时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
Cosmetic 1 or plastic surgery often evokes 2 images of famous personalities 3 wanting to alter their appearances through elective surgical 4 procedures. However, reconstructive surgery is a procedure that makes a similar, but different impact on the lives of many around the world, and many of these patients suffer from either congenital defects like a cleft 5 palate or from injuries sustained in accidents or as a result of animal bites. Some disfigurements can also be due to the effects of disease or infection. Yet, the individual with such defects often bares more than just outward physical marks: loss of hope and self-worth as well as acceptance are commonplace.
In the past, such procedures were only available in developed countries where the medical expertise 6 and financial resources were available to afford such operations. However, a number of worldwide organizations made up of volunteers make regular visits to developing countries to provide reconstructive surgery to those who could not otherwise receive such care. In addition to the care they provide, these volunteer specialists also provide training to health care workers in these procedures so that local hospitals, nurses, and doctors can become self-sufficient.
 
The end results of such efforts have transformed lives: the patient now can live with some normalcy and hope for the future with less fear of being ostracized 7 by neighbors and family, and the health care worker who performs the procedure perhaps feels a greater understanding and compassion 8 for those who suffer from such defects.
 
There are many ways for people to assist in supporting these volunteer efforts. Although most people do not have the medical expertise to perform reconstructive surgery, they can still donate time, money, and supplies to such organizations. A quick search on the Internet can get you started.
 

1. According the mini lecture, which situation was NOT mentioned as an example for reconstructive surgery? 
A. A young child is severely 9 burned in a house fire.
B. A woman isn't satisfied with the shape of her stomach.
C. A man lost part of his ear in a boating accident.
2. What other effects do physical deformities have on the individual who bears them?
A. a lack of self-worth
B. inability to find work
C. fewer educational opportunities
 
3. What other services do volunteers provide to the country where they perform reconstructive surgery?
A. fund-raising activities
B. physical therapy
C. local health care training
 
4. How does this volunteer work benefit the providers of such surgical procedures?
A. These experiences give doctors and nurses valuable in-field training opportunities.
B. Volunteers establish connections for future medical research. 
C. Health care workers develop deeper understanding of the sufferings of others.
 
5. What is one way everyday people can help such causes?
A. educate themselves on the issues 
B. make financial contributions
C. adopt unwanted children

 
正确答案:

1. A woman isn`t satisfied with the shape of her stomach.
2. a lack of self-worth
3. local health care training
4. Health care workers develop deeper understanding of the sufferings of others.
5. make financial contributions

 

1 cosmetic
n.化妆品;adj.化妆用的;装门面的;装饰性的
  • These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
  • Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品,所以请尽情微笑吧!
2 evokes
产生,引起,唤起( evoke的第三人称单数 )
  • The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
  • Each type evokes antibodies which protect against the homologous. 每一种类型都能产生抗同种病毒的抗体。
3 personalities
n. 诽谤,(对某人容貌、性格等所进行的)人身攻击; 人身攻击;人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
  • There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
  • Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
4 surgical
adj.外科的,外科医生的,手术上的
  • He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
  • All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前,必须消毒。
5 cleft
n.裂缝;adj.裂开的
  • I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里。
  • He was cleft from his brother during the war.在战争期间,他与他的哥哥分离。
6 expertise
n.专门知识(或技能等),专长
  • We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
  • You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。
7 ostracized
v.放逐( ostracize的过去式和过去分词 );流放;摈弃;排斥
  • He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike. 他因拒绝支持罢工而受到同事的排斥。
  • The family were ostracized by the neighborhood. 邻居们都不理睬那一家人。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
8 compassion
n.同情,怜悯
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
9 severely
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
学英语单词
access common system table
advance received account
air circuit breaker
air-lock device
Aito
Alet-les-Bains
althings
aluminium alloy arc welding electrode
amphibious tracked carrier
an iron fist in a velvet glove
anti node
apoandesite
at age
automatic message processing system
batanglement
BDR
bench floor
better-timed
bipartison
blastospheres
Block of Ice
blue water sailing
bricks up
bulbous bow ship
Campuya
cardioid polar diagram
cavaleriei
charging changeover
chunnel
CIF Ex-Ships Hold
consequential arc back
contemptibilities
County Palatinate of the Rhine
damping coil
date rape drug
decryption algorithm
dicloran(BSI)
distal convoluted portion
EFTS
exposed surface area
fillet radius
fire resistivity
full duplex teletype
guided missile model
hand shaving
HCSA
hexams
hoarser
hydrogen-methane plasma jet
Hypericum hypericoides
impastato
indium (electro)plating
Ingu-ri
kamleika
kiver
liposucked
loading charges
macrophthalmids
manck
mareschini
mean lives
medium-range
mirrorshades
Myriopteron
Nesseby
nonlocking press-button
not a halfpenny the worse
nursery-age pig
ocasion
one piece blade
pertinences
pink bollworms
Pradairo
prospective market
pseudoinnocents
purpura hyperglobulinemia
quasi-Lagrangean minimization problem
regidity
return of foreign trade
Sample Selection Bias
saparmurad
sateen ticking
science and technology r&d expenditure statistics
sertao
setteron
short range aid to navigation
showroom
sightjogging
smashes down
spitboxes
St Hilaire
standard transportation commodity code (stcc)
Strontiohilgardite
svedberg
tank joint
un-omitted
underborne
vv.
vycol (glass)
West Ham
work of separation
wreckin'