2006年VOA标准英语-Senate Sends Bush Stem Cell Research Bill; Veto
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By Deborah Tate
Washington
19 July 2006
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The U.S. Senate has approved and sent to President Bush a bill that would allow federal funding of embryonic 1 stem cell research. The president opposes the measure on moral grounds, and is expected to veto it as early as Wednesday.
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The Senate passed the legislation on a 63 to 37 vote, with broad bipartisan support.
Supporters say such research is key to medical advances, and that only donated embryos 2 that would otherwise be thrown away would be used.
"There are some 400,000 frozen embryos, and the choice is discarding them or using them to save lives. Embryonic stem cells have the flexibility 3 for the potential of curing Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, heart disease and cancer," said Senator Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican.
But opponents, mostly those who make up the conservative base of the Republican party, argue such research amounts to taking human life because embryos are destroyed in the process.
Senator Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, wants donated embryos to be adopted by infertile 4 couples.
"We have a lot of frozen embryos and we are saying "let's make some utility out of them". Isn't that against human dignity to say 'let's research on this,' when this could be this child?," he said.
President Bush also opposes such research and says he will veto the measure. It would be his first veto since he came to the White House more than five years ago.
Supporters of the measure are urging the president to think twice before taking such action, noting that a majority of Americans support embryonic stem cell research.
"I would suggest to the President, do not kill this bill," said Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican.
Senator Specter noted 5 that Nancy Reagan, widow of former President Ronald Reagan, who died of Alzheimer's disease, has been seeking support for the legislation from fellow Republicans. He said she may try to dissuade 6 President Bush from using his veto.
Supporters of the bill in both the House of Representatives and the Senate acknowledge they do not have the two-thirds majority of their chambers 7 to override 8 a veto. The House passed the measure last year.
Members of the Republican majority in the Senate are concerned about the political impact a presidential veto could have on their reelection chances in November. So they offered two other stem-cell related bills that President Bush has signaled he could sign: one would encourage study on stem cells derived 9 from sources other than embryos and the other would ban the production of embryos solely 10 for stem cell harvest. The Senate passed both, and the House is expected to give swift approval before sending them to the president.
- It is still in an embryonic stage.它还处于萌芽阶段。
- The plan,as yet,only exists in embryonic form.这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。
- Somatic cells of angiosperms enter a regenerative phase and behave like embryos. 被子植物体细胞进入一个生殖阶段，而且其行为象胚。 来自辞典例句
- Evolution can explain why human embryos look like gilled fishes. 进化论能够解释为什么人类的胚胎看起来象除去了内脏的鱼一样。 来自辞典例句
- Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
- The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。
- Plants can't grow well in the infertile land.在贫瘠的土地上庄稼长不好。
- Nobody is willing to till this infertile land.这块薄田没有人愿意耕种。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- You'd better dissuade him from doing that.你最好劝阻他别那样干。
- I tried to dissuade her from investing her money in stocks and shares.我曾设法劝她不要投资于股票交易。
- The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
- The welfare of a child should always override the wishes of its parents.孩子的幸福安康应该永远比父母的愿望来得更重要。
- I'm applying in advance for the authority to override him.我提前申请当局对他进行否决。
- Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》