2019-2020年北师大版高中英语选修七Unit 20《New Frontiers》（Warm-up）学案.doc

2019-2020年北师大版高中英语选修七Unit 20New Frontiers（Warm-up）学案Key phrases, expressions & sentences 1. It was announced that the launch of the shuttle, taking a new crew to the International Space Station, Alpha, has been delayed due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center. 据宣称，由于肯尼迪太空中心上空天气恶劣，计划为阿尔法国际空间站输送一组新太空人的航天飞机的发射已经被取消。2. take over from the existing one (=crew)从现任太空人手中接管3. assist with repairs协助修理4. suffer slight damage遭受轻微损害5. a pioneer and technical expert in the field of computing在计算机领域是先驱者和技术专家6. carry out research into ways of producing computers that can sense our feelings and react to us研究生产智能（能感觉人类情感并做出回应的）电脑的方法7. This may sound like science fiction, but这听起来像科幻小说，但8. new discoveries in human biology 人类生物学的新发现9. analyze some of the data that come out of a study recently published 分析一些源于一篇研究（论文）的数据，这篇论文近期发表于10. It puts forward some of the possibilities for biochemistry and particularly their effect on medicine. 这篇论文指出了一些生物化学方面可能实现的事，尤其是这些事对医学的影响11. discuss some of the many issues which have come out of the latest discoveries in this field对该领域最新发现所引发的诸多话题/问题中的一些进行谈论/讨论12. This is the only scientist to have ever been given two Nobel Prizes, one for physics and another for chemistry. 这是唯一两次荣获诺贝尔奖的科学家，一次获得诺贝尔物理学奖，一次获得诺贝尔化学奖。13. She died from being exposed to too much radiation. 她死于（暴露于）过多的（有害）辐射（下）。