每日听力1.21高级_音频_by Lainey

1. gene Uk&US/dʒiːn/ noun a part of a cell in a living thing that controls what it looks like, how it grows, and how it develops. People get their genes from their parents.

have a gene 有同一个基因

carry a gene (=have a gene that causes a medical condition which you can pass on to your children)

pass on a gene (=pass a gene to your children)

inherit a gene (=get a gene from your parents)

2. spread out Phrasal verbs 散开

Eg. They spread out to search the whole area.他们散开来搜查整个地区。

3. thousands of：an extremely large number of things or people

4. occur UK/əˈkɜː/ US/ əˈkɜːr/ to happen

Phrasal verbs: occur to sb: If a thought or idea occurs to you, it comes into your mind.（某人）想到，（想法或主意）出现在（某人）头脑中

Eg. : The thought did occur to me.我确实冒出了这个念头。

Eg. : It never even occurred to us that he hadn't been invited.我们压根儿没想到他未被邀请。

5. identity UK&US /aɪˈdentəti/ who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others身份；本身；特性

Identity card 身份证    identity crisis 身份认同危机

identity parade（让目击者从中认出嫌疑人的）辨认队列

6. slow the flow of ideas 直译：减缓思想的流动，引申阻碍思想交流

7. tendency UK&US /ˈtendənsi/ noun (plural tendencies) 倾向，趋势

Collocations:

a natural tendency (=one you are born with)

a marked tendency (=noticeable)

aggressive/violent tendencies

criminal tendencies

artistic tendencies

8. seemingly UK&US /ˈsiːmɪŋli/ adv. appearing to be something, especially when this is not true貌似；看似；（尤指）表面上地

Collocations:

seemingly endless/limitless (=seeming to have no end or limit)

seemingly impossible

seemingly intractable (=seeming to be impossible deal with)

seemingly unaware/oblivious (=seeming not to notice something)

seemingly unrelated (=not seeming to be connected or related at all)

seemingly innocuous/innocent (=seeming unlikely to cause any problems)