BBC紀(jì)錄片筆記：《萌犬秘聞》4：太神奇！狗狗竟能嗅出人體癌細(xì)胞

詞匯裝備庫

1. bond (n.) 紐帶；聯(lián)系

2. lip (n.) 唇，嘴唇

upper/lower lip 上 / 下嘴唇

3. affection (n.) 喜愛；鐘愛

4. stroke (v.) 輕撫，撫摸

5. Attachment (n.) 附件；深厚的感情；喜愛

6. survive (v.) 繼續(xù)生存，存活

7. cuddle (v.) 抱； ( 互相 ) 擁抱，摟抱

8. odd (adj.) 奇怪的，古怪的

9. Instant (adj.) 立即的，即刻的

10. surgery (n.) 外科手術(shù)

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It turns out that the infectious nature 

of yawns is a sign of empathy. 

原來，打哈欠的傳染性是一種同理心的

表現(xiàn)。

Note 

1. It turns out that... 

結(jié)果是；原來是

We know each other for a long time. 

And today it turned out that she was a 

classmate of my sister. 

我們認(rèn)識(shí)很久了，結(jié)果我今天才發(fā)現(xiàn)她

是我姐姐的同學(xué)。

2. Infectious (adj.) 有感染力的；有影響力的

an infectious disease 傳染病 

an infectious patient 傳染病患者

3. Yawn (v./n.) 打哈欠

4. Empathy (n.) 同情；同感，共鳴

Empathy is trying to understand what 

another person is feeling. It is seeing 

the world through another's eyes. It 

helps people to get along better and 

to feel better. 

移情就是嘗試著去理解別人的感受，是

通過別人的眼睛來看世界。它會(huì)幫助你

更好地跟別人相處并且感覺更好。

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But with a little training, dogs can ac- 

curately pick out a cancerous patient 

from a selection of urine samples. 

只要稍加訓(xùn) 1 練，狗就能在眾多的尿檢樣

品中分辨出誰有癌癥。

Note 

1. Accurately (adv.) 精確地，準(zhǔn)確地

2. cancerous patient 

癌癥患者

cancerous(adj.) 癌的；生癌的

cancerous cells 癌細(xì)胞

cancerous tumours 癌性腫瘤

3. selection (n.) 選擇；挑選；可供挑選的東西

We made our selection for the most 

popular singer. 

我們挑選出了最受歡迎的歌手。

4. urine samples 尿液樣本

urine(n.) 尿液，小便

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Just like a human, she may experi-

ence morning sickness and strange 

food cravings. 

與人類一樣，她也會(huì)經(jīng)歷懷孕初期的晨

吐和奇怪的食物口味。

Note 

1. Experience (v.) 經(jīng)歷；體會(huì)到，感受到

( 注意后面 /ia/ 的發(fā)音要飽滿 ) 

2.sickness (n.) 患?。粣盒?，嘔吐

Eating unclean food can cause diar-

rhea and sickness. 

吃不干凈的東西會(huì)導(dǎo)致腹瀉和嘔吐。

morning sickness 孕婦晨吐

3. craving (n.) 渴望，熱望；難以抑制的渴求

I have a craving for ice cream right now. 

我現(xiàn)在特別想吃冰淇淋。

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So,dogs. Slobbery, hairy mutts only 

interested in food? Sometimes. But 

mostly just brilliant. 

所以，狗狗們，這些流著口水、毛茸茸

的小崽子只對(duì)食物有興趣嗎 ? 有些時(shí)候

是的。但更多時(shí)候是，精彩。

Note 

1. slobbery (adj.) 流口水的

I love him too, but sometimes it bothers 

methe way he shows his love he 

hugs me too tight, or gives me slob- 

bery kisses. 

我也愛他，但是他表達(dá)愛的方式讓我接

受不了，不是抱得太緊，就是親得我滿

臉口水。

2. Hairy (adj.) ( 尤指頭部以外的部位 ) 多毛的，

毛茸茸的

3. Mutt a dog, especially one that is not of a 

particular breed 

(n.) 小狗，小崽子

4. Brilliant (adj.) 非常好的，出色的

語法輕知識(shí)

英文中。似是而非。的表達(dá)

(Carefull yambiguous phrasing) 

Marker sentence 

I can't recommend it highly enough. 

( 養(yǎng)狗這件事兒 ) 我再怎么推薦也不過

分。

Here it means that the speaker does 

not have the ability to recommend it 

as much as it ought to be recom- 

mended.It is so good that ordinary 

praise isn't high enough to describe it 

properly. 

這里表不說話的人覺得自己的推薦還遠(yuǎn)

遠(yuǎn)不夠，因?yàn)槠胀ǖ馁潛P(yáng)并不足以形容

養(yǎng)狗這件事有多好。

Example 

can't recommend the book highly 

enough. 

這本書我怎么推薦都不夠。

I like the book tremendously, beyond 

my ability to say how much. 

我太愛這本書，言語已經(jīng)不能表達(dá)了。

實(shí)戰(zhàn)練兵場(chǎng)

(2016 年 1 月 9 日托?？谡Z真題 ) 

The school allows students to keep 

pets in their dorms. Do you think it is 

good or not? 

學(xué)校允許學(xué)生在宿舍里養(yǎng)寵物。你覺得

好不好 ? 

答題小經(jīng)驗(yàn)

對(duì)于這樣的獨(dú)立問題，需明確選擇一個(gè)

方向來回答，并結(jié)合自己的主觀感受和

經(jīng)歷。

1. 認(rèn)為 “ 好 ” 。

I think it's good that the school allows 

students to keep pets in their dorms. 

* Personally,I like to play with pets, 

becauseit can help me relax 

*Raising pets can help us cultivate 

our personality, because you have to 

take care of them 

*Pets could be the bond between the 

room mates,and we can share the 

happiness that the pets bring us. 

2. 認(rèn)為。不好。。

I don't think it's a good idea that the 

school allows students to keep pets in 

their dorms. 

* The dorms are not the appropriate 

place to raise pets, because they can 

just mess up the dorm within a minute 

*Keeping pets will take up too much 

time and energy, and it would be a 

distraction to our study 

*Pets like dogs and cats would make 

noises,which may disturb other room- 

mates. 

文化加油站

如何用英文含蓄地表達(dá)尿尿 ? 

1. 小便的正式用詞是 urinate(urine 的動(dòng)詞形式 ) 

Sorry,I drunk a lot. I have to urinate. 

對(duì)不起，我喝多了，我要小便。

2. 口語中更常用的是 pee 

Pee (v./n.) 排尿；尿