新科诺奖 Sir John Gurdon 中学老师评语.docVIP

British scientist John Gurdon told a news conference he still keeps a bad report given to him by his school science teacher 英国科学家约翰·戈登（爵士）曾经 在一个新闻发布会上说过，他现在依然保存着当年他的中学科学老师给他的评语。如下， Gurdon school report, aged 15  I believe Gurdon has ideas about becoming a scientist; on his present showing this is quite ridiculous; if he cant learn simple biological facts he would have no chance of doing the work of a specialist, and it would be a sheer waste of time, both on his part and of those who would have to teach him. 戈登学校评语，年龄15岁 我相信戈登有理想将来成为一位科学家； 根据他现在的表现，这非常荒谬； 如果他不能学会一些简单的生物学常识，他将来不会有任何机会去做一位专家级的工作，并且不管对他自己还是教他的老师们来说，这纯粹是浪费时间。 感谢上天安排，这位小时候被老师格外看不上眼的学生，今天竟然得到了诺贝尔生理医学奖。真是，世事无常，此一时也，彼一时也。 不过，小时候立志长大以后有出息，还是很正面的解读。 回头看看我们现在的教育体系，不知道说什么最好。 下面，就看看英国的BBC怎样报导这次诺奖新闻的，语言比较朴实无华，用不着翻译了，照贴如下： Gurdon and Yamanaka share Nobel prize for stem cell work By James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC NewsTwo pioneers of stem cell research have shared the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology. John Gurdon from the UK and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan were awarded the prize for changing adult cells into stem cells, which can become any other type of cell in the body. Prof Gurdon used a gut sample to clone frogs and Prof Yamanaka altered genes to reprogramme cells. The Nobel committee said they had revolutionised science. The prize is in stark contrast to Prof Gurdons first foray into science when his biology teacher described his scientific ambitions as a waste of time. Cloned frog When a sperm fertilises an egg there is just one type of cell. It multiplies and some of the resulting cells become specialised to create all the tissues of the body including nerve and bone and skin. It had been though to be a one-way process - once a cell had become specialised it could not change its fate. In 1962, John Gurdon showed that the genetic information inside a cell taken from the intestines of a frog contained all the information need to create a whole new frog. He took the genetic information