歷年考研英語(yǔ)閱讀理解2003年02

[00:06.14]2003 Text2 [00:08.35]To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, [00:12.20]"all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause [00:16.43]is that good people do nothing." [00:19.36]One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research [00:23.29]because of the theory that animals have rights [00:26.22]ruling out their use in research. [00:29.25]Scientists need to respond forcefully [00:31.76]to animal rights advocates, [00:33.67]whose arguments are confusing the public [00:36.10]and thereby threatening advances [00:37.91]in health knowledge and care. [00:40.56]Leaders of the animal rights movement [00:42.67]target biomedical research [00:44.49]because it depends on public funding, [00:47.31]and few people understand [00:49.13]the process of health care research. [00:52.46]Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, [00:57.00]many are perplexed that anyone [00:59.22]would deliberately harm an animal. [01:02.14]For example, a grandmotherly woman [01:05.26]staffing an animal rights booth [01:06.98]at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure [01:10.41]that encouraged readers not to use anything [01:13.35]that comes from or is tested in animals--no meat, [01:17.75]no fur, no medicines. Asked if she opposed immunizations, [01:23.50]she wanted to know if vaccines come from animal research. [01:28.34]When assured that they do, she replied, [01:31.26]"Then I would have to say yes." [01:34.49]Asked what will happen when epidemics return, [01:37.51]she said, "Don't worry, scientists [01:40.03]will find some way of using computers." [01:43.36]Such well-meaning people just don't understand. [01:47.89]Scientists must communicate their message [01:50.42]to the public in a compassionate, [01:52.64]understandable way--in human terms, [01:55.64]not in the language of molecular biology. [01:58.97]We need to make clear the connection [02:01.09]between animal research and a grandmother's hip replacement, [02:05.12]a father's bypass operation, a baby's vaccinations, [02:09.42]and even a pet's shots. [02:12.74]To those who are unaware that animal research [02:15.67]was needed to produce these treatments, [02:17.78]as well as new treatments and vaccines, [02:20.31]animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst. [02:26.27]Much can be done. [02:27.64]Scientists could "adopt" middle school classes [02:31.24]and present their own research. [02:33.67]They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, [02:37.41]lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged [02:41.14]and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth. [02:45.17]Research institutions could be opened to tours, [02:48.50]to show that laboratory animals receive humane care. [02:52.85]Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, [02:57.28]the health research community should actively recruit [03:00.71]to its cause not only well-known personalities [03:04.24]such as Stephen Cooper, [03:06.06]who has made courageous statements [03:07.67]about the value of animal research, [03:10.09]but all who receive medical treatment. [03:12.70]If good people do nothing, there is a real possibility [03:16.15]that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish [03:19.90]the precious embers of medical progress.

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