Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading - Pre­reading

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　　JOHN SNOW① DEFEATS②

　　"KING CHOLERA③"

　　John Snow was a famous doctor in London - so expert④， indeed, that he attended⑤ Queen Victoria⑥ as her personal physician⑦. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to⑧ cholera. This was the deadly⑨ disease of its day⑩. Neither its cause nor its cure⑪ was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time⑫ there was an outbreak⑬. John Snow wanted to face the challenge⑭ and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found.

　　He became interested in two theories that⑮ possibly explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera multiplied⑯ in the air. A cloud of⑰ dangerous gas floated around until it found its victims⑱. The second suggested that people absorbed⑲ this disease into their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected⑳ person died.

　　①John Snow约翰·斯诺(1813－1858)，英国医生

　　②defeat [dI'fiːt] vt.打败；战胜；使受挫

　　③King Cholera　1854年爆发于英国的一次严重霍乱

　　④expert ['ekspɜːt] adj.熟练的 n．专家；行家

　　⑤attend [ə'tend] vt.照顾；护理；参加

　　⑥Queen Victoria维多利亚女王(1819－1901)

　　⑦physician [fI'zIʃn] n．医生；内科医师

　　⑧expose [Ik'spəʊz] ... to使......显露；暴露

过去分词短语exposed to cholera作后置定语，修饰people。