In the Russian city of Elista, an infected husband transmitted
3 s, n6 q) P# I' B2 S1 K$ ~ the AIDS virus to his wife, who then gave birth an infected child. __1__
( Q% V8 f) m. s' w" X The baby became ill and taken to the hospital, where needles used __2__1 B) A. \4 } Z8 D4 C
on the infant were reused, transmit the virus to more than 50 other __3__
8 Z, o9 ^7 M" P. l# C children., l: s2 ?# W/ E
This case illustrates one of the most frightened aspects of the __4__
& A( g& y5 y9 L AIDS epidemic—its spread from the “high-risk” groups to their/ z2 B- [# N5 k* \6 _* {$ c- j
sex partners. “The proportion of AIDS cases transmitted by heterosexual& I0 f4 I8 P1 I/ A$ E& b7 j( t$ g- p; b
contract is on the raise,” said Meade Morgan, chief of CDC. __5__% n* T3 A; y h z
And if the number of cases will plateau or ultimately grow larger __6__2 x1 n" E# M2 i- b9 u
than the original epidemic among homosexual men is uncertain.' A, b( b5 B+ N3 }* P$ b' l8 P
And the media have run stories suggesting casual heterosexual" E+ b6 t l9 J& w& A) u# d
sex carry very little risk. That is a dangerous notion. __7__
" x. Y# ]+ V& ?$ O2 Y% U6 { As of August 31, 1989, the CDC has reported 3300 cases of
4 v! F. S" x' ~+ { heterosexuality transmitted AIDS, excluding those in people born
' }9 Q& T1 h; R% y3 B( S in Africa, where heterosexual contact is regarded to be the major __8__/ i) t0 F" p% ~8 f8 t+ {# E8 m
pathway. This is three percent of all US cases reported in date. __9__6 w& l9 N5 p9 M) W
The number of heterosexually transmitted AIDS cases have doubled __10__
: f" Z" |# G2 r; c1 W5 E s in the past 15 years.2 w! X3 |) a0 s1 d/ U, B
答案. j! |! R9 l, o- } G
1.birth^--to
0 l% @' c- y. n* O/ s: n9 d* [ give birth to :“生下”,为固定搭配。
/ S7 ]& ^+ z' p- w" s, s1 x& P8 ~ 2.^taken—was
8 s: o; U V) ]3 Y$ P 这是一个由and连接的并列句,两句的谓语动词并不相同。
+ s% t) Z; }7 l6 m/ L% ] T, w" x 3.transmit—transmitting
; p m. U0 J" W( A B* k7 `0 ~ 这是一个现在分词做状语表明结果的用法。, e! L8 j8 Y; E5 N+ \4 n# J
4.frightened—frightening, |% p, u5 |( o# r
frightening意思是horrible,令人可怕,而frightened是本身可怕。
+ }) {/ a( `/ e$ @% Q* x# F/ S 5.raise—rise8 `. u4 z* P' p6 R
be on the rise 意思是be rising 为固定词组。
/ x% x: ^& K6 w 6.if—whether" p$ g$ B5 x {3 e- @
两者都有“是否”的意思,但是在主语从句中,只能用whether。2 Y* W1 C* P& J/ E: j
7.carry—carries) x! m, Z' b1 X& \0 `. M% v
suggest引导的句子后面用什么语态是由suggest的含义决定的。这里是“暗示”,用直接陈述形式,当其表达建议时用原型。
% Q0 f6 q+ h8 a, o1 r 8.regarded—considered/thought
! \7 D7 @- h- h$ e* B regard….as…, consider…to be, think …to be.如果后面接的是to be,就不能用regard。
2 Q- t J$ Y) Y/ ~* @$ z( ?( C$ a0 y" E 9.in—to
4 X# X. i( S8 t' \' Y to date相当于 so far, up to now,为固定搭配。
6 ?) h. V: t# s; ^, @6 c1 ?' `9 L 10.have—has2 U& c$ @1 _: K6 B% j
这句话的主语不是cases,而是“the number”,所以应该用单数。 |