv.确切地;究竟;到底 to be exact确切地说(=exactly speaking) not exactly不完全;一点也不;根本不Exactly speaking,the result is wrong. 确切地说,这个结果不正确。

3.The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. (教材P11)看来多莉是在正常地成长着,这很令人鼓舞。

句中that引导同位语从句来说明fact的具体内容。

同位语从句可由when,where,how,why,that,whether等词引导。

同位语从句一般放在idea,fact,news,hope,belief,thought,doubt,question等抽象名词之后,用以说明抽象名词的具体内容。

有时为了保持句子的平衡,同位语从句还可以放在动词的后面。

(2013·浙江高考)The only way to succeed at the highest level is to have total belief ________ you are better than anyone else on the sports field.A.how B.that C.which D.whether4.Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated.(教材P11)克隆植物简单,但克隆动物就很复杂了。

中华题库人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译

中华题库人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译

人教版高中英语选修8课文及翻译选修 8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population.It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world.The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California,no one really knows. However,it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed theBering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed inprehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, thenative people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. Inaddition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, somesurvived these terrible times,and today there are more Native Americans living in California than in any other state.THE SPANISHIn the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrivedin South America in the early16th century,when they fought against the native people and took their land. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts ofSouth America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States.Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whoseministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people ofMexico gained their independence from Spain.California then became part of Mexico. In1846 the United States declared war on Mexico,and after the war won by the USA, Mexico had to give California to the USA. However, there is still a strong Spanishinfluence in the state. That is why today over 40 of Californians speak Spanishas a first or second language.RUSSIANSIn the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, begansettling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living inand around San Francisco.GOLD MINERSIn 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California.The dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. Thenearest, and therefore the first to arrive, were South Americans and people fromthe United States. Then adventurers from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact,few achieved their dream of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but mostremained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. Theysettled in the new towns or on farms. By the time California elected to become thethirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already amulticultural society.LATER A RRIVALSAlthough Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period,it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts ofCalifornia,although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the"Chinatowns"of Los Angeles and San Francisco.Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrivedin California in the late 19th century.In1911 immigrants from Denmark establisheda town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920sthe film industry was well established in Hollywood,California.The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the secondlargest Jewish population in the United States.Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century,and since the1980s a lot more have settled there.People from Africa have been livingin California since the1800s,when they moved north from Mexico.However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945 to work in the ship and aircraft industries.MOST RECENT ARRIVALSIn more recent decades,California has become home to more people from Asia, including Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Laotians.Since its beginning in the 1970s, the computer industry has attracted Indians and Pakistanis to California.THE FUTUREPeople from different parts of the world,attracted by the climate and the lifestyle,still immigrate to California.It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.GEORGE’S DIARY 12TH— 14TH JUNEMonday 12th, JuneArrived early this morning by bus.Went straight to hotel to drop my luggage,shower and shave. Then went exploring. First thing was a ride on a cable car. From top ofthe hill got a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and the city. Built in 1873,the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie, who wanted to find a betterform of transport than horse-drawn trams.Apparently he'd been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram's brakes failed,the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it.Had a late lunch at Fisherman's What. This is the district where Italian fishermenfirst came to San Francisco in the late19th century and began the fishing industry. Now it's a tourist area with lots of shops,sea food restaurants and bakeries.It's also the place to catch the ferry to Angel Island and other places in the Bay.Did so much exploring at Fisherman's What. Am exhausted and don't feel likedoing anything else. Early bed tonight!Tuesday 13th, JuneTeamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter and Terri) and hired a car. Spent allday driving around the city. There's a fascinating drive marked out for tourists.It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It's a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous tourist spots.Stopped many times to admire the view of the city from different angles and take photographs. Now have a reallygood idea of what the city's like.In evening, went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Chinese immigrants settled inthis area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like oldbuildings in southern China.Saw some interesting temples here, a number of markets and a great many restaurants.Also art galleries and a museumcontaining documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration,but it is closed in the evening. Will go back during the day. Had a delicious meal andthen walked down the hill to our hotel.Wednesday 14th, JuneIn morning, took ferry to Angel Island from the port in San Francisco Bay. On theway had a good view of the Golden Gate Bridge. From 1882 to 1940 Angel Islandwas a famous immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to livein USA. The cells in the station were very small, cold and damp; some did not evenhave light but the immigrants had nowhere else to go. Their miserable stay seemedto be punishment rather than justice and freedom to them. They wrote poems on thewalls about their loneliness and mourned their former life in China. In 1940 the civilauthorities reformed the system so that many more Chinese people were ableto grasp the opportunity of settling in the USA. Made me very thoughtful and thankful for my lifetoday.选修 8 Unit 2 Cloning-ReadingCLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING US?Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exactcopy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identicalin sex and appearance are produced from the same original egg. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to producecommercial quantities of plants.Secondly,it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals.Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task to undertake. Manyattempts to clone mammals failed.But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough - the cloning of Dolly the sheep.The procedure works like this:On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the progress of the firstsuccessful clone,Dolly the sheep.The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging.Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill. Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years,half the length of the life of the original sheep. Sadly the same arbitrary fateaffected other species, such as cloned mice. The questions that concerned allscientists were: "Would this be a major difficulty for all cloned animals? Wouldit happen forever? Could it be solved if corrections were made in their researchprocedure?"On the other hand, Dolly's appearance raised a storm of objections and had a greatimpact on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenlyopened everybody's eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even to produce human beings.Although at present human egg cells and embryos needed for cloning research aredifficult to obtain, newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselvesto attain their ambitions.Religious leaders also raised moral questions. Governments became nervous and more conservative.Some began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning,but other countries like China and the UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloningcould provide. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harmus and where it is leading us.克隆一直在我们左右并且已经被大多数人接受。

