高考英语《流行话题 语境识词4500》Unit 74　Will We Follow Dolly, the Sheep素材.doc

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1、高考英语《流行话题语境识词4500》Unit74　WillWeFollowDolly,theSheep素材Unit74　　WillWeFollowDolly,theSheep?　　HearingScottishscientists'successincloningasheepfromasingleadultcell,theworldconestoanunsettlingrealization:thescienceistheeasypart.it'snotthatthebreakthroughwasnotdecadesinthemaking.It'sthaton

2、ceyoufiguredouthowtotransferthegenesfromanadultcellintoalivingovumandkeepthefragileembryoalivethroughoutgestation--mostofyourbasicbiologicalworkwasfinished.Thesocialandphilosophicaltremorsittriggers,however,havemerelybegun.Howwillthenewtechnologyberegulated?Whatdoesthesuddenabilityt

3、omakecarboncopiesofourselvessayabouttheconceptofindividuality?Oristheresomethingabouttheindividualthatislostwhenthemysticalactofconceivingapersonbecomesstandardizedintoamereactofphotocopyingone?　　Ofallthereasonsforusingthenewtechnology,pureegoraisesthemosthackles.ThePharaohsbuiltthe

4、irpyramids,theEmperorsbuiltRome,andNapoleonbuilthisArcdeTriomphe--all,atleastinpart,tomakethepermanenceofstonecompensatefortheimpermanenceoftheflesh.Butbigbuildingsandbigtombswouldbeapoorsecondchoiceifthefleshcouldbemadetogoonforever.Nowitappears,itcan.However,it'sonethingtowanttobe

5、rememberedafteryouaregone;it'squiteanothertomanufacturealivingmonumenttoensurethatyouare.Someobserversclaimtobeshockedthatanyonewouldcontemplatesuchathing.Butthat'snaive.It'sobviousthatalotofpeoplewouldbeeagertoclonethemselves.Especiallythosewhothinktheworldcouldusemoreofthem;people

6、whoaresoarrogantthattheyhavenoqualmsaboutbestowingtheirinnerlifeonadozenmembersofthenextgenerations;people,inshort,withhighself-esteem.It'sahorriblecrimetomakeaXeroxofsomeone.Itamountstoputtingahumanintoageneticstraitjacket.　　Moreacceptablethantheegocloneisthemedicalclone,ababycreat

7、edtoprovidetransplantmaterialfortheoriginal.Nobodyadvocatesharvestingaone-of-a-kindorganlikeaheartfromthenewchild--anactthatwouldamounttocreatingtheclonejusttokillit.Butit'shardtoargueagainsttheideaofafamily'slovingchildsomuchthatitwillhappilyraiseanother,identicalchildsooneofitskid

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