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TheECapprovesthesaleofcloned

youngintothefoodchain

克隆动物早已不再“犹抱琵琶半遮面”。为了保护克隆的福利，欧盟委员会这次走得更

远……

TheEuropeanCommissionhaspublishedareportapproving

therightofmemberstatestosellclonedanimalsyoungand

theirproductsintothefoodchain.

Thecommissionsaidabanwouldnotbeproperintermsof

protectinganimalswelfareandpublichealth.Itaddedthataclonetraceablesystem

wouldbeneeded，becausefoodfromtheclonesyoung“cannotbedistinguishedfrom

foodfromotheranimals”．

ThemovecouldcauseabigchangefortheFoodStandardsAgency(FSA)whichat

presentforbidsthesaleoffoodfromtheclonesyoungwithoutalicense.StevenInnes，

afarmer，wasfoundtohavedonesolastyearandwaspunisheththecommissions

proposal，Mr.Inneswouldnthavebeenpunished.IndeedallfarmersintheUKwould

beabletobuymaterialsfromclonesandselltheirproductsintothefoodchain.

GeorgeLyonsaid，“ItsclearthattheFSAisoutofline

withtherestofthememberstatesinhowitexplainsthepresent

rulesand，ofcourse，underthesenewrules，itstillisout

ofline.Sohopefullytheywillcometotheirsensesandseethey

dohavetomoveonthissubject.”

[阅读障碍词]

1．approvev．同意，批准

2．clonevt.克隆

3．foodchainn.食物链

4．traceableadj.可追踪的

5．outofline(withsb./sth.)与……不同/不一致

6．presentadj.目前的，现在的

[诱思导读]

阅读短文，回答下列问题。

1．Whatsthepassagemainlyabout?

[答案]ThesaleofclonedyounghasbeenmadelegalbytheEC.

2．Whyisabanonsellingclonedanimalsnotsuitableforthepresentsituation?

[答案]Consideringclonedanimalshaveappeared,thereisapossibilitythat

peoplesellthemandgetfoodfromthem.Ifthereisaban,somepeoplemaysellthem

illegallyan