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for environmental protection. 在導(dǎo)致數(shù)百人死亡的污染事件發(fā)生之后,政府開(kāi)始起草環(huán)境保護(hù)指導(dǎo)方針。 5. As the author of this article warns us, human cloning might be something that makes people sadder rather than happier. 正如這篇文章的作者所警告的,克隆人類可能是一件使人更加悲傷而非更加高興的事。6. In some Western countries there are parents who are ready to clone children with nonfatal transplants in mind. 在一些西方國(guó)家,有些父母準(zhǔn)備克隆孩子,目的是進(jìn)行非致命器官的移植。 選詞填空:You have probably heard of Dolly. She is the world39。s first cloned sheep and quite famous. You would never know that she was such a famous animal just by looking at her, though. She39。s about as unremarkablelooking as any sheep there ever was, mented one scientist who tends to the famous sheep. Now that Dolly has successfully been cloned, there are many scientists observing her every movement. Their hope is that they never detect anything remarkable with Dolly. One of the scientists humorously remarked, It39。s quite a(n) boring job always sitting around hoping nothing will actually happen. But that39。s what they have essentially done. They hope that any differences between Dolly and the sheep she was copied from are so minor that they go unnoticed. We don39。t want Dolly to live longer or jump higher. Some say that we are deliberately trying to create animals with remarkable qualities. This is not true. We simply are showing that we can make a(n) identical copy of the original safely and that the sheep is normal. Despite the protests of the scientists working on the project, the debate over whether cloning is safe goes on. The US congress organized a national mission to study the legal and moral implications of cloning. Many would like to abolish all research on cloning. And while everyone argues, the scientists are simply continuing to watch Dolly.Unit 9Section A afterwards, Donald received a(n) invitation in the mail to speak at a scientific conference.2. See to it that the safety regulations are enforced strictly. melting of the polar icecaps and the ensuing rise in the sea level are only the most monly cited effects of climate change.4. He was always awkward in the pany of women , especially girls.5. Moreover, she doesn’t want to leave her home, a nice little house that she inherited from her parents.6. He proposed a peaceful settlement of the dispute between the two countries.7. A research team has found that increased exposure to sunlight may decrease the risk of breast cancer.8. There must be a legally valid contract of employment between the private corporation and the staff members.9. All descriptions and information on hotels and guest houses in this advertisement should be verified as we have never seen them before.10. Your dislike of it is hardly a(n) justification to attack the whole thing.漢譯英:1. 昨天傳來(lái)消息說(shuō),他們?cè)谠噲D登上峰頂時(shí)遇難了。(while + Ving) Word came yesterday that they were killed while trying to reach the summit. 2. 我絕不會(huì)向任何人提起我曾拒絕她的邀請(qǐng),沒(méi)有去參加她的婚禮。 Under no circumstances shall I mention to anyone that I have turned down the invitation to her wedding. 3. 總裁夫人威脅要公開(kāi)揭發(fā)丈夫,這件事成了頭條新聞。 It made the headlines that the president39。s wife threatened her husband with public exposure. 4. 那位富有的女士再三要求簽訂婚前協(xié)議,令其未婚夫自尊心大受傷害,結(jié)果以拒婚告終。 That wealthy lady39。s repeated demand for a premarital agreement greatly harmed her prospective husband39。s selfesteem and ended up in his refusal to get married. 5. 確實(shí)有些婦女堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為,在丈夫掙的錢不如她們期待的那么高的情況下,她們有權(quán)要求離婚。 Make no mistake about it, some women would insist on the right to get a divorce if their husbands did not earn as much as they expected. 6. 偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)的指紋有助于弄清他一直在調(diào)查的兇殺案。 The casual discovery of the fingerprint shed some light on the murder he had been looking into. 英譯漢:1. Too many people nowadays seem to eat while watching television, hardly noticing what or how much they are eating. 現(xiàn)如今太多的人似乎都是邊看電視邊吃東西,幾乎沒(méi)注意自己吃的是什么、吃了多少。 2. Never did I expect to find you in such fortable circumstances without my pany. 我怎么也沒(méi)有料到?jīng)]有我你會(huì)生活得這么愜意。 3. He got the money dishonestly by forging his brother39。s signature on a check, which was later exposed by the media. 他在支票上偽造他哥哥的簽名,以不正當(dāng)手段得到了這筆錢,這件事后來(lái)被媒體曝了光。4. He cited a classic example to show that the police officer shot the man in selfdefense because the man had shot at him first. 他舉了個(gè)典型的例子來(lái)說(shuō)明警官是出于自衛(wèi)朝那人開(kāi)的槍,因?yàn)槟侨讼瘸_(kāi)槍。 5. Experts generally agree that diet has an important bearing on one39。s health. 專家普遍認(rèn)為飲食對(duì)人的健康有很重要的影響。6. There are few cases of prenuptial agreements in China, which indicates that prenups haven39。t gained in acceptance even though when divorce occurs the division of financial assets will be involved. 在中國(guó)婚前協(xié)議的例子不多,這說(shuō)明婚前協(xié)議尚不為眾人接受,盡管離婚會(huì)涉及財(cái)產(chǎn)分配問(wèn)題。 選詞填空:My friend, Anna, said to me before I married Mike, He39。s fine now, but wait until after you39。ve married him. She thought that her own experience with marriage was applicable to mine. Without even being asked, she cited all of the problems she39。s had with her husband. The disputes ranged from him not sharing responsibility for household tasks to how often he went out at night. And every time, Anna plained, her husband would find justification for what he did. If I were you, she advised, I39。d get everything documented in writing. If there is something desirable about him now, make sure you get an agreement from him that he will continue it after you are married. I tried to dispose (處理掉,丟掉)of her advice saying that I thought Mike and I could handle it without such an agreement. She just dismissed (駁回)what I had to say with laughter. You can39。t believe him just because what he said. Once you marry him, he39。ll think he owns you, and everything will change, she said.I tried to ignore her advice, but the next day I changed my mind and talked to Mike. Mike, I said, I39。m not going to marry you unless you promise to always stay the same.He replied, You39。ve