外研版高中英语选修9module2dna-thesecretoflife之二

外研版高中英语选修9module2dna-thesecretoflife之二内容摘要：

ndsome /pretty 2. Does a plant have a structure? Yes, it does. 3. What are the benefits of learning English? International munication. 4. Can you think of a technology that is used in business? Computer technology. 5. Which two words in the box can have more or less the same meaning? advance, development Read the passage and plete the sentences. will soon have the ability to __________________. , scientists will not be able to ____________________________ ________. “read” our genes predict our future with any real success Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. Which characteristics, physical or psychological, are inherited or mostly inherited? Physical. 2. Does it seem that most psychological traits are inherited? Give examples in your answer. It is a mixture of inherited and environmental factors that affect traits like violence or getting on well with people. 3. Why won’t scientists be able to tell us a lot about our future? Because of the unpredictable nature of environmental factors. 4. What do “these new developments” refer to in the last paragraph? The ability to read our genes. 5. What kind of problems will these new developments create? They many mean that people will be prejudged on factors which would not actually occur, simply because of what their genes predict may happen. Find these words in the passage and match the words with their meaning. plicated decade in detail envelope to a (great) extent insurance pany physical psychological period of ten years with your body rather than your mind paper cover that you put a letter in before you send it particular characteristic in someone’s personality decade physical envelope trait to a great extent 6. connected with your mind and feelings 7. giving smaller facts 8. a pany that will pay you money if you are ill, when you pay money every month 10. using physical force to hurt people or damage property psychological in detail insurance pany violence Explain the meaning of the words and phrases. 1. As long as you have a good diet, scientists can predict your height by looking at your parents’ heights. If you have a good diet, it means that you are eating healthily. Healthy eating means the right balance between different types of food. 2. We now know that the need to wear glasses has a geic cause. The need to wear glasses is caused by various eye problems. People who are shortsighted are only able to read things which are close to them, while people who are longsighted cannot see things clearly when they are near. Both long and shor。