长篇阅读Unit8passage3旅二三组

一.Structure

长篇阅读Unit8passage3旅二三组

二.Words

长篇阅读Unit8passage3旅二三组

三.Sentence

长篇阅读Unit8passage3旅二三组

四.Summary

The  passage 3 is mainly about “genetics”.

A: Race  is  a  social  construct.

B: The  consistency  of  genes  has  changed  and  some  diffences  can  be  ignored.

C: The  study  was  well-intentioned,  but  it  was  exploited  by  racist  defenses.

D: The  geneticist  express  frustration.

E: Recent  studies  have  shown  that  humans  have  many  dofferent  complex  traits.

F: The  genetics  wanted  to  find  an  up-to-date  way  to  break  the  race.

G: The  genetics  made  his  diacovery  after  years  of  research: a  location  in  the  genome  with  about  2.8  percent  more  African  anceatry  than  the  average.

H: The  genetics  found  that  African-Americans  more  easy  have  prostate  cancer  than  Europe-Americans.

I: Research  have  found  potential  to  improve  health  and  save  lives.

J: There  is  simply  no  acientific  evidence  to  support  all  the  statement.

K: James  Watson  research  has  suggested  that  genetic  factors  contribute  to  lower  intelligence  in  Africans  than  in  Europeans.

L: The  results  of  the  average  genetic  differences  in  humans  have  been  undone  by  overly  accurate  research.

M: Knowledgeable  scientists  must  develop  a  rational  framework  for  discussing  differences  among  populations.

N: How  should  we  prepare  for  the  likelihood  that  in  the  coming  years.

O: The  differences  between  the  sexes  are  far  more  profound  than  those  that  exist  among  human  populations.

P: Difference  between  males  and  females.

Q: How  do  we  accommodate  the  biological  differences  between  men  and  women.

R: Treat  ethnic  differences  properly  and  respect  our  civilization.

五.exercises

1.Within the last 20 years,groundbreaking advaces have been made in DNA sequencing technology.(E)

Groundbreaking advances in DNA sequencing technology have been made over the last two decades.第一句

2.Prostate cancer occurs more in people who identify as African-Americans than in people who identify as European-Americans.(G)

Prostate cancer,a disease that occurs 1.7 times more often in self-identified African-Americans than in self-identified European-Americans.7--9行

3.The concept of race has been socially constructed.(A)

It is true that race is a social construct.第一句

4.In the 1950s,one scientist claimed that genetic factors contribution to lower intelligence in people of African descent than people of European descent.(K)

Another high-profile example is……that research has suggested that genetic factors contribution to lower intelligence in African than in Europeans.全段

5.Recent genetic studies have demonstrated differences in populations among traits like susceptibility to diseases.(E)

Recent genetic studies……traits like bodily dimensions and susceptibility to diseases.第二句

6.Among the biological differences between men and women are differences in height and physical strength.(P)

In addition to anatomical difderences ,men and women exhibit average differences in size and physical strength.第二句

7.Men and women should be granted equal opportunities despite the biological differences that exist between them.(Q)

We should both recognize that……and opportunities regardless of those differences.第二句

8.From a genetic standpoint,there are few differences between people of different races.(A)

It is also true that human populations are remarkably similar to each other from a genetic point of view.第二句

9.People who identify as African-American tend to derive about 80％ of their genetic ancestry from African people who were brought to America during times of slavery.(G)

Self-identified African-Americans turn out to derive on average,about 80 percent of their genetic ancestry from enslaved Africans brought to America between the 16th and 19th centuries.中间一句

10.Henry Harpending was an anthropologist.(J)

For example, the anthropologist Henry Harpending ,asserted that ……段落中间