Question1:

I read an article about Japanese scientists, who ______ DNA from luminous jellyfish into other animals.

A.asserted

B.inserted

答案：

B選項正確。B選項insert的意思是“嵌入”，聽力中提到：“我讀過日本科學家的相關研究，他們把水母的DNA嵌入其他的動物里?！?，A選項assert的意思是“堅持自己的主張”，與原文不符合。

Question2:

According to their conversation, it is very likely that Sheldon lost his job because he had an issue with Gable Hauser.

A.True.

B.False.

答案：

A選項正確。聽力原文中提到：“Sheldon, are you sure you don't want to just apologize to Gable Hauser, and get your job back?”，由此可知，Sheldon可能是與Gable Hauser發(fā)生了一些過節(jié)導致他丟了工作。

今日單詞：

calendar n. 日歷

scramble v. 炒蛋

luminous adj. （尤指在黑暗中）發(fā)亮的

今日短語：

run into 遇到

time of the month 經(jīng)期

課外加餐：

會發(fā)光的魚?

一種“發(fā)光魚“是指通過基因改良培養(yǎng)而來的動物。通過將發(fā)生物光的水母的遺傳基因嵌入到一只斑馬魚的DNA中，從而培育出所需要的基因。最初培育發(fā)光魚的目的是為了讓它反映出水質污染的輕重程度，但由于它奇特的外觀，因而在寵物市場也占有一席之地。這一物種于2003年12月，由德克薩斯州奧斯丁約克鎮(zhèn)的技術研究所引進了美國市場。?

另一種”發(fā)光魚“是指由于某種原因而在暗處發(fā)光的魚。2012年3月9日，長沙曹阿姨的兒子從菜市場買回一條已經(jīng)剖好的雄魚，曹阿姨擔心魚肉變質，便在洗凈的雄魚身上抹了一層鹽。3月11日晚上，曹阿姨進廚房忙活，發(fā)現(xiàn)櫥柜門內竟閃出一道熒光，打開一看，是那條腌了2天的雄魚。在普通的燈光下，這條魚和其他魚沒有任何差異，然而，將魚放到全黑的空間里一瞧，從魚頭到魚尾都閃耀著熒光。?

湖南省中醫(yī)藥大學第一附屬醫(yī)院李定文教授給出了解釋，“‘發(fā)光細菌’是一種有生物發(fā)光能力的細菌，大多數(shù)是弧菌和桿菌，少數(shù)為球菌。雖然發(fā)光細菌的形態(tài)多種多樣，但它們的生理特性卻非常相似，常寄生在各種動物體內發(fā)光，即‘寄生發(fā)光’。

逐句精聽：

Hey, I just ran in a penny, she seemed upset about something.

I think it's her time of the month.

I marked the calendar for future reference.

What's with the fish?

It's an experiment.

What happened to your scrambled egg research?

Oh, that was a dead end. No，scrambled eggs are as good as they're ever going to be.

So, fish?

I read an article about Japanese scientists who inserted DNA from luminous jellyfish into other animals, and I thought, hey, fish nightlights.

Fish nightlights.?

It's a billion dollar idea.

Mum's the word.Sheldon, are you sure you don't want to just apologize to Gable Hauser, and get your job back?

Oh, no,no,no. Oh, I have too much to do.

Like luminous fish.