Unit 11 Public and Private Health Service公共和私人卫生服务
Unit 12 Environment and Health 环境与健康
Unit 13 Ethics: Medicine, Law, and Conscience 伦理:医学,法律和良知
Unit 14 Food Safety 食品安全
Unit 15 Medicare 医疗保险
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内容摘要 Unit One The Human Genome Project
Preview
A gene is a short piece of DNA. Genes tell the body how to build a specific protein. There are about 30,000 genes in each cell of the human body. Together, these genes make up the blueprint for the human body and determine how it works. In this unit, we are going to get a glimpse of advances in genetics. Section A introduces some advances in the Human Genome Project. Section B is that the Human Genome Project has yielded improvements in “genetic medicine.” Section C covers the definition of the gene and its regulation and future direction.
Part I Preview: Tasks Before Class
I. Group Task: Words and Phrases Collection
Directions: This task is group-oriented so that students are required to form their own group to
arrange the different roles to collect the useful words and phrases in Part II. Then, each group
member should contribute to fill out the table below with the new words and phrases. The task
is completed by finding an example sentence to help better define the meaning. Each group is
required to submit a copy of this table before class.
No. Words/
Phrases Pronunciation Part of
Speech English
Meaning Chinese
Meaning Example Sentences
1 catalyst [?k?t?l?st] n. a substance that causes a chemical reaction to take place more quickly 〈比喻〉触发因素;促进因素 Forgiveness is a powerful catalyst.
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II. Group Discussion:
1. What is the idea of the Human Genome Project?
2. Is it possible for people to detect the risk of some diseases by gene testing? Give supporting details to defend your argument.
3. From your perspectives, what will happen in the field of medicine in the next decades?
Part II Productive Reading
Section A Pre-assessment
I. True/False Questions
Indicate whether each sentence below is true (T) or false (F)
1. _____ Gene sequencing or DNA sequencing involves identifying the order in which the elements making up a particular gene are combined.
2. _____ A catalyst is a substance that causes a chemical reaction to take place more quickly.
3. _____ The word “engender” means “to put someone in danger”.
4. _____ If you decipher a piece of writing or a message, you decode or work out what it says, even though it is very difficult to read or understand.
5. _____ Viability represents the ability to change.
6. _____ The noun form of “vary” is “variant”.
7. _____ If you bolster something such as someone’s confidence or courage, you decrease it.
8. _____ When something such as an organization or an industry emerges, it comes into existence.
9. _____ A pilot scheme or a pilot project is one which is used to test an idea after deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.
10. _____ A carrier is a person or an animal that is infected with a disease and so can make other people or animals ill.
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