英语专业泛读unit 3 food fight 1.pptVIP

通过生物科技，科学家将某个基因从生物中分离出来，然后植入另一种生物体内，从而使得该生物具有前者生物的基因优点。例如，科学家认为北极鱼体内某个基因有防冻作用，于是将它抽出，再植入番茄内，制造新品种的耐寒番茄。含有转基因生物成分的食品称为转基因食品。? 　　转基因的动植物是人造的生物，而不是自然界原有的品种，它们对地球的生态系统来说，都属于外来品种。由于转基因的生物一样有繁殖及与近亲交配的能力，如果它被释放到环境中，一旦出错，也难以补救。到目前为止，转基因食品在推出市场前都没有经过长远的安全评估，人类长期食用是否安全仍然成疑，而科学界对这些食品是否安全也没有共识。 进口转基因大豆： 从港口采集到的进口转基因大豆，呈扁圆或椭圆、色泽暗黄，与国产大豆明显区别是豆脐呈黄褐色，俗称“黑脐豆”。    What’s your idea? 1. manure Noun [mass noun] animal dung used for fertilizing land 粪肥 ■any compost or artificial fertilizer 混合肥；化肥 Verb [with obj.](常作be manured) apply manure to (land) （给土地）施肥 the ground should be well dug and manured. 这块地应该好好翻一翻而且多施些肥。 2. dump:verb [with obj.] deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way 堆放，扔掉，倾倒（垃圾或废料等） trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here. 卡车在这里倾倒了1,900吨废物。 ■put down or abandon (something) hurriedly in order to make an escape（为逃跑而）丢弃，扔掉 the couple dumped the car and fled. 这一对男女弃车而逃。 ■put (something) down firmly or heavily and carelessly 猛地放下，沉重地扔下 she dumped her knapsack on the floor. 她将背包重重地往地板上一扔。 ■(informal) abandon or desert (someone) (非正式)抛弃，遗弃，离开（某人） his girlfriend dumped him for being fat. 他的女朋友因为他太胖而抛弃了他。 ■send (goods unsaleable in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price （在国外）倾销 these countries have been dumping cheap fertilizers on the UK market. 这些国家一直在英国市场上倾销廉价化肥。 a site for depositing rubbish 垃圾场 ■[usu. with modifier]a place where a particular kind of waste, especially dangerous waste, is left （尤指有害物的）废料场 a nuclear waste dump. 核废料场 3. bland: adjective lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting 特点不鲜明的，枯燥乏味的 rebelling against the bland uniformity. 对那种刻板的千篇一律。 ■(of food or drink) unseasoned, mild-tasting, or insipid （食品，饮料）未加调料的，清淡的，无味的 ■(of a person or their behaviour) showing no strong emotion; dull and unremarkable （人或其行为）漠然的；平庸的；索然无味的 his expression was bland and unreadable. 他的表情漠然，叫人猜不透。 4. hegemony: [mass noun] leadership or dominance, especially by one sta