Unit3ScienceversusnatureReading(2)—LanguagePoints1.Arecentannouncementbyscientiststhattheyhavesuccessfullyclonedthefirsthumanembryo…announcement(n.)宣告，通知，声明(短语)make/issueanannouncement发表声明announce（vt.）宣告，通知，声明(短语)announcesth.tosb.(不能用announcesb.sth.)(比较)announce/declareannounce指对公众或特定的一群关心的人进行宣布；declare指官方的正式宣告Everyonewassilentasheannouncedthewinnerofthecompetition.Thispowerfulcountrydeclaredwaronthatsmallcountry.2.Ontheonehand,somescientistspointoutthatifyoucloneanembryo,youcan…①on(the)onehand…ontheotherhand…一方面…另一方面…（单独使用ontheotherhand时，hand不能省略，但与ontheonehand连用时，可省略）Ononehand,rapiddevelopmentoftheeconomywillimprovethelivingconditionsofthepeople.Ontheotherhand,itwillspeedupenvironmentaldestruction.(短语)athand在手边，在附近byhand亲手，手工inhand手头现有的，正在进行，在处理中handinhand手拉手Handsoff!请勿动手！不许干涉Handsup!举起手来！②pointout指出Hepointedoutmymistake.他指出我的错误。pointto/pointat指着，指向某人或某物（两个词组可互换使用）Hepointedat/toapicture.pointat对准，瞄准(某人用枪对准某人某物等)Theypointedatherheadbutshewasnotafraid.pointto表明，指向(主语为证据、时针以及宾语为某一方向时)Theevidencepointstohimasthecriminal.Thehandsoftheclockpointedtohalfpastthree.Thecompassneedlepointstothenorth.3.…theymaybeontheirwaytoproducingareal-lifeFrankensrein’smonster.onone’s(the)waytodoingsth.“正在做某事的过程中”.to是介词，后接名词代词或动名词短语(练习)I’vejustheardawarning______theradiothatastormmaybe______itsway.a.on,onb.over,inc.on,aboved.from,on(短语)onone’s(the)wayto在去…的途中bytheway顺便问问，顺便说说bywayof途经inaway在某种意义上，在某种程度上inone’s(the)way挡路inthisway用这种方式用心爱心专心4.However,ingeneralthescientistswerepraisedfortheirwonderfulscientificbreakthrough.①ingeneral一般说来，从总体上看，大体上Ingeneral,redisthemostpopularcolourthisseason.(短语)inageneralway一般，通常asageneralrule在一般情况下②praise(vi.&vt.&n.)表扬，赞扬，表彰(短语)winhighpraise受到高度赞扬inpraiseof赞扬（某人）beyondallpraises赞美不尽的，赞不绝口的beloudinsb.’spraise对某人极力称赞praisesb.forsth.因某事而赞美/称赞某人（练习）Hegaveaspeechinpraiseofschoollife.他做了一个赞美学校生活的演讲。Heishighlypraisedforhisresearchongenes.他的基因研究受到了高度赞扬。5.However,somepeopleconsiderthatcloninghumanembryoswiththeintentionofdestroyingthemshowsnorespectforhumanlife.withtheintentionof为了，以…为目的或意图HehasdecidedtogoabroadtostudywiththeintentionofimprovinghisEnglishandfindingabetterjobwhenhereturns.intention(n.)目的，打算，意图（词组）withoutintention无意地makeone’sintensionclear说清楚自己的目的state/announceone’sintention声明自己的意图(练习)Ibeganreadingwiththe___b___offinishingthebook,butIneverdid.a.interviewb.intentionc.applicationd.consideration6.Idon’twanttoadoptsomeoneelse’schildandIdon’twanttouseanotherwoman’segg—Iwantachildthatisgenericallyrelatedtome.①adopt(vt.)收养，领养；采用，采纳（议案、意见等）Canyouadoptmynewidea?Theyadoptedaneighbour’sboy.(词组)adoptmeasures/newmethods/anidea采取措施/采用新办法/采纳意见adoptaresolution通过一项议案anadoptedson养子adoptedwords外来词(比较)adopt/adaptadopt收养，领养；采用，采纳（议案、意见等）；adapt使适合，使适应adapt…to…；改编adapt…for…Shehadtoadaptherselftolocalconditions.她必须使自己适应当地的情况。ThisEnglish...
