译林版牛津高中英语(必修5):Unit3 Science and nature-Reading(2)

Even though human cloning is causing a lot of anxiety, it is good news for Faye Wilson, a 41-year-old saleswoman who cannot have a baby.

即使这样，克隆还是激起了人类渴望，它对无法生育的41岁的女售货员Faye Wilson是个好消息。

'I am axious to have a child of my own,' she says.

“我渴望有一个自己的孩子，”她说，

'I don't want to adopt someone else's child—If I had the chance, I would have a cloned baby right now.'

“我不想领养别人的孩子—如果我有这个机会，我会立即要一个克隆婴儿。”

While cloning human embryos¹ is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to produce a cloned human baby.

尽管克隆人类胚胎在很多国家还不合法，但一些科学家正在加紧研究，以制造出克隆的人类婴儿。

Severino Antinori, an Italian physician, has declared that he wants to be the first to clone a human being.

Severino Antinori，意大利的一名内科医生，已经宣布他想成为克隆人类的第一人。

In China, scientists have focused their efforts on cloning animals, as well as cloned tissues² to be used in medical treatment.

在中国，科学家已经集中全力克隆动物以及用于医疗的组织。

China has succeeded in producing clones of cows and goats, and continues to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.

中国已经成功地克隆了牛、羊，并且继续研究克隆，造福人类。

1 embryos   

n.晶胚；胚，胚胎( embryo的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Somatic cells of angiosperms enter a regenerative phase and behave like embryos. 被子植物体细胞进入一个生殖阶段，而且其行为象胚。 来自辞典例句
• Evolution can explain why human embryos look like gilled fishes. 进化论能够解释为什么人类的胚胎看起来象除去了内脏的鱼一样。 来自辞典例句

2 tissues   

n.组织( tissue的名词复数 )；薄纸；棉纸；一套

参考例句：

• The teacher showed the students the pictures of brain tissues. 老师给学生们看脑组织的图片。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Give some face tissues to me. 给我些面巾纸。 来自《简明英汉词典》