4.focus on集中，聚焦

5.clear up清除；整理；(天气)好转

6.for good永久；永远

7.benefit from受益于

8.miss out漏掉；不包括；错过(机会等)

Ⅲ.重点句式

1.This is the first/second...time (that)...这是......第几次做......

I've broken bones before.However，this is the first time I have broken(break) my leg.

我以前摔断过骨头，但是这是我第一次弄断腿。

2.before引导时间状语从句

Governments should prevent human cloning from ever happening before we destroy ourselves.

在人类自我毁灭之前政府应采取措施阻止人类克隆的发生。

Ⅰ.根据P40课文内容判断正(T)误(F)

1.Terri has spent 15 years in a coma-like state.(T)

2.Terri's parents didn't believe she would recover.(F)

3.The court finally approved for the life support machines to be turned off.(T)

4.Doctors have fully understood comas and the process of recovery.(F)

5.Patients should be treated as well as possible.(T)

Ⅱ.根据P40课文内容选出最佳答案

1.What would happen to Terri Schiavo when her life support machines were taken off?

A.She would die.

B.She would become worse.

C.She would come back to life.

D.She would blame her husband.

答案　A

2.What was Terri's parents' attitude to the decision of the court?

A.They were angry.

B.They were satisfied.

C.They didn't know what to do.

D.They had to take immediate action.

答案　C

3.What caused Terri fall into a coma?

A.Motorbike accidents.