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口语

AccordingtoChineselegend（legend:

n传奇；adj:

legendary）namedZhangSanFengfounded（found:

建立，创建/setup;establish；founded---found（find））theartofTaiChi（marticalart:

武术）abouteighthundredyearsagoafterobserving（observe:

1）=obey/abideby:

遵守；2）watch..carefully:

观察；3）celebrate:

庆祝）themovements（动作）ofasnakeandamegpie（喜鹊）incombat（combat:

格斗）.Hecreatedawondrous（wondrous/wonderful）styleofmartialartthatfocusedon（以。

。

为主要特点—feature/characterize/specializein）thepowerfulelementsofsoftness.Today,Zhang’sprinciples（同音词：

principle:

理念，风格，原则;principal：

adj主要的，基础的；n本金；校长）andmethodsoftraininghavebeenhandeddown（behandeddown：

被流传;beinherited:

被继承—inheritafromb;遗产：

heritage/legacy---文化遗产：

thecultureheritage）asTaiChi.

TaiChiinvovles（involve:

包含，牵连，有关；beinvolvedin;beinvolvedwith;n：

involvement）aseriesof（电视剧：

TVseries;一系列：

aseriesof;arangeof;alineof）gentlemovementsandtechniques（技术）thatareperformedinwhatappearstobe（以。

。

形式体现出来）slowmotion.TaiChiispractised（practise—pratice）by20%oftheworldpopulationandisfastbecomingthemostpopularexerciseintheworldtoday.TaiChiisexcellentforstrengthening（strengthenthebody）thebodyonmanylevles（inmanyways）.Theslowpaced,gentlemovementshelpthebodystrengthenbonemassandconnectivetissueandimprovethenaturalfunctionsoftheinternalorgans（有机的：

organic）.RegularTaiChipracticereducesstress,increasesbreathingcapacityandimprovesbalanceandco-ordination.

Becauseofitsgentlenature（beagainstnature;natureornurture;dosthbynature）,TaiChiisaccessibleto（haveaccesstosth:

有机会接触到；accessible:

可以得到的，可以接触的，合适的：

sbbeused/accustomed/adaptabletosth;sthbeaccessible/suitable/fittable/agreeabletosb）allagesandphysicalabilities.Manypeoplewithmobilityproblemsandailments（运动不便和疾病；病：

illness;sickness;ailments;disease;disorder;complaint）practiseTaiChiastherapy.（n疗法；adj:

therapy---therapeutical;pharmacy:

药品—pharmaceutical）TaiChiisparticularlysuitedtoolderadultsandthosenewtoexercise（刚刚开始运动的人）.Itsgentleandsupplemovements（舒缓的运动）promotegoodhealthandwell-being（healthy–健康的；well–adv;adj–healthy;dowellinsth---begoodatsth:

擅长；bebetteroff/bewealthy:

富有的/bewell-being/behealthy）.

UnlikeGreekarchitecture,whichisanorganiccombinationofblocks（。

。

的有机结合；重点词：

organic;inorganic—有机的，无机的）,Chinesetraditionalarchitectureemphasizesunobstructedness（obstruct=restrict=limit=confine=circumscribe=

constrain=restrain—限制；注意形近字：

obstructed:

adj受限制的-obtrusive：

鲁莽的，尖刻的，突兀的—sharp;）andtone（tone:

格调）,anddisplaystherichvariance（多样性：

variance;diversity;variety）andconnotation（内涵；adj—含蓄的;connotativeandimplicit）ofthetonewithinnumerable（innumerable;numerous；multitudinous：

许多的）flowinglines.（流线）

Large,solidwallsnotonlyfunctionas（起到。

。

的作用）aprotectivesurroundingdefense,theyalsoembody（体现，蕴含）tranquility（tranquil—tranquility:

宁静）.Secludingtheresidencefromtheoutsideworld（seclude/isolate/alienate/

estrange/depart/seperateAfromB:

把a与b隔离开来。

。

）,thethick,solidwallsblocknoisefromoutsideandkeeptheinsidequiet.（block:

阻挡）

Partitions（隔断）suchasrailings,pierced（pierce:

刺穿，穿透—piece：

和平）stoneworkorbrickwork,andwindowlattices（花窗）actas（actas;serveas;workas;functionas:

