时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(十)月


英语课

In the celebrity 1 vaccine 2 wars, I’m siding with actress Amanda Peet. And comedian 3 Bill Maher, well, I like your show, but when it comes to vaccines 4 you don’t know a punchline 5 from a clothesline.


Maher recently tweeted to his Twitter followers 6 “if u get a swine flu shot ur an idiot.” On his HBO program Real Time last week, Maher went head-to-head with former Senator Dr. Bill Frist, who patiently explained why vaccines were in fact good. But Maher wasn’t buying it. He advocates a healthy lifestyle over vaccines. But polio and smallpox 7 outmatched many robust 8 immune systems.


Actress Amanda Peet, meanwhile, has used her celebrity to encourage vaccinations 9, specifically in response to the alleged 10 vaccine-autism connection, for which there’s no scientific evidence, but which has some parents afraid of childhood vaccinations. In a letter to a parenting magazine, Peet wrote: “It’s irresponsible to suggest that virtually the entire medical community, and the CDC, and the American Academy of Pediatrics are behind a massive cover-up about vaccine safety.” See you in the line for the flu shot.


—Steve Mirsky

 



n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
n.牛痘苗,疫苗;adj.牛痘的,疫苗的
  • The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
  • She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
疫苗,痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )
  • His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
  • The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。
n.(笑话、故事等的)结尾警语,点睛之笔
  • Even then,the magical pause can strengthen the punchline.即使这样,有魔力的停顿依然可以增强笑点。
  • A good joke or a mystery novel has along wind up to the final punchline.好的笑话或神秘小说都是一路曲折,直至最后的笑料或真相。
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
  • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
  • The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
n.天花
  • In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.1742年,他染上了致命的天花。
  • Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?你小时候打过天花疫苗吗?
adj.强壮的,强健的,粗野的,需要体力的,浓的
  • She is too tall and robust.她个子太高,身体太壮。
  • China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道,中国希望保持经济强势增长,以减少贫困和失业状况。
n.种痘,接种( vaccination的名词复数 );牛痘疤
  • Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时,我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
标签: SSS Senator
学英语单词
a fund of
adjustable self-aligning bearing
Alkar process
ammonium fluorosilicate
Angel Fall
antiresonant
apogon hyalosoma
aural zero
ball bag
batch data exchange services
belt bags
bias field
Bucaleni
Burkian
change the tune
cobblers
Cormelian
cortiniform
Cousin Jacks
cross-births
drawboys
drawing box
dumb waiters
dysaphis (pomaphis) plantaginea
electromagnetic suspension system
electronic library search
emergency alarm
emulsion machine
epichnion
equitative
erk
Euro commercial paper
eye brow or side scuttle
flesh weight
flexure graben
floodwood
function of Hp class
gasotron
gospel-pusher
grading machine
heat of water body
hexagon nipples
hexaquark
hornpike
hyperplanar symmetry
in a tight spot
inferior sternal region
insulated aluminium wire
lamina lucida
lead room
lentis
light-weight plywood
line scan television
liquid radioactive wastes
lose one's appetite
lower tumbler
matrix permeability
membranae interossea cruris
miliary pulmonary tuberculosis
modeming
national price
Ostium tympanicum tubae auditoriae
permutableness
physarum echinosporum
policy-science of law
postamoplankton
printer output
Priural'skiy Rayon
pteria tortirostris
publick
quarter-gunner
ram-away
ribbon spiral conveyer
second-best rationality
set great store
sheffonier
signature-models
silt loam soil
skim the cream off
solmisation
stanched
standard error of sampling
starrotor
sterilizing forceps
strandness
stumpling
subthematically
syndrome of deficiency of liver yang
tablet mottle
taret organ
threshold extender
to give vent to
Tranbierg
tromba marinist
Turchi, Balata dei
union coupling elbow
unprescribed
unsymmetrical reagent
ventin'
Vitis bryoniifolia
WQHD
wroght