新编大学英语第二版第三册第8单元课外课文翻译1（The second edition of the new college English second edition, unit 8）.docVIP

新编大学英语第二版第三册第8单元课外课文翻译1（The second edition of the new college English second edition, unit 8） The second edition of the second edition of the new college English Unit 8: text translation Compiled: zhejiang university Publishing house: foreign language teaching and research press Genes, environment and twins Which of the genetic and environmental influences is greater? To some extent, the potential of a persons life will determine his lifes work. So heredity is destiny, is destiny. However, genes do not play a role in a vacuum; Once we begin to recognize the role that genes play in personal development, we will understand that there can be no personal development without the interaction with the environment. None of these features are entirely caused by the environment or by genes. The mutual influence of heredity and environment is most observed among identical twins. Most identical twins are raised together, and are strikingly similar in appearance and behavior. These examples show that individuals with the same genes will respond to the environment in almost the same way if they are raised in the same environment. But these examples do not explain what happens when these identical twins are raised separately. A number of studies have been conducted on identical twins raised separately. The twins studied were all living in the United States, growing in almost the same natural environment and had almost the same nutritional history. Thus, as expected, they are remarkably similar in appearance, height and weight. But there are exceptions: one twin has a rather serious illness and the other is not. But in general, identical twins who are identical to identical twins, even from infants, are so similar psychologically and physically that they leave a deep impression on everyone. In 19 separation from the birth of twins in the study, the researchers found that roughly two-thirds of the difference between the twins like twins grow up together and the difference between is