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1、Recently,adebateaboutgeneticallymodifiedfoodsbetweenFangZhouziandCuiYongyuanhasattractedmanypeople’seyes.Fangappealedtopeopletocomeandenjoygeneticallymodifiedfoodsatmicro-bloggingwhichhethoughtisnoharmtowardshuman.Ofcourse,thisisnotonlyhisidea.Itrepresentspartofhuma
2、nwhohavegreatconfidenceanddeterminationtomakeGMfoodbecomepopular.Meanwhile,Cui’squestionrepresentstheworryandanxietyofthegeneralpubliconGM,becausenoonecanguaranteewhatwillhappenifpeopleeatgeneticallymodifiedfoodsforalongtime.SuchdebatehasbothbeeninChinaandinternatio
3、nal.Thistime,thetwocelebritiesputthisissueinfrontofpeopleagain,Ithinkwehavetogetmoreknowledgeaboutit.Firstly,geneticallymodified(gm)referstotheartificialseparation(人工分离)andmodifiedgenes（修饰过的基因）importedintothepurposeofthegenomeoftheorganism,soastoachievethepurposeoft
4、hemodifiedorganisms.Geneticallymodified(gm)isgenerallydonebysexualreproduction.Peopleoftensay"geneticengineering","geneticengineering"（基因工程）,"genetictransformation"（遗传转化）aresynonymouswithgeneticallymodified(gm).Andthenthegeneticallymodifiedfoodsareproducedinsuchway.
5、Thenlet’slookbacktothehistory.Intheearly1990s,thefirstgeneticallymodifiedfoodswasproducedintheUnitedStatesthatwasafreshtomato.Sincethengeneticallymodifiedfoodsbecomemoreandmorepopular.InMarch2000,theclonedpigswereborn.Followed,whethertoeatgeneticallymodifiedfoodbeco
6、mesadebatebothinEuropeandAmerica.Accordingtothestatistics,theU.S.FoodandDrugAdministration(食品和药物管理局)hasidentified43kindsofgeneticallymodifiedvarietieswhichmakesTheUnitedStatesthelargestcountryingeneticallymodifiedfoods.InAmerica,60%oftheprocessedfoodscontaingenetica
7、llymodifiedingredients,including90%ofsoybean,50%ofcorn,andwheataretransgenic.Thereisnotmuchdifferencebetweengeneticallymodifiedfoodsandordinaryfood,butgeneticallymodifiedplantsandanimalshaveadistinctadvantage,suchlikehigh-yield(高产),insectresistance（抗虫）,anti-viral（抗病
8、毒）andanti-herbicide（抗除草剂）.WhatIhavetosayisthatwiththeapplicationoftransgenictechnologythefoodshortageproblemhasbeensolvedtosomeextent,theu
