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1. 科学家宣布他们已经成功地克隆出第一个人类胚胎。

Scientists have ___________that they _______________the first human embryo.

2. 如果人类用这种方式戏弄大自然，我们可能将制造出一个现实生活中的弗兰肯斯坦怪物。

If mankind_______________________ in this way, we may be _____________________________ a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.

3. 克隆是利用植物或动物的细胞来制造出一个一模一样的复制品。

Cloning is producing _________________ of a plant or an animal _______ its cells.

4. 第一个被成功从成体细胞中克隆出来的哺乳动物是多利羊。

The first mammal ____________ successfully from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep.

5. 尽管克隆人类引起很多不安，但对于不能生育的41岁女销售员Mary来说却是个好消息。

_______________ human cloning is ____________________________, it is good news for Faye Wilson, a 41-year-old saleswoman who cannot have a baby.

6. 有的人相信带着摧毁它们的目的去克隆人体细胞是不尊重人类的生命。

Some people believe that cloning human embryos _______________________ destroying them _______________________________ human life.

7. 我不想领养别人的孩子——如果我有这个机会，我会立即要一个克隆婴儿。

I don’t want to ___________________________----if I _____________________, I would have a cloned baby right now.

8. 尽管克隆胚胎在很多国家还不合法，但一些科学家已经在加紧研究，以制造出克隆的人类胎儿。

While cloning human embryos is________________ in many countries, some scientists are already______________________research in order to produce a cloned human baby.

9. 中国已经成功制造克隆牛和山羊，还在继续研究克隆利于人类的途径。

has ____________________ clones of cows and goats, and ___________ to research ways ________________cloning can ___________________.

10. 人的生命将变成待收获的庄稼或是待销售的产品。

Human life would just become a crop________________ or a product __________________.

11. 我认为你文章中提到的科学进步真了不起！我完全赞同克隆人类。

I think the scientific advances _________________in your article are fantastic! I am ______________________________________ human cloning.

12. 毕竟，几个世纪来科学家们一直在挑战道德信念。

__________________, scientists _____________________________ for centuries.

综合

1. 如果人类用这种方式戏弄大自然，我们可能将制造出一个现实生活中的弗兰肯斯坦怪物。

If mankind________________ in this way, we may be _____________________________ a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.

2. 克隆是利用植物或动物的细胞来制造出一个一模一样的复制品。

Cloning is producing ________________ of a plant or an animal ________ its cells.

3. 有的人相信带着摧毁它们的目的去克隆人体细胞是不尊重人类的生命。

Some people believe that cloning human embryos _______________________ destroying them _______________________________ human life.

4. 人的生命将变成待收获的庄稼或是待销售的产品。

Human life would just become a crop________________ or a product __________________.

5. 我完全赞同克隆人类。毕竟，几个世纪来科学家们一直在挑战道德信念。

I am ______________________________________ human cloning. __________________, scientists _____________________________ for centuries.

6. 我们可以确信，在今后的几年我们将有可信赖的高质量的粮食供应。

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7. 我坚持要求你们考虑英国人的想法，立刻结束这种做法。

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8. 在破坏自然， 用竭自然资源数十年之后，许多发达国家现在更关注保护自然，而不是发展或破坏自然。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. 当许多人为这些技术兴奋不已的时候，这些技术也让其他人感到害怕。 转基因食品就是最好的例子。

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10. 目前的研究仅仅局限于增加生产利润，而不是确保转基因食品的安全。

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Keys:

1. announced, have cloned 2. toys with nature, on our way to producing

2. an exact copy, using 4. to be cloned

3. Even though, causing a lot of anxiety

4. with the intention of, shows no respect for

5. adopt someone else’s child, had the chance

6. not legal, pushing ahead with

7. succeeded in producing, continue, in which , benefit mankind

8. to be harvested, for sale

9. mentioned, in complete agreement with

10. After all, have been challenging moral ideas

Project

1. We need to raise both the quality and quantity of our food supply to solve the problem of world hunger.

2. We can make sure that we will have a reliable supply of high-quality food for years to come.

3. Cloned animals are not very healthy—they nearly always live brief, painful lives compared with ordinary animals.

4. I insist that you take the opinions of the people of the into consideration, and end this practice immediately.

5. We will some day destroy the planet we live on if we continue in this way.

6. However, if we focus only on conservation, then people may suffer.

7. Not everything that is best for nature is good for people.

8. From the point of view of some people, we are only doing what humans have always doing, using nature to meet our needs.

9. After decades of destroying nature and using up natural resources, many developed nations are now concerned about saving nature rather than developing or destroying it.

10. The developed and developing countries of the world need to work together to make sure that people enjoy healthy and happy lives, without the environment around them suffering.

11. It should not be a question of humans wining and nature losing.

12. It is mankind’s responsibility to find answers that are good for everyone, and everything.

13. While many people are excited about theses technologies, these same technologies frighten others. Nowhere is this truer than with genetically modified (GM) food.

14. There are two ways in which a plant or an animal can be genetically modified.

15. While there has been research in GM animals such as pigs, no GM meat is being sold at present.

16. Research has been limited to increasing production profits, rather than making sure that GM foods are safe.

17. No one knows what effects the GM material might have on the food chain.

18. Since no one really knows whether GM food is safe, many countries have hesitated to give permission for the production of GM foods, as they would rather be cautious with this new technology.