访谈录 Interview 2007-02-24&26, 双胞胎聚会
英语课
special thanks to foues
We are seeing double,. We got these fabulous 1 sets of twins out here. And our guest Marilyn Hoyt from the Hall of Science in New York City. What kind of exhibit you guys have coming up.
Well, right now, we have an exhibit till May 6th on genome.
Which are, What is genome?
Well, our genes 2 are essential the organizer of all the instructions of every cell. And that sounds harder than it is. The cool thing about the genome exhibition is it's both fun and learning. And the reason we have these twins is: A to note that Mayor Bloomberg has made today, en, February twin Ts.
Er, twin Ts, OK, I got it. So, this is an official Twin Day here in New York City, right?
And B these all people all have exactly the same genes. They have the same genome. Now all of us when we go to a museum are used to paying for one ticket for one person(Uh-huh), but during the genome exhibition, we'll be paying one ticket for one genome. So these pairs of twins all come in for one ticket.
I love it, great, and there's lots of great things, so we have some little ones here, lots of great parts of this exhibition for kids as well, right?
Yes, for all ages.
Alright, that's fantastic. Thank you so much for joining us Marilyn, it's a lot of fun, thanks twins. You guys look great. For more insight on twins, which is becoming so popular, now we go back inside to Harry 3, hey, Harry.
Hi, thanks very much, Hannah. Believe it or not, identical twins are only a little more alike than the rest of us. That's because all human beings are 99.9% the same, that is genetically 5. Thomas Turi, director of genetic 4 technologies for Pfizer is here to explain a little bit more. Good morning.
Good morning.
So how much the same are you and I?
You and I and everyone else are 99.9% identical.
Right, and the twins that we are looking at out, especially the guys with the funny hats on , how identical, how how much the same are they?
Well, depends on whether they are maternal 6 twins or fraternal twins. Maternal twins are 100% identical.
These guys?
These guys, 100% identical. Er, that's because after the egg has been fertilized 7, it splits and divides, so they actually share the same genetic material for, for very early stages.
As a researcher, what kind of information does that tell you, what is the, well, how is that helpful to you?
So twin's studies are actually very helpful in terms of trying to help identify and localize genes that cause disease. (Right) Many diseases, yet not all diseases have a genetic component 8. (Right)And some diseases have a genetic component as well as an environmental component.
Sure, sure, sure, so when we were looking at these pictures of twins, we've heard so much a couple of years about, about mapping the genome and everything like, like that. Do we know that much more now than, say, we did five years ago?
Well, we now we have the entire genome for human as well as many mammal species. And one of the results of this is many identification of many diseases causing genes.
Right, that's good news and bad news and which is just saying, there are two times we'll think about a lot especially when we are getting ready to plan a family and when we’re for turning 55 years or older so. Because of genetic propensities 9, now that's, is that a blessing 10 and or a curse or, you don't understand where I am going with this (Alright) because we can certainly make certain choices if I'm 55 years old. I can do things to help myself live better and live longer. But should/ we be in a position of making choices about the lives of, of unborn children?
Well, discoveries related to the human genome have tremendous potential to impact our lives and our healthcare. Unless we are prepared and educated on topics like genome, people may find themselves unprepared to make those types of decisions.
Yeah, how did these impact of, you work for a big pharmaceutical 11 company. Er, is part of what you do looking from the connection between a genetic default, so to speak, and finding out ways to prolong life for instance, or stop, stop a genetic default from setting the disease in the first place? Is that possible?
Well, discoveries related to the human genome again have tremendous potential to impact our lives and Pfizer is committed to trying to a capitalized er, new technologies that will help us discover disease causing genes.
Yeah, did you read the stuff the other day about this notion they think they may have sort of found that or, autism is, is, genetically, genetically based?
Well again, most diseases have a genetic component, and people, the scientists all over the world that are trying to uncover these disease caused in genes, for diseases, or conditions like autism, cancer, obesity 12.
Yeah.
We are seeing double,. We got these fabulous 1 sets of twins out here. And our guest Marilyn Hoyt from the Hall of Science in New York City. What kind of exhibit you guys have coming up.
Well, right now, we have an exhibit till May 6th on genome.
Which are, What is genome?
Well, our genes 2 are essential the organizer of all the instructions of every cell. And that sounds harder than it is. The cool thing about the genome exhibition is it's both fun and learning. And the reason we have these twins is: A to note that Mayor Bloomberg has made today, en, February twin Ts.
