Rules for Genetically Engineered Foods

76 关于基因工程食品的网络法规

DATE=7-26-01
TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - Rules for Genetically³ Engineered Foods
BYLINE=George Grow

(Start at 01'02")his is Bill White with the VOA Special English Science Report. 
A group (1)responsible for world food safety has agreed on the first international rules to (2)govern the safety of foods made with (3)genetic² engineering.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (4)approved the rules at a meeting in (5)Geneva, (6)Switzerland earlier this month.  Codex is a joint⁴ (7)agency of the (8)United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the (9) World Health Organization.  One-hundred-sixty-five nations belong to the organization.  
(10)Delegates to the Codex Commission meeting examined concerns about the safety of foods made with genetic engineering.  Many groups and (11)individuals have (12)expressed concern that such foods could be harmful to human health and the (13)environment.
Genetic engineering is the technology of changing the (14)genes of living things.  The changed gene¹ directs the plant or other (15)organism to do things it normally does not do.  For example, some crops are genetically engineered to (16)resist harmful (17)insects.  The technology has helped farmers increase crop production.  It also reduces the need to use chemicals to kill insects.
The Codex Commission agreed that food from genetically engineered organisms should be tested and approved by governments before it can be sold.  The delegates said genetically engineered foods should be tested for anything that could cause (18)allergic (19)reactions in humans.  They said (20)information about anything known to cause such a reaction should be clearly shown on the product.  However, the delegates were not able to agree on a (21)proposal to require the (22)identification of all foods made with genetic engineering.  
Jorgen Schlundt is the food safety chief with the World Health Organization.  He says genetic engineering can be used to make very safe products.  He adds that many foods made with the technology are probably safer than (23)traditional products.  But Doctor Schlundt says (24)biotechnology also could be used to do very bad things.  He says that is why a system is needed to (25)measure the safety of each product. 
W-H-O director-general Gro Harlem Brundtland praised the Codex Commission agreement.  She called it the first international step toward measuring the safety of genetically engineered foods.  
This VOA Special English Science Report was written by George Grow. This is Bill White.

(1)responsible [ ris5pCnsEbl ]adj.负责的
(2)govern [ 5^QvEn ]v.管理
(3)genetic [ dVi5netik ]adj.遗传的
(4)approve [ E5pru:v ] vt.批准, 通过
(5)Geneva [ dVi5ni:vE ]n.日内瓦城(瑞士西南部城市)
(6)Switzerland [ 5switsElEnd ]n.瑞士(欧洲中部国家)
(7)agency [ 5eidVEnsi ]n.代理处
(8)United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization n.美国食品与农业组织
(9)World Health Organization n.世界卫生组织
(10)delegate [ 5deli^it ]n.代表
(11)individual [ 7indi5vidjuEl ]n.个人
(12)express [ iks5pres ]vt.表达, 表示
(13)environment [ in5vaiErEnmEnt ]n.环境, 外界
(14)gene [ dVi:n ]n.[遗传]因子, [遗传]基因
(15)organism [ 5C:^EnizEm ]n.生物体, 有机体
(16)resist [ ri5zist ]vt.抵抗
(17)insect [ 5insekt ]n.昆虫
(18)allergic [ E5lE:dVik ]adj.[医]过敏的
(19)reaction [ ri(:)5AkFEn ]n.反应
(20)information [ 7infE5meiFEn ]n.信息
(21)proposal [ prE5pEuzEl ]n.提议, 建议
(22)identification [ ai7dentifi5keiFEn ]n.鉴定
(23)traditional [trE5dIFEn(E)l]adj.传统的
(24)biotechnology [ 7baiEutek5nClEdVi ]n.生物工艺学
(25)measure [ 5meVE ] vt.检测

1 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

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 genetically   

adv.遗传上

参考例句：

• All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
• Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。