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PAGE PAGE # Unit 1 Genetically modified foods -- Feed the World? If you want to spark a heated debate at a dinner party, bring up the topic of genetically modified foods. For many people, the concept of genetically altered, high-tech crop product ion raises all kinds of en vir onmen tal, health, safety and ethical questi ons. Particularly in coun tries with long agraria n traditi ons -- and vocal gree n lobbies -- the idea seems aga inst n ature. 如果你想在某次晚宴上挑起一场激烈的争论， 那就提出转基因食品的话题吧。对 许多人来说，高科技的转基因作物生产的概念会带来诸如环境、健康、安全和伦 理等方面的各种问题。特别是在有悠久的农业生产传统和主张环保的游说集团的 国家里，转基因食品的主意似乎有悖自然。 In fact, gen et