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必修第一册
UNIT 1 LIFE CHOICES(一)
1．Born in New York in 1918，scientist Gertrude B．Elion had an impressive career，during
which(“介词＋关系代词”引导定语从句) she developed medicines to cure(vt.治愈，治疗)
many major diseases.
2．She attended senior high school and had，in her words，an unbelievable thirst for(对……的
渴望) knowledge.
3．She had difficulty finding employment(在找工作时遇到了困难) after graduation because
many laboratories refused to hire(拒绝雇用) women chemists.
4．Her thirst for knowledge impressed(v.使……印象深刻；adj.impressive给人深刻印象的；
n.impression 印象，感想) Dr.Hitchings，and he permitted her to take on(承担) more
responsibility.
5．Rather than(而不是) relying on(依靠，依赖，相信) old trial-and-error methods，they used
the differences in biochemistry between normal human cells and pathogens(病原体) to design
medicines.
6．Recent research shows that the narratives we tell ourselves about our lives can powerfully help
us recover from(从……中恢复) stress.
7．Professor Dan McAdams put forward(提出) this idea and discovered that whether someone
can describe having had some control over events in their past(whether引导的主语从句) is an
important predictor of mental health.
8．Exciting as(as引导让步状语从句，相当于though) these results are，some experts sound a
few notes of caution.
表语提前：Strange as/though it seems，it is true.
谓语动词提前：Try as he might，he didn’t pass the exam.
状语提前：Hard as I studied，I could not catch up with them.
9．If they can’t，they could end up feeling guilty about(对……感到内疚) having somehow
“failed”．
10．Can you make an accurate(adj.准确的) judgement of someone’s personality based only
on(基于) your first impression of them?
base...on/upon...把……建立在……；以……为根据be based on/upon以……为根据基础
basis n.原因；基础
on a daily/regular basis每天/定期
basic adj.基本的；基础的
11．Interestingly，the answer lies as much in(在于) them as it does in you.
12．Emotions such as anger or joy or sadness can generate(vt.产生，引起) easily identifiable
physical signs.
13．In order to be a good judge of personality，however，there needs to be an interaction(n.互
动，交流；前缀inter-意为“在……之间，相互的”，例如：Internet互联网；interpersonal
人际的)with the other person，and that person needs to be a “good target”．
14．“We found consistent(adj.始终如一的，一贯的)，clear and strong evidence that(引导同
位语从句) the good judge does exist，” Rogers and Biesanz concluded.
15．Wonderful views from the mountains，breathtaking(adj.令人惊叹的) places waiting to
explore，fresh air，as well as all the special health benefits，are the main rewards of mountain
hiking.
16．You need to train(熟词生义：v.训练，锻炼) your lower body muscles，anytime and
anywhere.
17．Even Rome wasn’t built in a day(谚语 “罗马不是一天建成的”)so give yourself the
pleasure to enjoy discovering what your body is capable of(有能力)!
18．Please remember that your training for mountain hiking should be combined with(与……结
合) real hiking.
