英语新闻听写 我国政府下令暂停婴儿基因编辑

Reuters reports The Chinese government on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to research activities for people involve in the editing human genes¹, after a Chinese scientist said he had edited the genes of twin babies.

据路透社报道，一名中国科学家声称他编辑了一对双胞胎的基因之后，中国政府周四下令暂时停止人们参与编辑人类基因的研究活动。

Scientist He Jiankui said this week that he used a gene-editing technology to alter the embryonic² genes of the twin girls born this month.

科学家贺建奎本周表示，他使用基因编辑技术改变了本月出生的双胞胎女孩的胚胎基因。

He's announcement, which has not been verified, sparked an international outcry about the ethics³ and safety of such research.

他的声明虽然尚未得到证实，但是引发了国际社会对此类研究的道德和安全的强烈抗议。

1 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

2 embryonic   

adj.胚胎的

参考例句：

• It is still in an embryonic stage.它还处于萌芽阶段。
• The plan,as yet,only exists in embryonic form.这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。

3 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。