6．John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem．

　　challenge"．挑战vt．向......挑战

　　To deal with so many children is a real challenge．

　　Mr Wang challenged me to play another tennis game．

　　归纳：challenge作名词时是 名词，作动词时常用于

　　词组challenge sb to do sth，含义是"向某人挑战做某事"。

　　活学活用

　　The girl's new position __________her to study harder in her spare time．

　　7．The second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals．

suggest作"表明；暗示"讲时，其宾语从句不用虚拟语气，此时通常不用人作suggest的主语。如：

　　The expressions on his face suggested that he was satisfied with the result．

suggest作"建议"讲时，其宾语从句多用虚拟语气，即从句谓语动词用"should+动词原形"，should可以省略。suggest后跟动词时应接doing形式。如：

　　My friend suggested me applying for the government scholarship．

　　absorb．吸收；吸引；使专心

　　This kind of paper absorbs ink． The book absorbed his attention．

　　Yuan Long ping is absorbed in his research on rice．

　　归纳：be absorbed in的含义是" "。

　　考点延伸

　　absorb还可表示"接受(看法、知识等)"。如：

　　The clever boy absorbed all the knowledge his teacher could give him．

1)Her pale face suggested that she______________badly ill and I suggested she to hospital without delay．

　　2)She was so_______________ in her job that she didn't hear anyone knocking at the door．

　　3)Bill suggested a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation．

Language Points

1．John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence．