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1、Tocloneornottoclone,isthatthequestion?AnAmericanbiotechcompanyhasclaimedthatithascreatedthefirsthumanembryos（胚月台）everproducedbycloning,provokingastormofcriticismandreigniting（再点燃，重新激起）theethical（伦理的）debateaboutthepromisesanddangersofbiology'smostcontroversialnew
2、technologyADVANCEDCELLTECHNOLOGYmaybeasmall,privatelyfinancedcompanythatfewoutsidetherarefied（纯净的，稀薄的）worldofbiotechnology,andnotmanywithinit,haveeverheardof.Butwhateverelsethatcanbesaidaboutthefirm,itsmanagerscertainlyknowhowtomakeasplash（发出溅泼声）•OnNovember25th,
3、thecompanyclaimedtohavecreatedthefirstclonedhumanembryos,andmadetheannouncementwithalltheskillofaHollywoodpublicist（时事评论员；新闻发布官员）.ItpublisheditsresultsnotinamajorscientificjournalsuchasNatureorScience,butinanobscureonlinejournalcallede-biomed:TheJournalofRegener
4、ativeMedicine,whichmanyleadingmedicalscientistsdon'tread.Tomakesurethatthewiderworldpaidattention,thethreescientistsbehindtheexperimentswroteadramaticfirst-personaccountoftheirresearchforScientificAmerican,apopularjournalforlay（夕卜彳亍）readers,andtheyseemtohavegive
5、nathoroughadvancedbriefingtoUSNews&WorldReport,amass-marketnewsmagazine,whichportrayedthethreeasintrepid（勇猛无畏白勺）pioneers,andevendescribedoneofthem,RobertLanza,“asthelivingembodimentofthecharacterplayedbyMattDamoninthemovieGoodWillHunting,Notjustscientificpioneer
6、s;Hollywoodheart-throbs（心跳，情人）toboot.Despiteallthis,theannouncementimmediatelyprovokedastormofprotest.PresidentGeorgeBushdeclaredthat"theuseofembryostocloneiswrong.Weshouldnotasasocietygrowlifetodestroyit.Andthat'sexactlywhafstakingplace.”TheVatican（梵蒂冈，罗马教廷）joi
7、nedin,sayingthatthefirm'sannouncement"calledforunequivocal（明确的，不含糊的）condemnation^.TheEuropeanCommissionsaidthatitwouldneverfinanceanysimilarprojects.“Noteverythingscientificallypossibleandtechnologicallyfeasibleisnecessarilydesirableoradmissible厂observedPhilippe
8、Busquin,thecommissionerforresearch.Thefirm5sexperiments,declaredJorg-DietrichHoppe,thepresidentoftheAssociationofGermanDoctors,were"unethicalandtestifytoahorrifyingly
