In today modern world, the revolutions of technology and science have an impact on many aspects of life including the standard and different kinds of food we consume. However, there is some controversy about the effect of those changes. While it is possible to claim that these effects are improvement, my view is that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
在今天的現(xiàn)代世界,技術(shù)和科學(xué)的革命對(duì)生活的許多方面產(chǎn)生了影響,包括我們消費(fèi)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和不同種類的食物。然而,對(duì)于這些變化的影響,存在一些爭(zhēng)議。雖然可以聲稱這些效果是改善的,但我的觀點(diǎn)是弊大于利。
There are several reasons why these innovations in food production can be considered as positive. One is that farmers can produce crops that grow bigger and faster so it leads to the reduction of food shortage in many developing countries. It also should not be forgotten that genetically modified crops are more resistant to diseases or pests so the costs of production can be reduced and limit the danger of agricultural wastes.
食品生產(chǎn)中的這些創(chuàng)新之所以被認(rèn)為是積極的,有幾個(gè)原因。一個(gè)是農(nóng)民可以生產(chǎn)更大更快的作物,從而減少許多發(fā)展中國(guó)家的糧食短缺。也不應(yīng)忘記,轉(zhuǎn)基因作物對(duì)疾病或害蟲的抵抗力更強(qiáng),因此可以降低生產(chǎn)成本并限制農(nóng)業(yè)廢物的危險(xiǎn)。
Those who argue for the drawbacks of technology and science’s development in agriculture base their argument on the impact of those changes on environment and human health. Firstly, there might be risk involved in the genetically modified crops because the effect of these crops to the ecosystem is unknown. In addition to this, there are concerns about man-made chemicals used in modern methods of food production could be harmful to human health. An example illustrates this is that fertilized foods are assumed to causes cancer or long-terms consequences to human kind health.
那些認(rèn)為農(nóng)業(yè)技術(shù)和科學(xué)發(fā)展存在缺陷的人,他們的論點(diǎn)是基于這些變化對(duì)環(huán)境和人類健康的影響。首先,轉(zhuǎn)基因作物可能存在風(fēng)險(xiǎn),因?yàn)檫@些作物對(duì)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的影響是未知的。除此之外,人們還擔(dān)心現(xiàn)代食品生產(chǎn)方法中使用的人造化學(xué)品可能對(duì)人類健康有害。一個(gè)例子說(shuō)明了這一點(diǎn),即受精食物被認(rèn)為會(huì)導(dǎo)致癌癥或?qū)θ祟惤】档拈L(zhǎng)期影響。
While there are strong arguments on both sides of the problem, I think that the long-term dangers of these developments should be cautious. Although technology and science used in agriculture has improved the variety and quality of foods, some measures should be regulated to ensure that these developments would be used in a safe way for both environment and humans.
盡管問(wèn)題雙方都有強(qiáng)有力的論據(jù),但我認(rèn)為這些事態(tài)發(fā)展的長(zhǎng)期危險(xiǎn)應(yīng)該謹(jǐn)慎。盡管農(nóng)業(yè)中使用的技術(shù)和科學(xué)已經(jīng)改善了食品的種類和質(zhì)量,但應(yīng)該對(duì)一些措施進(jìn)行監(jiān)管,以確保這些發(fā)展對(duì)環(huán)境和人類都是安全的。