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1.shook[ek]
v. 摇动；震动；握手
In 2010, a federal judge shookAmerica’s biotech industry to its core.
2010年，一位联邦法官彻底震惊了美国生物技术产业。
2.patent['ptnt]
n. 专利；特许 vt. 给予专利权 adj. 专利的；显著的
3.isolated['asletd]
adj. 孤立的；隔离的；分离的
Companies had won patents for isolated DNA for decades--by 2005 some 20% of human genes were patented.
此前数十年，公司们一直在享有分离DNA的专利，截止到2005年，约20%的人类基因已被申请专利。
4.gene[din]
n.基因
5.unpatentable[n'ptntbl]
adj. 不能取得专利权的
But in March 2010 a judge ruled that genes were unpatentable.
但在2010年3月，一位法官作出裁定：基因不可申请专利。
6.violently['valntli]
adv. 猛烈地；强烈地；暴力地
7.agitate['dtet]
v. 煽动；搅动；焦虑
Executives were violently agitated.
主管们发狂般地焦躁不安。
8.biotechnology[batek'nldi]
n. 生物技术
9.assure['(r)]
vt. 使确信；使放心；确保
10.preliminary[pr'lmnri]
adj. 初步的；预备的；开始的 n. 初步行动；准备；初步措施

【每日一句】
Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view.
【结构分析】
本句主语是 Your humor，后面有两个平行的谓语 must be relevant to 和 should help，他们后面分别有宾语。其中 should help 后面的宾语是不定式 to show, 而它的宾语比 较复杂，是两个并列的宾语从句：that you are one of them 和 that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view，中间用 or 连接。
【参考译文】
幽默必须与听众有关系，应能表明你是他们的一员，或者能表明你理解他们的处境，赞同他们的观点。