起到。

。

的作用）framesandagents（agent:

物质，手段，方式）ofdistancing.Connectionbetweentheexteriorandtheinteriorisoneoftheartisticmethods（artistic：

　艺术上的—artificial:

　人造的，人工的）usedinChinesearchitecture.（这是对于中国传统建筑结构的总结，注意掌握）Thecombinationofpartitionandconnectioncanbeachievedwith（befulfilledwith:

通过。

。

实现）abamboocurtain,adoororawindow.Thelatticesinpartitions,doorsandwindowsmakeidealframes,separating（divide..into=separate..into）theoutsidesceneryintoseveralsections.

SimpleandelegantbeautyisamajorfeatureofthetraditionalChineseresidence.（这句概括了中国传统民居的特点：

简朴之美）Mostdwellings（dweller;resident;inhabitant：

居民—live;reside;inhabit;dwell：

居住）havenoceilings,andthebeamsandraftersareexposed（大梁和椽子都是裸露的）.Therailingstructureshowseventhegroundfloor（onthegourndfloor/inthefirstplace/firstofall;basically—首先;基础：

foundation;base;ground）,accompaniedonlywith（伴有。

。

。

）somedecorationincertaincorners.Theexteriorusuallyconsistsofplainbrickwalls.Woodeneaves（eave:

屋檐—roof：

屋顶;ceiling：

棚顶;）areseldompainted,butonlycoatedwith（coat--cover）tungoilasadamp-prooftreatment（防潮的手段：

---proof:

shake-proof:

防震的;fireproof：

防火的）

Whatdoyouthinkofthetechnologyorscienceappliedinfoodprocessing?

Howdoesgeneticscienceinfluencefoodproduction?

AreGMcropsacceptable?

OneofChina’smostrespectedscientists,YuanLongping,recentlyaddedsomefueltothenever-endinggeneticallymodified（GM）fooddebate.（注意表达方式：

addsomefueltosth;转基因食品：

GMfood）Yuan,anexperiencedagronomist（农学家）whoispopularlyknown（众所周知）asthe“thefatherofHybrid（杂交，混血）Rice”toldreportersthatthepublicshouldtreatGMfoodswithcaution（小心谨慎）,butnottotallyreject（否认反对）them.HesaidthatwhilesomeGMcropsarediseaseresistant（抗病的）,theirsafetyasafoodsourcehasn’tbeenscientificallyproven（得到科学上的证明）.Butatthesametimetheyshouldn’tberuledout（排除）.Theycomefromgeneticallymodifiedorganisms（plants）thathavehadtheirDNAmodified（change;shift;revise;modify---new：

这些是雅思阅读常考的对应关系）bygeneticengineering.Recently,thepublichavebeenmademoreawareofthesafetyconcernsaroundGMfoods.（bemoreawareof…;bemademoreawareof…:

这两个表达的细微差别就在于，一个是主系表结构，表示一种状态；后者是被动语态强调一种“被动”，即：

目前的状况不得不使人更加意识到。

。

。

，所以老麦常说要去“品”英语的味道。

）SomeGMcropscontainproteinsthatcankillorresistinsects,makingthemeasiertogrowandmoreproductive,butthelong-termhealtheffectonhumanshasn’tbeencompletelystudied.

Whatisyouropiniononallthis?

ShouldthegovernmentallowGMfoodstobeputondiningtablewithoutfurtherfuss（fuss:

大惊小怪）?

Yes—正方观点:

1Scientistdevelopedthembecausethey’remoreproductive,nutritiousandeasiertogrow（高产的，有营养的，容易种植）thannaturalfoods.Researchhasgoneoninthisfieldfordecadesandnoknownharmfuleffectshaveappeared.Imaginaryconcernsshouldn’tkeepthemfrombeingused.

2GMfoodsareparticularlyimportantintoday’sworldbecauseofpopulationgrowthandclimatechange.（人口增长，气候变化）GMfoodscanhelpsolvetheproblemthatthreatensthehumanrace.

3GMfoodshavebeenusedwidelyintheworld.Morethanhalfofheworld’ssoybean（大豆；豆浆：

soymilk）outputisfromgeneticallymodifiedcropsandChinaimportsmillionsoftonsofGMsoybeanseveryyear.We’veseennonegativeeffects.

