文档介绍：Unit8 SECTION A
Legal and Moral Implications of Cloning
Warming-up
It is not mon sheep but a cloned sheep.
How
Cloning
It refers to the process of making a ically anism through nonsexual ivolves nucleus transfer between take the nucleus of one cell from a DNA donr and transplant it into an egg whose own nucleus has been removed.
Text Understanding
Legal and Moral Implications of Cloning
Para1 At first it was just plain surprising. Word that scientists eeded in cloning an adult mammal—an achievement long thought impossible—caught the imagination of everyone. The laboratory process that produced Dolly, an unremarkable-looking sheep, theoretically would work for humans as well. A world with human clones was suddenly within reach. It was science ing to life.
Word Using
n. (1)含义,暗示(2)牵连,卷入,涉及(3)可能的影响(后果)
Something that is suggested
Translation
I resent your implication that my work is not satisfactory.
Key
我讨厌别人暗示我,说我的工作做的不好。
n. (1)小说(2)虚构,想象
fiction[总称]小说(1)novel长篇小说(2)short story短篇小说
history 历史 legend 传记
Translation
Taking Dream of the Red Mansions as a history book is an important visual angle in reading fiction.
Key
把《红楼梦》当历史读,这是读小说的一个重要的视角。
难句解释
Word that scientists eeded in cloning an adult mammal—an achievement long thought impossible—caught the imagination of everyone.
译文:有消息说,科学家们已经成功地克隆了一只成年哺乳动物,而这项成就长期以来一直被认为是不可能的。这一传闻引发了每个人的想象。
注释:1)句中的主要成分为word...caught the imagination of...。that从句是同位语从句解释word的内容;word作不可数名词时表示“消息,命令”。
eg:mander gave the word to 。
2)eed in (doing)
Para2 In the wake of this announcement, governments hurried to draft guidelines for the unknown, a future filled with incredible possibilities. President Clinton ordered a mission to study the legal and moral implications of cloning. Leaders in Europe, where most nations already prohibit human cloning, began examining the moral implications of cloning other species.
n. (1)草图,草稿,草案(2)提(款),汇票(3)征兵