U11大学英语精读课.ppt

The Year of Genome Matt Ridley Free Will in the religious realm, free will implies that individual?will?and choices?can coexist with an?omnipotent?divinity. 自由意志(free will)是一个哲学信条。它认为，我们的选择最终取决于我们自己。这个概念涉及决定论(determinism)、非决定论(indeterminism)、道德责任(moral responsibility)、现代物理学、神经病学、精神病学、犹太教、基督教等诸多哲学概念、科学学科及宗教 alien noun 1 (AmE also non-citizen) (law or technical) a person who is not a citizen of the country in which they live or work外国人: an illegal alien 2 a creature from another world外星人: aliens from outer space adjective1 ~ (to sb/sth) strange and frightening; different from what you are used to, thus not usual or acceptable陌生的: an alien environment ◆ In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security. ◆ The idea is alien to our religion. 2 (often disapproving) from another country or society; foreign外国(人)的: an alien culture ◆ alien influences that threatened their way of life3 connected with creatures from another world外星（人）的: alien beings from outer space crumple ~ (sth) (up) (into sth) to crush sth into folds; to become crushed into folds (使)皱，扭曲 She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire. ~ (up) if your face crumples, you look sad and disappointed, as if you might cry Her face crumpled up and she burst into tears. ~ (up) to fall down in an uncontrolled way because you are injured, unconscious, drunk, etc. Synonym: COLLAPSE (使)崩溃，(使)倒坍He crumpled up in agony. genetic gen,gener,genit=birth,produce,表示“出生，产生” generate v 产生；发电（genner+ate →产生[电]等） generation n 产生；一代（(generate+ion) generator n 发电机；生殖者（generate+or→产生[电]的东西→发电机） regenerate v 再生，重生（re再+generate) generous a 慷慨的；丰富的（gener+ous→[不断]产生→丰富的，慷慨的） generosity n 慷慨（gener+osity多的状态→多产生→慷慨） degenerate v堕落；衰退（de坏+gener+ate→往坏产生→堕落） genesis n起源，创始（gen+esis名词后缀，原指《圣经》中的创世纪） genetic a基因的，遗传学的（gen+etic→来自gene基因） genus n种类，类属（gen+us→生出来就出现[不同]→种类） eugenics n优生学（eu好+gen+ics→产生好的→优生学） congenial a意气相投的（con共同+gen+ial→产生共同[兴趣]→情投意合的） congenital a天生的，与生俱来