B5U3ReadingThefutureisinourgenesLanguagepoints衡陽市第二十六中學Mrs.LeeGoodafternoon,ladiesandgentlemen.Thankyouallforcomingtothislecture.Overthecourseofmycareer,Ihaveseenmanywonderfulscientificdevelopments,butnoneareasgame-changingasgenomeediting.IamfullofexcitementaboutthepossibilitiesthisscientificadvancecanbringandIhopetosharemyexcitementwithyoutoday.that

譯文：女士們，先生們，下午好！謝謝大家來聽這個講座。在我的職業生涯中，我見證了許多了不起的科學發展，但沒有一個能像基因組編輯那樣具有顛覆性。我對這一科學進步能帶來的可能性感到萬分激動，我希望今天能與你們分享我激動的心情。職業生涯as…as…結構定語從句Racewalkingdoesnotpoundthebodyasmuchasrunningdoes.Asmanyofyoumayalreadyknow,genesplayacriticalroleinshapingourlives.Everythingfromthecolorofoureyestoourtalentformathsdependsongenes.Thecompletesetofgenesinsideacelloralivingbeingiscalledagenome.Ourownpersonalgenomecarriesalltheinformationneededtomakeusgrowanddevelop.Italsocontainsinformationthathelpsdetermineourlifespanandaffectsourchancesofcontractingcertaindiseases.Somepeople,forexample,carryagenethatmakesthemmorelikelytocatchacertainvirusordevelopaparticularformofcancer.起至關重要作用譯文：你們可能已經知道，基因在塑造我們的人生方面起著至關重要作用。從眼睛的顏色到我們的數學天賦，一切都取決于基因。基因組是指一個細胞或生物體內的一整套基因。我們的個人基因組攜帶著我們成長和發展所需的所有信息。它（基因組）還包含其他信息，這些信息有助于決定我們壽命的長短并影響我們患某些疾病的概率。例如，有些人攜帶著一種讓他們更有可能感染某種病毒或患上某種癌癥的基因。后置定語affectvt.短語變形affectsb./sth.beaffectedby…受……影響affection

n.喜愛；感情；影響haveagreataffectionfor…非常喜歡…gain/winsb’saffections得到某人的愛effect

n.effectiveadj.（2020江蘇）Athletesadscientistshavelongknownthatmealtiming_______(affect)performance.affectsGeneticistshavebeentryingtoidentifywhichgenesrelatetowhichdiseases,astheybelievegenomeeditingisaneffectivemeansofdiseasetreatmentandprevention.Itallowsgeneticiststomakechangestothegenomebycorrecting,adding,deletingorreplacingspecificpartsofthegeneticmaterial.Inthenearfuture,geneticistshopeto

applythistechnologytotreatawiderangeofhealthproblems.Soonwemaybeabletousesuchtreatmentstorestoreablindperson’svisionorgivesomeonewhowasborndeafanexcellentsenseofhearing.Ultimately,thisnewtechnologymightevenmakeitpossibletopreventdiseasesfromeverdevelopingbycorrectingabnormalgenesearlyon.Genomeediting,servingasanewweaponinthefightagainstdiseases,willleadtoafundamentalchangeinourapproachtohealthcare.因為Sherelatesherchildhoodexperiencesinthefirstchapters.Weseektoimproverelationsbetweenourtwocountries.Shemadearesolutiontovisitherrelativesmoreoften.Economicreformhasbroughtrelativewealthtopeasantfarmars.(v.描述）(n.關系）(n.親戚）(adj.相對的）運用eventually/finallyfeel/think/believe/find/consider+it+adj./n.todosth.早期基本的；十分重要的后置定語方式identifyvt.短語變形identify…as…認出……是…identifywith…認同……;與……有同感/產

生共鳴identify…by…根據/憑借……辨認出……identification

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鑒定；身份證明identificationcard身份證identity

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同一性；一致identical

adj.完全同樣的beidenticalto……和……一樣的beidenticalin在……方面一樣meansn.短語變形byallmeans盡一切辦法bymeansof借助……手段bynomeans/notbyanymeans決不by

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means用這種方法meantodosth.打算做某事meandoingsth.意味著做某事單復同形譯文：遺傳學家一直試圖找出哪些基因與哪些疾病有關，因為他們認為基因組編輯是治療和預防疾病的一種有效手段?；蚪M編輯允許遺傳學家對基因組進行修改、糾正、增加、刪除或替換遺傳物質的特定部分。在不久的將來，遺傳學家希望將這項技術應用于治療各種各樣的健康問題中。也許我們很快就能利用這些方法來恢復盲人的視力，或者讓先天性耳聾的人擁有敏銳的聽力。最終，這項新技術甚至可能異?；騺眍A防患病。基因組編輯作為對抗疾病的新武器，將給我們的醫療保健手段帶來重大變革。Asthetechnologycontinuestodevelopatafastpace,however,questionsariseabouthowtouseitappropriately.Shouldwerestrictouruseofthistechnologytothetreatmentandpreventionofdiseases?Shouldweprohibitgeneticistsfromusingittoenhancehealthybodies?Onedaysoonwewillbeabletousegenomeeditingtoincreasethehumanresistancetocoldsandflus,tomakepeopletaller,tohelptheirmusclesdevelopfaster,tosharpenalloftheirsensesortomakethemmoreintelligent.Wewillalsobeabletoselectspecificcharacteristicsforchildrenbeforetheyareborn,creatingwhatsomehavecalled“designerbabies”.However,isthisagoodthing?Whatconsequencesmightithave?Philosophers,geneticistsandgovernmentofficialshaveallstartedtowrestlewithsuchmoralissues.Wehavetofigureouthowtokeepthetechnologyfromrunningwild.Thismeansputtingappropriatecontrolsinplacetomakesurethatgenomeeditingwillworktoouradvantage.Withoutthem,genomeeditingcouldbeasdangerousasacaroutofcontrol.迅猛地arise-arose-arisenarisefrom…（由……）引起resistdoingsth.結果狀語努力解決、全力對付解決落實到位identifyvt.短語變形restrictsb./oneselfto…限制/約束/管束自己restricted

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（大小或數量）有限制的，

受限制的berestrictedto限于restriction

n.限制prohibit(one’s)doingsth.使（某人）不能做某事prohibitdoingsth.禁止做某事Prohibition

n.禁止做某事discouragebanpreventforbidkeepstopsb.fromdoingsth.Without虛擬語氣Withoutelectricity,humanlifewouldbequitedifferent.Withoutyouradvice,Iwouldhavefailed.Withoutsth.主語+would/could/might/should+