unit9ReadingClub1TraditionalChineseMedicine

TraditionalChineseMedicine2WhatdoyouknowaboutTCM

--TraditionalChineseMedicine?HerbsNaturalenvironment3PillsTabletsDrugsWesternMedicine:Man-madefromlaboratories45課文講解6HistoryTraditionalChineseMedicine(TCM)isasystemofmedicalcarewhichoriginatedinancient

Chinaandhasevolved

overthousandsofyears.Ithasdevelopedauniquecombinationof

treatmentsrelatedtohelpingwell-beingandthepreventionandtreatmentofdiseases.originatevi起源，

發(fā)源evolvevtvi（使）

逐漸形成，

逐步發(fā)展7Belief

PractitionersofTCMbelievethereisnoseparationbetweenbodyandmind.Theylookat

theinteractionsbetweenmind,bodyandenvironment.Theancientbeliefsincludethe

following:

practitionern行醫(yī)者相互作用Thehumanbodyisaminiatureversionofthelarger,surroundinguniverse.

Harmonybetweentwoopposingyetcomplementaryforces,calledyinandyang,

supportshealth,anddiseaseresultsfromanimbalancebetweentheseforces.

Fiveelements-metal,wood,water,fireandearth-symbolicallyrepresentall

phenomena,includingthestagesofhumanlife,andexplainthefunctioningofthebody

andhowitchangesduringanillnessordisease.

Qi,avitalenergythatflowsthroughthebody,performsmultiplefunctionsin

maintaininghealth.很小的，微型的和諧，協(xié)調(diào)互補(bǔ)的，

補(bǔ)充的不平衡，

失調(diào)象征性地現(xiàn)象8Treatments

TCMtreatmentsaimtocureproblemsbyrestoringthebalanceofenergies.Herbal

medicineandacupuncturearethemostpopulartreatments.Thereareover10,000

ingredientsusedinChineseherbalmedicine.Differentparts

ofplantsandtheirextractsarethemostcommonlyused

ingredients,（成分，

原料）althoughsomeanimalandmineralingredients

arealsoused.restorevt使復(fù)原，

恢復(fù)herbalmedicine草藥extractn提取物，

濃縮物

9Acupunctureisatreatmentthatstimulates

specificpointsonthebodybyinsertingextremelythin

needlesintotheskin.Itisoftenusedtoprovidepainrelief

forconditionslikelowerbackpain,shoulderstiffnesss,and

kneesoreness.Otherpracticesincludebreathingand

movementexercises,massagetherapy,anddiet.針刺療法刺激，

鼓勵insert插入僵直，

酸痛按摩療法107課后習(xí)題處理

11GENERALUNDERSTANDING1.Readthetext.Explaintwooftheancientbeliefsinyourownwords.CRITICALTHINKING2.WhatarethemostpopularTCMtreatments?Whichtreatmentswouldyourecommend?unit9ReadingClub2DNADetectives5課文講解DNAdetectivescanbeusedtoidentifygenetic

informationinordertodetectdisease.Butwiththe

developmentoftechnology,theDNAdetectivehas

beenusedinotheraspects.Forexample,DNA

detectivescanfigureoutaperson'sidentityandhow

peoplewererelated.geneticinformation遺傳信息

CriminalFoundAfter31Years

Nowadays,DNAdetectivescanhelppolicemen

catchcriminals.Ithasbeenoneofthekey

weaponsforunsolvedcases.TheDNAisstoredin

adatabase,wherepolicemencanfindthesame

orsimilarDNAtotrackdownsuspectsand

victims.criminaln罪犯，adj犯罪的，

犯法的

database數(shù)據(jù)庫trackdown搜尋到，

跟蹤找到

A17-year-oldgirl,MelanieRoad,wasonherway

homealoneatnightinBath(UK)on8June,1984.Herbodywasfoundthe

nextdayinapoolofblood.Policequestionedseveralsuspects,buttheycouldn'tidentifythepersonwho

killedthegirl.FromMelanie'sbody,thepolicehavefoundafullDNAprofileof

thekiller.Theyworkedthroughadatabaseof12,000malenameswhowere

eitherwitnessesorsuspectsatthetime;butnomatchwasfound.

suspectn嫌疑人，

profilen概述，

簡介After30years,thecriminalhadstillnotbeenfound.Melanie'smotherwrote

toalocalnewspaper:"Iknowit'salongtimeago-tomeit'sonlyyesterday.

Somepeoplesay...letitrest,butIcan't."letit/thematterrest讓事情結(jié)束In2014,awomanwasarrestedforaminorincidentandherDNAwas

profiled.InJuly2015,amatchwasfoundbetweenherDNAandtheDNAof

Melanie'skiller.Thepolicefoundthewomanwasthedaughterofthekiller,

ChristopherHampton.Thecriminalwasfinallyfound31yearslater.

arrestvt逮捕，

拘留Copemicus'GraveFoundCopernicus,thePolishastronomerwhodiednearly500yearsago,was

identifiedbyDNAevidenceinthe21stcentury.

In2005,askullandanincompleteskeletonwerefoundinFrombork,

Poland,whereCopernicuswasburiedon24May,1543.

Theskullwasusedforidentificationandexpertsfoundthatithadbelonged

toa70-year-oldmanwithabrokennoseandacutabovehislefteye.

天文學(xué)家顱骨，

頭（蓋）骨

骨架，骨骼Copernicusdiedatseventy,hadabroken

noseasaresultofachildhoodaccidentand

inaself-portraitspaintedhimselfwithascar

abovethelefteye.Expertswereableto

reconstructtheman'sfaceanditmatched

Copernicus'portraits.自畫像However,theyhadtoperformDNAteststo

confirmtheidentityoftheskull'sowner.They

couldn'teasilyfindgeneticmaterialfrom

Copernicus'closerelatives,buttheywereable

tofindabookhehadownedfordecadesat

ACopemicus

UppsalaUniversity.Theydidn'thavetolook

longtofindninehairswithinthepages,somewithgoodDNAsamples.The

DNAfromthehairwasthesameasthatfromthebonesfoundatFrombork.

Interestingly,theanalysisrevealedthatCopernicusprobablyhadblueeyes,

althoughheusuallyhasdarkeyesinhisportraits.Somescientistssaytheteamshouldnothaveannouncedtheirfindingsso

early-theyshouldhavelookedmorecarefullyfortheDNAfromCopernicus'

motherorherrelativestochecktheresults,asitisthemother'sDNAthatis

passedonintacttoherchild.

intact完好無損的Despitethesecontroversies,thegreatastronomerwasofficiallyburiedagain

on22May,2010inFrombork.Thesearchforhismother'sDNAstillcontinues.controversyn（公開的）爭論，

辯論，

論戰(zhàn)arouse/causecontroversy引起爭論

7課后習(xí)題處理GENERALUNDERSTANDING

Readthetexts.Answerthequestions.

1Whatwerethedifficultiesfacedineachofthetwocases?

Thetargetpeople’sidentitieswereunknown,Thepoliceand