No:

1TheharmfuleffectsofGMfoodscouldtakeyears,orevendecades,toappear.（。

。

可能要数年甚至几十年才能表现出来。

）Ifthey’reconsumedoveralongtime,theeffectscouldbedisastrous/catastrophic.（灾难性的）Forthesafetyofmankindweneedtobecarefulaboutconsumingthem.

2Thecropswhichuseproteintokillinsectsareoneexample.Iftheproteinistoxic,itmighthaveasimilareffectonhumanbeings,orfarmanimalsthatweeat.Beforeaplant’spossibletoxiceffectsonhumanbeingsarefullyresearched,weshouldn’teatit.

3Overall,China’sfoodsupplyisstableandsufficient.（稳定和充足的）Andthereareotherwaysoffindingnewfoodsourcesofexpandingfoodproduction.（提高食品产量）Wedon’tnecessarilyneedtoresortto（依靠，诉诸于。

。

。

）GMfoodtofeedthenation（养活全国的人口）,soweshouldn’trushintothis（迫切）withoutfurtherresearch.

TheBeijingNationalStadium,alsoknownasthebird’snest（鸟巢）,willbethemaintrackandfield（trackandfield:

田径；另外重点要掌握的有：

keepthetrackof—追踪。

。

；关注。

。

;soundtrack—音轨;footballfield—足球场;fieldtrip—实地考察;internship—实习;领域：

field;realm;region;world;territory;domain;）stadiumforthe2008SummerOlympicGamesandwillhosttheOpeningandClosingceremonies（开闭幕式；开学典礼：

OrientationCeremony；毕业典礼：

graduationceremony）.

Thestadiumisconceivedas（被看成是—conceive:

设想，怀有；inconceivable/unbelievable/incredible:

难以置信的;conceit：

自负;）alargecollectivevessel（船舱，军舰）,whichmakesadistinctandunmistakableimpression（明显的印象）bothwhenitisseenfromadistanceandfromcloseup.Itmeets（satisfy:

meetone’sneed—满足某人的需要）allthefunctionalandtechnicalrequirements（满足所有功能和技术上的要求）ofanOlympicNationalStadium,butwithoutcommunicating（vi:

沟通--communicatewith;vt:

展现，表达：

show;display;express;demonstrate;illustrate）theinsistentsameness（固有的相似）oftechnocratic（注意：

technocratic：

技术层面的；autocratic:

独裁的；democratic:

民主的；bureaucratic:

官僚的；aristocratic:

贵族的；）architecturedominatedbylargespansanddigitalscreens（dominate:

控制，占主导地位；adj:

dominant;阅读常见对应关系：

main/dominant）.Thestructuralelementsmutuallysupporteachotherandconvergeintoagrid-likeformationalmostlikeabird’snestwithitsinterwoventwigs.（这句要重点掌握，学习对于建筑外观的描述）Thespatialeffect（空间效果）ofthestadiumisnovelandradical（新颖激进；注意:

“nov”来自new,本意为新，例如重点词汇：

innovate;innovation:

革新）andyetsimpleandofanalmostarchaicimmediacy（beof+n:

具有，体现;archaicimmediacy:

复古的感觉，古色古香；注意：

阅读考试中immediate和local是对应关进，都表示距离上的不遥远；）,thuscreditingauniquehistoricallandmark（masterpiece;milestone;landmark–importantstuff）forthe2008Olympics.

TheNationalAquatics（aquarium:

水族馆—underseaworlds）Center,knownas“TheWaterCube”,willbeoneofthemostdramaticandexcitingvenuestofeaturesportingeventsfortheBeijingOlympicsin2008.Beingoneofthethreelandmarkbuildingsforthe2008BeijingOlympicGames,theCentreislocatedinsidetheBeijingOlympicPark.Coveringatotalfloorspaceof50,000squaremeters（占地。

。

。

）,ithas17,000seats.Itwillbeavenueforswimming,diving,synchronizeddiving（双人跳水）andwater-pologamesduringtheperiodoftheOlympicGames.Afterthegames,thecenterwillbecomearecreational（休闲的，娱乐的）wa