Unit 7 Living with disease
Words and expressions
1.deadly adj -lier, -liest (1)致命的
Fog is the sailor's___________________________. 雾是航海者最致命的敌人。
(2)势不两立的， 殊死的 (3)极度的，非常的 deadly haste 至急
(4)死一般的 a deadly paleness 如死人般的苍白
deadly adv (1)如死一般地 (2)极度地；非常地 deadly dull 极为枯燥无味
2. infect vt (1)传染；使感染
infected with cholera 被传染上霍乱
One of the boys in the class had a fever and he soon____________________________.
班上的一个孩子发烧了，不久他就传染上了其他孩子。
"If___________________________________, you must go to an oculist."
"如果你的眼睛受到感染,就要去看眼科医生。"
(2)污染 (3)感染；影响
Mary's high spirits infected all the girls in the class. _______________________________.
She infected the whole class with her laughter.她的笑声感染了全班同学。
be infected with感染, 沾染上
infect vi. 受感染
I didn't pay any attention to it because I never infect.
我对这事毫不注意, 因为我从来未受感染。
infector n. infective adj. Infectiveness n. infectivity n.
3. transmit vt. (transmitted; transmitting)
(1)传送[达, 播] (2)使(光、热、声等)透射, 透过; 传导 (3)遗传; 留传 (4)发射; 播送 (5)传染 (6)【无】发报
Iron transmits heat. 铁传热。 _____________________. 玻璃透光。
Parents transmit some of their characteristics to their children.
父母把一些特有的素质遗传给儿女。
4. via prep (1)经由，途经
to travel from Beijing to Shanghai via Tianjin 由北京经由天津去上海
(2)通过；凭藉 I _____________Mary______________. 我托玛丽的兄弟把信带给她。
5. blood n (1)血；血液
Your ____________________is only a little high.你的血压只是稍稍高一点。
The sudden sound of footsteps in silence made her blood run cold.
静寂中突然响起脚步声使她感到毛骨悚然。
Blood for blood! 血债要用血来偿!
(2)血统；家庭关系 of noble blood 高贵的血统
习惯用语
※bad blood 敌意；不和；恶感
There is bad blood between them. 他们之间感情不和。
※Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。
※new blood新成员
We need an injection of new blood with fresh ideas. 我们需要有新观念的新人。
The company certainly need some fresh blood with new ideas.
公司当然需要一些具有创见的新人。
(= fresh blood)
※in cold blood残酷而蓄意地
I couldn't kill the mouse in cold blood. 我不能残酷地弄死那只老鼠。
※make sb.'s blood boil使勃然大怒
※make sb.'s blood run cold使极度害怕
6. prevention n 预防；阻止；妨碍
Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。
7. persuade vt -suaded, -suading
(1)（常与of, that连用）劝说；使相信
We persuaded Harry that he was wrong.我们使亨利相信是他错了。
I am almost persuaded of his honesty.我几乎相信他是诚实的。
(2)（常与to连用）说服；劝诱
He ____________________________________ , even though she did not want to.
即使她不想去上学，他还是说服她去。
Who persuaded you to join this society? 谁说服你参加这个团体?
8. immune adj (1)（常against, from, to与连用）免疫的；免受（伤害）的
be immune from punishment 免除处罚; immune from taxation [taxes]免税
be immune to all pleas 不容申辩; immune to interference 无干扰的
(2)（常与from, to连用）被豁免的
The criminal was told he would be immune from punishment if he helped the police.
"罪犯被告知说,如果他协助警方,就可以免受惩罚。"
9. contract vt, vi (1)缔结；订（契约）
Their firm have contracted to build a double-purpose bridge across the river.
他们公司已签约承建一座横跨大江的两用大桥。
(2)得（病）；负（债）；养成（习惯）He_____________________________. 他发烧了。
(3)使缩起来；使变狭；收缩；缩写 Metal contracts as it cools. 金属遇冷收缩。
'I am' is usually contracted to 'I'm' in oral speech. 'I am'在口语中常常缩略为'I'm'。
10. lack n（常与of连用）缺乏；需要
There is no lack of vegetable. 蔬菜不缺。
_____________aggravated the serious lack of food."由于干旱少雨,缺粮问题更加严重。"
It was lack of current capital that defeated their business.
"因为缺少流动资本,他们的企业才告失败。"
Serious lack of circulating fund forced the closure of the company.
公司因缺严重缺乏流动资金而被迫关闭。

lack vt,vi 缺乏；不足；没有
He lacks courage. 他缺乏勇气。
Owing to________________, we cannot do more than what we have done.
由于时间不够，我们只能做到这样。
Their actions lack consistency; they say one thing and do another.
"他们言行不一,说的是一回事,做的又是另一回事。"
These photographs lack definition. You'd better have them taken again.

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