文档介绍：Unit 4 (1997) Part 1
重点词汇:
1. parliamentary? (议会的,国会的)←parliament+ary。A parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle 。
2. incurably (不可治地)即in+cur+ably,in-否定前缀,cur词根“治疗”,-ably可……地;形容词形式为incurable←in+cur+able。a incurably disease 不治之症。
3. turn back 逆转,往回走。
4. euthanasia(安乐死)看作eu+than+asia,eu谐音“已有”,than比,asia亚洲,“安乐死在亚洲之外的地方已有了”。
5. domino(多米诺骨牌)用谐音记。
6. diagnose ()←diag+nose,diag看作dog(元音替换),nose鼻子,“狗鼻子”→闻(联想中医之“望闻问切”)→诊断。
7. certificate ?(证书)即certif(y)+ic+ate,certify证明,-ic形容词后缀,-ate作名词后缀表“物”,于是“具证明性质的东西”→证书。
8. objection (反对)即ob+ject+ion,ob-前缀“朝向”,ject词根“投掷”,-ion名词后缀,“向别人扔东西”→反对。同根词:reject→re(=back)+ject→扔回去→拒绝;inject→in+ject→向里扔→注入。
9. sink in 被了解; 10. cool off 使冷静。
难句解析:
① After six months of arguing and final 16hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia's Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die.
句子的主体结构是Australia's Northern Territory became the first legal authority...,其中,句首是表示时间的介词词组作状语:after six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates,后面的动词不定式to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die相当于定语从句which allows doctors to...,修饰legal authority,who引导定语从句who wish to die修饰前面的patients。
理解句子的关键在于剔除庞杂的修饰成分,抓住句子的主干。
② Some have breathed sighs of relief, others,