2021-2022学年度第14期总第851期（3版）
Teens for vaccines (Page 3)

I. Read the text and answer the following questions.
1. What is the aim of VaxTeen?
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2. Why did Kelly Danielpour start VaxTeen?
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3.What is the difficulty Danielpour has faced in running VaxTeen?

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4.What outcome has VaxTeen produced?
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II. Vocabulary.
1. 否定前缀dis-：
前缀dis-表示“不……”，如disapprove、dislike、disorder，你还知道哪些dis-开头的词语呢？请补充至少三个：
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2. 否定前缀mis-
前缀mis-表示“错误的……” 如misinformation、misunderstand，你还知道哪些mis-开头的词语呢？请补充至少三个：
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III. Translate the following sentences with the given expressions.
1. 我震惊地发现，变化可以发生得如此快。(be shocked to find)
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2. 我不能确定这一论点能否经得住推敲。(hold up)
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3. 玛丽决心成为一名医生，她的努力得到了回报。(pay off)
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4. 他们提倡为了保护环境而骑自行车。 (advocate for)
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参考答案：
I.
1. It aims to answer questions from teenagers seeking advice about vaccines and what rights they have to make decisions about their health.
2. Because she was shocked to find that many of her peers were not allowed to get vaccinated and this trend has been more obvious during the pandemic. To help her peers, she started VaxTeen to provide the teenagers with information and resources about vaccines so they could be better informed.
3. Since every state has different laws on the choices minors can make regarding their own healthcare, there is a lot of work for her to do to collect reliable information to put on her website.
4.With the help of VaxTeen, more young Americans have been vaccinated.
II.
1. disagree, discover, disadvantage, disability, disappear, discourage, dishonest etc.
2. mistake, misfortune,misleading, misuse, misguide, misjudgment, etc.
III.
1. I was shocked to find changes can take place so fast.
2. I'm not sure if the argument holds up.
3. Mary was determined to become a doctor and her hard work paid off.
4. They advocate for bicycling for the benefit of the environment.