4. The doctors are doing their best to save the little child’s (生命).

3. There were few (幸存者) after the big earthquake.

2. The old man needs an (手术) right away.

1. The doctor says that Xiao Wei has a serious (血) disease.

知识点三 lose one’s life失去生命

3.  (翻译) 许多人在这起交通事故中失去生命。

A lot of people in the traffic accident.

知识点二 as soon as possible尽快;越快越好

2.  (翻译) 我们必须尽快地完成这项工作。

We must complete the work.

知识要点导练

知识点一 disease,illness 与 sickness 三词均有“病；疾病”的意思。其区别是：

(1) disease泛指各种疾病，尤指传染病、遗传病和诸如心脏病、癌症等严重疾病；sickness多指晕 船、恶心、胃病等方面的疾病或有关饮食方面的疾病；illness多指患病的状态及持续的时间， 很可能是某种disease引起的，如不及时治疗，会导致严重的后果；sickness指各种身体上和感 觉上一时的不适，病期最短，而disease病期最长。

(2) disease多指具体的疾病，illness和sickness则通常表示抽象的疾病或生病状态。

() 1.(单项选择) The doctors are working hard to fight against heart.

   A. disease   B. illness C. sickness   D. sick

基础词汇过关(汉译英)

1.伸出援助之手 2. 生病住院

3.严重的血液疾病 4尽快地

5.失去生命 6. 失去父母的孩子

九、 书面表达。(10分)

请你根据以下提示，以“A trip to Nanjing”为题写一篇短文。

提示:1. 去年五一期间，你和母亲去南京度假了；

2. 你们花了三个多小时乘长途汽车到那儿；

3. 南京是个古老的城市，有许多名胜；

4. 在那欣赏美景，情不自禁拍了许多照片；

5. 你们在那儿待了一星期；

6. 你旅游后的感受(两句话) 。注意:1. 词数90左右；

2. 文章必须包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。

   Suppose you find a bright yellow bike on a street corner in the city. You hop on it and ride away. But wait—isn’t this s1? No one shouts ,“Stop!Thief!” That’s b 2 this free ride is just fine with the city.

    You can find h 3 of free yellow bikes in some US cities. The idea began in Portland,Oregon,in 1994. People saw a need for f 4 transportation,and they wanted to help e 5 pollution. So,to get citizens out of their cars and onto pollutionfree bikes,they s 6 the Yellow Bike Project.

    The public bikes are p 7 bright yellow and placed throughout the city. People can hop on a yellow bike and ride to work,to school,or to run errands. They then leave the bike for the n 8 rider. There have been times when bikes have been stolen,but most people obey the r 9 . What would be the point of stealing something that’s already free?

  Portland’s i 10 quickly became popular. Within two years of its start,similar programmes were set up in cities in six other states.

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