【正文】 se. Fromeveryday germs to gang violence, no life is free of pain. Physicians hoping torelieve the eternal suffering of these tragedies have only three choices: 1)create an animal model of the problem to understand the process and test newtherapies。新視野三版 讀寫(xiě) B2 U8 Text AAnimals or children? — A scientist39。s choice1 I am the enemy! I am one of those cursed, cruel physician scientists involvedin animal research. These rumors sting, for I have never thought of myself asan evil person. I became a children39。 2) experiment on human beings (some experiments wil succeed,most wil fail)。schild die has bee a rare experience. Yet our good fortune should not makeus unappreciative. Protection from serious sickness and drugs to bat heart*disease, high blood pressure and stroke are al based on animalresearch. Most plex surgical procedures such as heart or hip surgery andorgantransplantationsurgerieswereinitial ydevelopedinanimals. Techniques to replace defective genes, the cause of so muchdisease, as wel as the development of synthetic organs are presentlyundergoing animal studies. These studies, and any subsequent advances, wileffectively end if animal research is severely restricted.8 In America today, death has bee an event isolated from our dailyexistence. As a doctor who has watched many children die and seen theirparents39。 needs and the need to search harder for suitablealternatives. But if the more radical members of this movement are successfulin threatening further research, their efforts wil bring about a tragedy that wilcost many lives. Hence the real question is whether an uncaring majority canbe aroused to protect its future against a loud, but misdirected, minority.Language Points：1 Animals or children? — A scientist’s choice (Title)Meaning: A scientist is now facing two choices: in favor of animals or children.2 I am the enemy! I am one of those cursed, cruel physician scientists involved inanimal research. These rumors sting, for I have never thought of myself as an evilperson. (Para. 1)Meaning: I am the enemy–the one who is condemned as a coldhearted physicianscientist doing animal research. These rumors make me upset as I39。它們都沒(méi)有比較級(jí)，也沒(méi)有最高級(jí)， 但它們的詞義和用法稍有差別。例如：The Supreme Commander was in bad temper as the task for him had changed abruptly*and fundamental y. 最高指揮官很生氣，因?yàn)樗娜蝿?wù)突然徹底地改變了。例如：*A few years ago it was virtually impossible to find superior quality coffee in local shops. 幾年前, 幾乎不可能在當(dāng)?shù)氐目Х鹊暾业狡焚|(zhì)上乘的咖啡。例如：*For all babies, breastfeeding is far superior to bottlefeeding. 對(duì)于所有的嬰兒，母乳喂養(yǎng)都遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)優(yōu)于奶瓶喂養(yǎng)。**superior 也可以用作名詞，指“上級(jí)；上司；長(zhǎng)官”，其反義詞為 inferior。3 super 表示“極好的；了不起的”，能兼用作副詞表示“極其；非?！?。Lee is very straightforward, super honest and he always knows what he is talking about.李非常直爽，且超級(jí)誠(chéng)實(shí)，他總是知道自己在說(shuō)什么?！?4 superb 的詞義與 super 相同，表示“極好的；出色的；卓越的”，superb 在句中不僅可以作定語(yǔ)，也可以作表語(yǔ)，其副詞是 superbly。*I am highly aware of the superb reputation of your school. 我非常了解你們學(xué)校極佳的聲譽(yù)。9 We have persisted in our belief that acknowledgeable public would consent to theimportance of animal research for public health. Perhaps we have been mistaken innot responding to the emotional tone of the argument. (Para. 3)Meaning: We have believed firmly that knowledgeable people would agree how importantanimal research is for public health. Maybe, we have been wrong in not reacting to theanimal rights activists’ emotional expressions.Meaning beyond words: The implied meaning is that they, the animal researchers, havemade mistakes in believing the public and dealing with animal rights activists.Usage note: consent, approve, agreeconsent, approve, agree 是一組近義詞， 這些詞均含“同意；贊同”之意， 但在含義和用法上有區(qū)別。常見(jiàn)結(jié)構(gòu)有consent to sth., consent to sb.’s doing sth., consent to do sth.。The owner wouldn’t consent to our making any structural changes in the flat while we live*in it. 在我們居住期間，房主不會(huì)同意我們對(duì)公寓作任何結(jié)構(gòu)上的變動(dòng)。*2 approve 在表示“對(duì)所呈報(bào)的建議、計(jì)劃或做法作正式或者官方的批準(zhǔn)、認(rèn)可”時(shí)，用作及物動(dòng)詞, 后直接接賓語(yǔ)。*approve 在表示“贊成；同意；贊許”時(shí), 用作不及物動(dòng)詞，常與 of 連用。s parents now approved of her marriage. 凱瑟琳的父母現(xiàn)在同意了她的婚姻。3 agree 在表示“同意；贊成”時(shí)，指對(duì)某事與他人有相同的見(jiàn)解和看法, 可用作及物動(dòng)詞和不及物動(dòng)詞。例如：*I agree that your plan is better. 我同意，你的計(jì)劃更好。*agree to 意為“同意”，接名詞或接不定式表示“同意（去做）某事”。*agree with 意為“與…一致；同意；對(duì)…贊同”。*agree on/upon/about 意為“就…達(dá)成協(xié)議；在…上意見(jiàn)一致”，賓語(yǔ)常為共同支持或取得一致意見(jiàn)的事物。10 Perhaps we should have responded to those sad slogans and posters of animalsby waving equally sad posters of children dying of cancer or external wounds.(Para. 3)Meaning: Perhaps we should have responded to those sad slogans and posters ofanimals in a titfortat way: showing the posters of children dying of cancer or externalwounds.11 In the animal rights forum, much is made of the volume of pain these animalsexperience in the name of medical science. Activists deny that we are trying to helpand say it is evidence of our evil and