我爱记单词：语境单词速记宝典.doc

我爱记单词：语境单词速记宝典
1. Cholera, known as a deadly disease, once spread throughout London. The famous physician John Snow faced the challenge. He had to find a cure for the severe disease until he could completely defeat it. He did a great deal of scientific research, analyzed its infectious characteristics, and made an inquiry among some victims who had been infected with it during its outbreak.
霍乱，以一种致命的疾病闻名，曾经蔓延整个伦敦。著名医生约翰斯诺面临挑战。他必须找到一种治疗这种严重疾病的方法，直到完全战胜它。他做了大量的科学研究，分析了其传染特点，并在疾病的暴发期间，询问感染此病的一些受害者。
2. Before he was able to draw a conclusion, he suspected that the disease was linked to the polluted water from the pump, where germs might exist. By drawing a map of the neighbourhood, studying some charts and looking into the source of water, he concluded that cholera was caused by the water people drank, not by the air they breathed.
在他能够得出结论之前，他怀疑这种疾病与来自水泵的污水有关，那儿可能存在病菌。通过绘制附近区域的地图，研究图表以及调查水源，他得出结论：霍乱是由人们饮用的水而不是他们呼吸的空气引起的。
3. The well-known painter attended an international meeting about painting styles. He put forward a new theory on painting and announced with certainty that he had developed a special kind of paper, which absorbed water very easily. He said that when it was exposed to the sun, it could dry up quickly.
这位著名画家 参加了一个关于绘画风格的国际会议。他提出了一种有关绘画的新理 论，并肯定地宣布，他研制出了一种特别的纸，这种纸很容易吸收水分。他说，当暴露在阳光下，它可以迅速千透。
4. The old expert took part in a number of revolutionary movements when he was studying in Beijing University. He loved his motherland so much that he once privately rejected an offer from a friend to live abroad. He admires Madame Curie, the discoverer of radium. He often says that everything becomes easy to handle if you make an investigation, find a clue and foresee the result.
这位老专家在北京大学学习的时候了许多革命运动。他如此热爱他的祖国，以至于曾私下拒绝了 一个朋友邀请他到国外生活的提议。他钦佩镭元素的发现者居里夫人，他常说，如果你遇事做个调查发现线索并且预见其结果，那么一切都会变得容易处理。
5. A responsible teacher must be strict with his students and enthusiastic about his work. He is also creative in teaching and co-operative with his colleagues. He never blames anyone else for his faults. He always instructs his students to take a positive attitude towards life, and contribute themselves to the construction of the four modernizations of our country.
—个负责任的老师必须对学生严格要求并热心于他的工作。他也要创造性地进行教学，并与同事合作。他从不把自己的错误归干其他任何人。他总是教导他的学生要有积极的人生态度，并把自己献给我国的四个现代化建设。
6. Copernicus was a famous Polish astronomer. He held the belief that some planets in the universe move or spin in a loop, sometimes forward and sometimes backward. He said that it wouldn't make sense if the earth were the centre of the solar system. (Apart from astronomy, he also investigated some problems concerning mathematics.) But he was cautious enough only to publish his idea as he lay dying in 1543.
哥白尼是波兰著名的天文学家。他认为，宇宙中的一些行星都在一个循环圈中移动或旋转，有时向前，有时向后。他说，如果地球是太阳系的中心，那根本就讲不通。（除了天文学，他还研究了有关数学的一些问题。）但是，他还是足够谨慎，直到1543年临终之前才公布了他的观点。
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