地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客672：轉(zhuǎn)基因食品（雙語(yǔ)）

Ralph: What’s that?

拉爾夫：那是什么?

Nicky: It’s a bigger and better tomato. It’s been genetically modified.

妮基：這是更大、更好的西紅柿，轉(zhuǎn)基因食品。

Ralph: You’re not going to eat that, are you?

拉爾夫：你不會(huì)吃那個(gè)，是吧?

Nicky: Of course I am. I’m making a salad. Want one?

妮基：當(dāng)然會(huì)吃啊!我正在弄沙拉醬。要吃一個(gè)嗎?

Ralph: No way. I don’t want to eat something that’s been genetically engineered in a laboratory. Who knows what kind of strange DNA it has.

拉爾夫：沒(méi)門。我不想吃實(shí)驗(yàn)室里的轉(zhuǎn)基因食品。誰(shuí)知道這些食品中有什么特別的DNA呢?

Nicky: It’s perfectly safe. It’s been modified to grow faster, have more nutrients, and be resistant to disease and pests.

妮基：轉(zhuǎn)基因食品很安全。品種基因改變后，生長(zhǎng)速度更快，更有營(yíng)養(yǎng)，而且更能抗病害。

Ralph: And it may contain strange mutations as part of its genetic makeup that they didn’t tell you about. I really wouldn’t eat that if I were you.

拉爾夫：西紅柿里基因構(gòu)成也許包含很多奇怪的變異體，這些他們并不會(huì)告訴你。我要是你的話，就不會(huì)吃。

Nicky: Where did you get this aversion to genetically modified foods? Scientists and farmers have always used selective breeding with animals and crops to bring you bigger and better food. This is nothing different.

妮基：你為什么會(huì)對(duì)轉(zhuǎn)基因食品這么厭惡?科學(xué)家和農(nóng)民會(huì)挑選優(yōu)良的動(dòng)物和作物為人們提供更大、更好的食物。這無(wú)可厚非啊。

Ralph: Of course it is. And just because it’s bigger, doesn’t mean it’s better. I’ll eat food that’s been modified by the only person I trust.

拉爾夫：那是當(dāng)然。品種變大了，并不能說(shuō)它就更好了。我只吃那些我信任的那個(gè)把食物基因改變的人。

Nicky: Who’s that?

妮基：那是誰(shuí)?

Ralph: Mother Nature!

拉夫爾：自然母親!