2013年ESL之餐饮娱乐 02 Eating Genetically Modified Foods
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：2013年ESL之餐饮娱乐
Eating Genetically 2 Modified Foods
Ralph: What’s that?
Nicky: It’s a bigger and better tomato. It’s been genetically modified.
Ralph: You’re not going to eat that, are you?
Nicky: Of course I am. I’m making a salad. Want one?
Ralph: No way. I don’t want to eat something that’s been genetically engineered in a laboratory. Who knows what kind of strange DNA 3 it has.
Nicky: It’s perfectly 4 safe. It’s been modified to grow faster, have more nutrients 5, and be resistant 6 to disease and pests.
Ralph: And it may contain strange mutations as part of its genetic 1 makeup 7 that they didn’t tell you about. I really wouldn’t eat that if I were you.
Nicky: Where did you get this aversion to genetically modified foods? Scientists and farmers have always used selective breeding with animals and crops to bring you bigger and better food. This is nothing different.
Ralph: Of course it is. And just because it’s bigger, doesn’t mean it’s better. I’ll eat food that’s been modified by the only person I trust.
Nicky: Who’s that?
Ralph: Mother Nature!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- 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。
- 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
- DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
- a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
- Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》