熟读短文40篇，牢记高考单词3700个----第37篇

37.Be Careful about Cloning

谨慎对待克隆
After a series of initial experiments and corrections, the scientist’s hard work paid off
when the twin clone turkeys were hatched with normal feather and claws. This
breakthrough possibly enabled people to bring their adored pets back to life.
However, it bothered him from time to time that their health was in poor condition
because they were unable to resist illnesses. This drawback cast him down. Merely 2
weeks later, the clones and their carrier died, which struck frustration into his heart. He
retired before he attained his ambition and became a member of an opera chorus to
relieve his depression.

Shortly afterwards, the media published a conservative argument objecting to cloning
owing to moral problems, and suggested the constitution include compulsory regulations
to forbid obtaining commercial profits from cloning.
When interviewed, the scientist stared at the decorations on the ceiling, thinking for a
while, and then said, “I’m not in favour of any arbitrary assumption, but undertaking
cloning does differ from the straightforward procedure of making loafs out of
flour. Until we accumulate enough exact knowledge, any practice is in vain and
is bound to fail. Altogether, being more careful is reasonable or we may walk
into a side road.”
在最初一系列的实验和修正之后，科学家的辛苦工作终于取得了成功，一对双生的克隆
火鸡孵化出来，羽毛和爪子都很正常。这一突破或许能让人们使他们喜爱的宠物死而复生。
然而，使他不时地烦恼的是，因为它们无法抵抗疾病，使得它们的健康状况极差。这个缺点
让他很沮丧。仅仅过了2个星期，克隆体和母体都死亡了，这使他内心里充满了挫折，他也
因此在达到自己目标前就退休了，并选择加入歌剧合唱团来减轻消沉的感觉。