TED演讲:个体DNA检测的时代来了(7)

 I know families who are already living in this reality. 我知道这在有些家庭中已经实现了。

The Daniels family, for example, set up a DNA¹ lab in the basement of their suburban² Chicago home. 例如丹尼尔斯一家，在芝加哥郊区的家庭地下室建立了一个DNA实验室。

This is not a family made of PhD scientists. This is a family like any other. 这不是一个由博士科学家组成的家庭。这只是一个再普通不过的家庭。

They just like to spend time together doing fun, creative things. 他们只是喜欢花时间在一起做有趣的、有创造性的事情。

By day, Brian is an executive at a private equity³ firm. 白天，布莱恩是私人股票基金公司的一个经理。

At night and on weekends, he experiments with DNA alongside his kids, ages seven and nine, as a way to explore the living world. 晚上和周末，他和7岁和9岁的孩子一起，进行他们的DNA实验，把这视为一种探索世界的方式。

Last time I called them, they were checking out homegrown produce from the backyard garden. 上次我打电话给他们的时候，他们检查了后院花园里自家种植的农产品。

They were testing tomatoes that they had picked, taking the flesh of their skin, putting it in a test tube, 他们测试了采摘的西红柿，提取它们表皮上的果肉，放进试管中，

mixing it with chemicals to extract DNA and then using their home DNA copier to test those tomatoes for genetically⁵ engineered traits. 用化学药剂混合提取DNA，然后使用他们自家的DNA复印机来测试那些西红柿的转基因性状。

For the Daniels family, the personal DNA machine is like the chemistry set for the 21st century. 对于丹尼尔斯一家来说，个人DNA检测器就像针对21世纪设计的化学实验。

Most of us may not yet be diagnosing genetic⁴ conditions in our kitchen sinks or doing at-home paternity testing. 我们大多数人可能还没有在自家厨房的水槽中做过任何基因检测，或者家庭亲子鉴定测试。

1 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

2 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

3 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

4 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

5 genetically   

adv.遗传上

参考例句：

• All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
• Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物