1、新世紀醫(yī)學(xué)英語教程Unit 1 The Human Complexa Never Failing Source of Wonderment 醫(yī)學(xué)英語教研室Teaching AimsUnderstand the text and its structureLearn special terms and vocabularyLearn some relevant medical translationLearn how to translate difficult sentencesPractice introducing medicine-related topics in EnglishRea

2、ding across culturesUnit 1Part Paras. 1113Part Paras. 13Part Paras. 410Unit 1Text StructureUnit 1Paragraph 1 What is the difference in great minds and ordinary mens attitudes toward human body?Unit 1 “In my view, no knowledgethan that of his own frame, its parts, their functions and actions” Now how

3、 to translate the sentence?Unit 1 在我看來，對一個人而言，與了解自身的結(jié)構(gòu)、組 成部分、以及各部分的功能和作用相比，沒有什么知識更令他滿足的了。Unit 1 “Distinguished thinkers beforethe average person wholeheartedly shares. ” distinguished: famous, outstanding wholeheartedly: completely, thoroughlyUnit 1 “At one and the same time he is fascinated by it a

4、nd fearful of it, partly in echo of ancient taboos, partly in the conviction that the body is too complicated to understand.”fascinate: attractfearful of: be afraid of in echo of: being a reflection of Unit 1 taboo: 禁忌conviction: strong belief or opinion e.g. Their religious convictions prevented th

5、em from taking up arms. 由于宗教信仰的原 因，他們不會拿起武器進行反抗。complicated: difficult to analyze or understand synonym: complex, intricateUnit 1 Paragraph 2 Do you agree that Para.2 is a well written paragraph? Why?Unit 1 structural beauty: two sets of parallel sentence groupsparallel sentence: 平行結(jié)構(gòu)/排比句Unit 1 A. T

6、o the cynic, to the poet, to the physician, B. The psychiatrist The geneticist The biologistUnit 1 Also, the beauty lies in the care of choosing proper words to describe respective professions.Cynictenement of clay; poetpalace of the soul; physicianall-too-ailing bulk;Psychiatristmind and personalit

7、y; geneticistperpetuator of its own kind; biologistan organismRhetoric device: metaphor 暗喻Unit 1 Now try to come up with a translation that matches its beauty.Unit 1 對憤世嫉俗者，人體賤為黏土陋室；對吟詩作賦者，人體尊為靈魂宮殿；對救死扶傷者，人體惜為脆弱多病的軀殼。精神病學(xué)家視其為思想和性格的居所。遺傳學(xué)家當(dāng)其為自我繁衍者。而生物學(xué)家則待其為能借以往經(jīng)驗改變未來的生命體。Unit 1 Paragraph 3premise: st

8、atement or idea on which reasoning is based; hypothesis 前提；假定bedrock: basic, fundamentalbe composed of: be made up of, consist of 由 組成Unit 1 Now take a look at the three paragraphs. What is the main idea?Main idea: People may have different views about human body but they must all start from the sam

9、e premise.Unit 1 A Swarm of Tiny Specialists (cells) One of the major wondersthe disparity between its minuteness and the prodigiousness of its activity.細胞的主要妙處之一，是其體積之微與活動能力之強兩者之間的反差。Unit 1 disparity: differenceminuteness: smallness of sizeprodigiousness: greatness/ powerfulnessUnit 1 Yet each comp

10、rises an almost unimaginably busy chemical laboratory with a highly ordered division of labor.然而，每一個細胞構(gòu)成了一個秩序井然，分工明確，忙碌得幾乎難以想象的化學(xué)實驗室。Highly-ordered: well-arranged 秩序井然Unit 1 Paragraph 5What are the components of the cell and what are their functions?Nucleusgovern the major activities of the cytoplas

11、m;Cytoplasmthe site of the cells daily business;Membraneprotect the cell contents, transport the nutrients and wastes. Unit 1 Bounding the cytoplasm is the cell membrane, proper nutrients and wastes.inverted order: 倒裝語序包裹著細胞質(zhì)的是細胞膜。它將細胞內(nèi)含物包容于細胞內(nèi)，將無需之物排除于細胞外，同時又能吸收營養(yǎng)物質(zhì)排出廢棄物。Unit 1 reproduction: breedi

12、ng, propagation繁殖surpassing: exceeding, exceptionalbreak down: separate sth. into smaller partsconvert into: change into 把轉(zhuǎn)化為synthesis: 合成Unit 1 Paragraph 6raw material: 原材料inorganic substances: 無機物Once its needs are satisfied, the cell itself provides the intricate mechanism for maintaining the bal

13、ance essential to keep it in kilterin short, to keep the body alive and healthy.Unit 1 一旦這些需要得到滿足，細胞本身就能提供復(fù)雜的機制，使其處于正常運作所必需的平衡狀況。Unit 1 Paragraph 7Please take a look at this paragraph and determine the sentence pattern.General to specific; Hierarchical and parallelS1: cells sharebut most of S2: the cells that S3: the white cells S4: other cells S5: still other cellsUnit 1 calcium salt: 鈣鹽immobile: 無活動能力hormone: 激素endocrine gland: 內(nèi)分泌腺intestine