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UNIT 3
1、word study
request,ensure,oppose,burden,open up
① request
n./vt.请求,要求
request后面接for,表示要求的对象;“根据要求”为by(或on) request;“应。。。之要求”则为at sb’s request。
He made a request for immediate help.
他要求立即给予帮助。
Minibuses stop by request.
小公共汽车招手即停。
Instructions will be sent immediately on(upon) request.
说明将按要求立即寄出。
The singer gave one more song at our request.
歌唱家在我们的要求下又唱了一首歌。
Your silence is requested.
请勿说话。
② ensure
vt.保证,担保
ensure后面接against或from,表示“保证。。。免于。。。”;后面接to或for,则表示“保证。。。具有。。。”。
We can ensure that the work will be done in the right way.
我们可以保证把工作做好。
The police can ensure the witness against (或from) danger.
警察能保证证人免受危险。
This measure ensure to (或for) us a voice in the matter.
这项措施使我们在这件事上具有发言权。
③ oppose
vt.1、反对,反抗;2、使相对,使对抗(to)
Many people opposed building a new highway because of the great cost.
由于代价过于高昂,许多人都反对修一条新公路。
To the difficulties she opposed a will of iron.
她用钢铁般的意志对待困难。
What he said was totally opposed to the facts.
他说的与事实完全相反。
We are firmly opposed to this dirty political deal.
我们坚决反对这场肮脏的政治交易。
④ burden
n.1、担子,负担;2、责任,义务
She bore the whole burden of raising two children.
她一个人负起抚养两个孩子的全部责任。
The burden of running the factory is too heavy for his failing health.
管理这家工厂的重担对他日益恶化的健康来说是太重了。
vt.使负重担;麻烦,劳累
The mother was burden with worries.
妈妈忧心忡忡。
Students are heavily burdened with home assignments.
学生家庭作业负担过重。
⑤ open up
1、打开;2、开办,开辟,开发;3、坦诚地或无拘无束地谈话
They opened up his stomach to get at the source of the trouble.
他们给他的胃开了刀,以找出病根。
They opened up a mine in the remote areas.
他们在那个偏远地区开了矿。
They decided to open up a business in the town.
他们决定在城里开一家店。
The girl decided to open up and tell us everything.
这个女孩决定坦诚地告诉我们一切。
2、常考句型
1、范万德尔重病在身,再也不能说清楚话,他知道他没有康复的希望,身体状况正在急剧恶化。P2
Affected with a serious disease, van Wendal was no longer able to speak clearly and he knew there was no hope of recovery and that his condition was rapidly deteriorating.
2、在让自己的医生注射最后结束生命的那一针之前,范万德尔生命中的最后三个月被拍摄了下来,去年在荷兰电视上首次播出。P3
Van Wendel’s last three months of life before being given a final, lethal injection by his doctor were filmed and first shown on television last year in the Netherlands.
3、从那时开始,已有20多个国家买下了这个节目,每次播放都引起了对这一话题的全国性大辩论。P3
The programme has since been bought by 20 countries and each time it is shown, it starts a nationwide debate on the subject.
4、那些反对安乐死的人实际在告诉我,临终者没有这个权利。P9
What those people who oppose euthanasia are telling me is that dying people haven’t the right.
3、习题
1.词汇英译汉
. weaken . deteriorate .debate . legal. request . criterion . ensure . oppose tradition consideration disabled . burden vulnerable prohibition sensitive
词组:. to debate on . to make request for be opposed to . to take … into account
2.句子英译汉(重点句)
Affected with a serious disease, van Wendal was no longer able to speak clearly and he knew there was no hope of recovery and that his condition was rapidly deteriorating.
Van Wendel’s last three months of life before being given a final, lethal injection by his doctor were filmed and first shown on television last year in the Netherlands.
The programme has since been bought by 20 countries and each time it is shown, it starts a nationwide debate on the subject.
What those people who oppose euthanasia are telling me is that dying people haven’t the right.
The guidelines demand that the patient is experiencing extreme suffering , that there is no chance of a cure, and that the patient has made repeated requests for euthanasia .
I think that anything that legally allows the shortening of life does make those people more vulnerable.
3.句子汉译英 P.59
安乐死的确能解除临终病人的痛苦。
Euthanasia can really help rid the dying patients of extreme suffering .
Euthanasia does release the dying people from their suffering .
你知道不知道荷兰是欧洲唯一允许安乐死的国家?
Do you know that the Netherlands is the only country in Europe that permits euthanasia ?
支持这一观点的医生并不意味着他们不关心病人。
Those doctors who support the idea never mean they don’t care about / for patients .
在第一个医生诊断疾病之后,必须由另外一名医生确认病情。
After the first doctor has diagnosed the illness , a second doctor must confirm the case .
反对者认为病人并不一定真正希望结束生命,可能请求之后另有他求。
Opponents think patients may not really want to end their lives, and probably there is another request behind the request .
4、历年试题
1. The film ______(show) Cees Van Wendel’s death was both moving and sensitive. (99.10)
答案: showing . 考点:showing 是现在分词作定语修饰the film .
2. Each time the programmer of Van Wendal’s last days before euthanasia was showed on TV, it starts a nationwide debate ______ the subject. (99.10)
A. for
B. against
C. on
D. of
答案: C . 考点:词组debate on 对… 的争论。
3. 汉译英:每次播放这个节目,都引起对此话题的全国性大辩论。(99.10)
答案: Each time it is shown , this program starts a nationwide debate on the subject.
4. 汉译英 : 据说那个病人曾要求医生助他一死。(00.10)
答案: The patient is said to have asked the doctor to help him die.
( 或者: It is said that the patient has asked the doctor to help him die .)
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