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Unit 2 Food Fight Around the world people are taking a closer look at the genetic make-up of what theyre eating - and growing uneasy with what they see. Over the past decade, genetically modified (GM) food has become an increasingly common phenomenon as scientists have rewoven the genes of countless fruits and vegetables, turning everyday crops into uber-crops (able to resist frost, withstand herbicides and even produce their own pesticides.) In all, more than 4 500 GM plants have been tested, and at least 40 - including 13 varieties of corn, 11 varieties of tomatoes and four varieties of soybeans - have cleared government reviews. 1.全世界的人民都在密切地注视他们食品中的基因构成—并越发地为他们所看到的一切感到不安。在过去的十年里，随着科学家们将无数的水果和蔬菜的基因重组，使平常的农作物变成了能抵抗霜冻、经得起除草剂甚至能生产自己的杀虫剂的超级作物，基因改良食品已日益成为普遍现象。就总数而言，超过4，500种的基因改良植物已经过测试，其中至少有40种——包括13种玉米，11种西红柿和4种大豆——已经通过了政府的审核。 But one countrys moratorium is another countrys protectionism, and the U.S. is suspicious of Europes action. Tension between the U.S. and the E. U. was already running high recently after Europe decided to continue a ban on hormone-raised U.S. beef and the U.S. hit back with a100% tariff on some E. U. food exports. Coming in the midst of such a catfight, the GM ban looks like vengeance as much as prudence. Whats more, if Europe is so worried about GM products, why is it growing them? France produces its own small crop of GM corn and uses more of the stuff than any other country in Europe. 2.但是，一个国家的禁令对另一国家而言就是一种贸易保护主义，美国已在怀疑欧洲的举动。自从欧洲决定继续禁止进口荷尔蒙饲养的美国牛肉(含有荷尔蒙的牛肉; 使用荷尔蒙添加剂饲养的牛肉)，而美国又通过对欧洲出口的食品征收100%的关税作为反击，欧美之间的关系近来变得越发紧张。在这种激烈的争斗中，转基因禁令与其说是审慎，不如说是报复。此外，假如欧洲如此担忧转基因食品的话，为什么还要生产它们呢？法国生产了自己的小型转基因玉米，而且使用得比其它欧洲国家更多。 B.1.不管你是否已做好准备，世界正在迈进遗传工程时代。经过改变的环境和人工创造的生命形式将成为新时代的一部分。植物可能被改造成生产塑料、药品或香水的微型工厂。动物体内可能被植入人类的基因使其机体组织与人类相容，从而可以将动物心脏和其他器官移植给生命垂危的病人。 Ready or not, the world is entering the age of genetic engineering. Altered environments and human-created life forms will be part of this new age. Plants may be transformed into miniature factories produc