英语新闻听写 基因魔剪存在障碍 生物科技公司股价暴跌

On Monday, a new paper had identified a possible barrier to using the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR in humans.

周一，新论文发现在人类身上使用革命性基因编辑工具“CRISPR”有可能存在障碍。

The news sent the stocks of all three major CRISPR biotech firms tumbling in premarket trading.

该新闻出现使得三大“CRISPR”生物科技公司股价在盘前交易中暴跌。

They declined by as much as 11.9 percent.

他们的股价下跌了11.9%之多。

In recent years, CRISPR has been credited with the potential power to correct any number of devastating¹ diseases.

近些年，“CRISPR”一直被认为拥有治愈各种可怕的疾病的潜在力量。

Researchers have used it to cure mice of deadly genetic² conditions like hemophilia B, Lou Gehrig's disease, and Huntington's disease.

研究者使用该技术治愈了老鼠的致命性基因疾病，如乙型血友病，卢伽雷病和亨廷顿病。

In the U.S., the first human CRISPR trials are slated³ to begin this year.

美国首例人类“CRISPR”试验计划在今年开始进行。

1 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

2 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

3 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。