英语选修8 unit2 词汇英译汉及课文翻译

英语选修8 unit2 词汇英译汉及课文翻译

Module 8Unit 2 A land of diversity (词汇识记·英译汉)教案序号:25-26 备课人:审核人:2016/5/41.differ vi.2.exact adj.3.cutting n.4.twin n. adj5.identical adj.mercial adj.7.straightforward adj.plicated adj.9.undertake vt.10.pay off11.breakthrough n.12.procedure n.13.nucleus n.14.somatic adj.15.embryo n.16.carrier n.17.cast vt. (cast, cast)18.cast down19.altogether adv.20.arbitrary adj.21.fate n.22.correction n.23.object vi.24.objection n.25.impact n.26.medium n. 27.the media28.obtain vt.29.attain vt.30.moral adj.31.conservative adj.32.forbid vt.33.accumulate vt.34.in favour of35.side road (<美>sidewalk)36.constitution n.pulsory adj.38.opera n.39.chorus n.40.loaf n.41.flour n.42.owe vt.43.shortly adv.44.retire vi.45.bother vt. vi. n.46.(be) bound to (do)47.assumption n.48.regulation n.49.nonsense n.50.popularity n.51.strike vi & vt.52.strike…into one’s heart班级53.bison n.54.calf n.55.from time to time56.bring back to life57.initial adj.58.vain adj.59.in vain60.resist vt.61.drawback n.62.merely adv.63.restore vt.姓名64.decoration n.65.unable adj.66.feather n.67.fairly adv.68.in good/poor condition69.turkey n.70.dye vt. n.71.claw n.72.adore vt.73.hatch vt. & vi.74.reasonable adj.选修8 Unit 2 课文对照翻译Reading One克隆:它将把我们引向何方?克隆一直与我们同在,而且它还要持续下去。

