社会医学英语一.ppt

Reading of Social Medical English 上海中医药大学外语教学中心 Foreign Languages Teaching Center Hello Dolly! Dolly the Sheep Teaching Design Objective Requirements 本课教学目的与要求 通过学习课文，让学生从英语了解到何为克隆，克隆带来的科技发展是什么，有何意义？又面临着哪些问题？人们（包括专业人士）对它的态度怎样，有何误区？另外，这既是一篇医学英语文章，也是一篇英语高级阅读，因此，在学习课文内容同时，也要求学生学习文中出现的众多的一流英语表达。 Focus Difficulties：Language Points 本课的重点与难点 Sentence Analysis and Translation The recent news from Scotland Institute announcing the birth of a lamb called “Dolly” has ushered in the Age of Cloning. [最近苏格兰研究所发布了一头名叫“多利”羊诞生的消息，这宣告了克隆时代的来临。] 句中announcing the birth of a lamb called “Dolly”是现在分词短语，作定语，修饰news；ushered in 义为“宣告；开创”， 如：The song of birds ushers in the dawn. [鸟鸣报晓] The French Revolution ushered in a new age. Scientists from the private agriculture research station outside Edinburgh have bypassed the traditional mode of reproduction – where the DNA from an egg and sperm is combined to form a new individual – and created a viable embryo from an adult body cell. [ 来自爱丁堡外的一家农业研究站的科学家绕过传统的繁殖模式，将一个成体细胞（跟卵子结合）繁殖成一个成活的胚胎，而传统的繁殖模式通常是来自卵子和精子的DNA结合从而形成一个新的个体。] facilitate v. make it easier E.g. Such a port would facilitate the passage of oil from the Middle East to Japan. facility n. Practice gives a comfortable facility. 娴熟的技巧来自实践. Facilities 设备,设施,工具 educational __; airport __; modern kitchen __ Context 各种有关情况, 背景, 环境,方面 E.g It is in such a context that the military took over. 军方就是在这种情况下接管的. issue n. question that arises for discussion The burning issues of the day 当今燃眉之急的问题 Skirt the real issue 回避实质问题 Get down to issues; settle/ debate an issue; hot issue To take a back seat is to accept a poorer or lower position; be second to sth. or sb. else. e.g.: During the war all manufacturing had to take a back seat to military needs. Example [例句] Scientists from the private agriculture research station outside Edinburgh have bypassed the traditional mode of reproduction – where the DNA from an egg and sperm is combined to form a new individual – and created a viable embryo