Er, twin Ts, OK, I got it. So, this is an official Twin Day here in New York City, right?
And B these all people all have exactly the same genes. They have the same genome. Now all of us when we go to a museum are used to paying for one ticket for one person(Uh-huh), but during the genome exhibition, we'll be paying one ticket for one genome. So these pairs of twins all come in for one ticket.
I love it, great, and there's lots of great things, so we have some little ones here, lots of great parts of this exhibition for kids as well, right?
Yes, for all ages.
Alright, that's fantastic. Thank you so much for joining us Marilyn, it's a lot of fun, thanks twins. You guys look great. For more insight on twins, which is becoming so popular, now we go back inside to Harry 3, hey, Harry.
Hi, thanks very much, Hannah. Believe it or not, identical twins are only a little more alike than the rest of us. That's because all human beings are 99.9% the same, that is genetically 5. Thomas Turi, director of genetic 4 technologies for Pfizer is here to explain a little bit more. Good morning.
Good morning.
So how much the same are you and I?
You and I and everyone else are 99.9% identical.
Right, and the twins that we are looking at out, especially the guys with the funny hats on , how identical, how how much the same are they?
Well, depends on whether they are maternal 6 twins or fraternal twins. Maternal twins are 100% identical.
These guys?
These guys, 100% identical. Er, that's because after the egg has been fertilized 7, it splits and divides, so they actually share the same genetic material for, for very early stages.
As a researcher, what kind of information does that tell you, what is the, well, how is that helpful to you?
So twin's studies are actually very helpful in terms of trying to help identify and localize genes that cause disease. (Right) Many diseases, yet not all diseases have a genetic component 8. (Right)And some diseases have a genetic component as well as an environmental component.
Sure, sure, sure, so when we were looking at these pictures of twins, we've heard so much a couple of years about, about mapping the genome and everything like, like that. Do we know that much more now than, say, we did five years ago?
Well, we now we have the entire genome for human as well as many mammal species. And one of the results of this is many identification of many diseases causing genes.
Right, that's good news and bad news and which is just saying, there are two times we'll think about a lot especially when we are getting ready to plan a family and when we’re for turning 55 years or older so. Because of genetic propensities 9, now that's, is that a blessing 10 and or a curse or, you don't understand where I am going with this (Alright) because we can certainly make certain choices if I'm 55 years old. I can do things to help myself live better and live longer. But should/ we be in a position of making choices about the lives of, of unborn children?
Well, discoveries related to the human genome have tremendous potential to impact our lives and our healthcare. Unless we are prepared and educated on topics like genome, people may find themselves unprepared to make those types of decisions.
Yeah, how did these impact of, you work for a big pharmaceutical 11 company. Er, is part of what you do looking from the connection between a genetic default, so to speak, and finding out ways to prolong life for instance, or stop, stop a genetic default from setting the disease in the first place? Is that possible?
Well, discoveries related to the human genome again have tremendous potential to impact our lives and Pfizer is committed to trying to a capitalized er, new technologies that will help us discover disease causing genes.
Yeah, did you read the stuff the other day about this notion they think they may have sort of found that or, autism is, is, genetically, genetically based?
Well again, most diseases have a genetic component, and people, the scientists all over the world that are trying to uncover these disease caused in genes, for diseases, or conditions like autism, cancer, obesity 12.
Yeah.
adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的
- We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
- This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。
n.基因( gene的名词复数 )
- You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
adj.遗传的，遗传学的
- It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
- Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。
adv.遗传上
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
- Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的
- He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
- The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
v.施肥( fertilize的过去式和过去分词 )
- The study of psychology has recently been widely cross-fertilized by new discoveries in genetics. 心理学研究最近从遗传学的新发现中受益匪浅。
- Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar. 花常在蜜蜂采蜜时受粉。
n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的
- Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
- Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
n.倾向，习性( propensity的名词复数 )
- This paper regarded AFT as a criterion to estimate slagging propensities. 文中以灰熔点作为判断煤灰结渣倾向的标准。 来自互联网
- Our results demonstrate that different types of authoritarian regime face different propensities to develop toward democracy. 本文研究结果显示，不同的威权主义政体所面对的民主发展倾向是不同的。 来自互联网
n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿
- The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
- A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的
- She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
- We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。