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Module 8Unit 2 A land of diversity (词汇识记·汉译英)教案序号:27-28 备课人:审核人:2016/5/12
1.vi. 不同;相异
2.adj. 精确的;准确的
3.n. 剪枝;剪报;剪纸
4.n. 双胞胎之一;孪生儿之一
adj.成对的;成双的
5.adj. 同一的;一模一样的
6.adj. 商业的;贸易的
7.adj. 简单的;直接的;坦率的
8.adj. 复杂的;难懂的
9.vt. 着手;从事;承担
10.得到好结果;取得成功;偿清
11.n. 突破
12.n. 程序;步骤;手续
13.n. 携带者;搬运工;运输工具
14.vt. 扔;投;掷
15.沮丧;不愉快
16.adv. 总共;完全地
17.adj. 任意的18.n. 命运;天命
19.n. 改正;纠正;修正
20.vi. 反对;不赞成
21.n. 不赞成;反对;异议
22.n. 撞击;冲击;巨大的影响
23.n. 媒介;手段;工具
24.vt. 获得;赢得
25.vt. 获得;到达(水平、年龄、状况等)
26.adj. 道德(上)的;伦理的
27.adj. 保守的;守旧的
28.vt. 禁止;不准
29.vt. 积累;聚保
30.赞成;支持
31.旁路;支线;岔道
32.n. 宪法;章程
33.adj.必须做的;义务的;强迫的;强制的
34.n. 歌剧;歌剧团;歌剧院
35.n. 合唱;合唱队
班级
36.n. 一条(面包)
37.n. 面粉
38.vt. 欠(账、钱、人情等);归功于……
39.adv. 立刻;不久
40.vi. 退休;离开
41.vt. 打扰vi.操心n.烦扰
42.一定或注定(做)……
43.n. 假定;设想
44.n. 规则;规章;法规
45.n. 胡说;无稽之谈;废话
46.n. 受人喜爱;流行
47.vi & vt. 打;撞击;罢工
48.使……刻骨铭心
49.不时;偶尔
50.使复生;使复活
51.adj. 最初的;开始的
52.adj. 虚荣的;自负的;徒劳的
姓名
53.白费力气;枉费心机
54.vt. 抵抗;对抗
55.n. 缺点;不利条件
56.adv. 仅;只;不过
57.vt. 恢复;使恢复原状;重建
58.n. 装饰
59.adj. 不能的;不会的
60.n. 羽毛
61.adv. 公平地;相当地
62.状况很好(坏);情况很好(坏)
63.n. 火鸡
64.vt. 给……染色;染n.染色剂
65.n. 爪;脚爪
66.vt. 崇拜;爱慕;喜爱
67.vt. & vi. 孵出;孵卵;孵化
68.adj. 合情理的;讲道理的;公道的
选修8 Unit 2 课文对照翻译Reading Two 恐龙的回归?
克隆凶猛和灭绝的野生动物的可能性一直使电影制片商感到兴奋。

然而他们并不是唯一对此感到兴奋的人。

在《侏罗纪公园》这部影片中,有一位科学家克隆了好几种不同的绝种恐龙。

类似这样的电影很受欢迎,证明了这一想法使人们感到既兴奋又恐惧。

但事实上,想要克隆绝种动物,我们还有很长的路程要走。

科学家们现在还在进行克隆哺乳动物实验,这是因为克隆哺乳动物仍然还是一门新的科学,它是从20世纪50年代才开始进行认真研究的,如下表所示:
不时地会有人提议,克隆技术将有可能使地球上已经消失的动物(如恐龙)复活。

不幸的是,据我们现在所知这是不可能的,也是不合适的。

其原因有很多:
◎首先要求你有完好的D N A,以提供有关细胞将如何生长的信息。

◎如果某个动物群体没有足够的多样性以战胜疾病,那么克隆这种动物的所有努力都将是无用的。

群体的多样性是指这群动物的基因要以不同的方式排列。

其优点是,如果
发生了某种新的疾病,这类动物中的一些可能会死去,而另外一些却能存活下来,并且把这种免疫力传给下一代。

经过克隆的动物群体的最大缺点是:它们的基因排列有可能完全相同,因而它们有可能会死于同一种疾病,这样它们可能一个也留不下来传种接代了。

◎你如果克隆出任何绝种动物,而它们必须生活在动物园里那是不公平的。

它们需要适当的栖息地过正常的野生生活。

就我们现在所知,你不可能克隆那些已经绝种了一万年以上的动物。

事实上恐龙在6,500万年以前就已经消失了,所以说恐龙回归地球的可能性仅仅是个梦想罢了!
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