Animal testing

      "It was always my ambition to be a research analyst studying amphibian anatomy for the benefit of mankind." Said Dr. Cull to the high school students touring the laboratory. "My ancestors were all scientists and my father taught me that it is simply amazing to appreciate all of the anatomical detail in each creature. There is nothing amorphous about them. I also hope that through my research we can understand the impacts of our society on these creatures so that we can know how to ameliorate environmental problems and amend our wrongs. Frogs, for example, are an indicator of environmental pollution"

      "You are very ambitious, Dr. Cull." A bright, amber-haired girl said. "So you are looking for analogies between animals and humans?"

      "Yes, and there are already ample findings amid the analogues we already have. We know much about how anesthetics work, for example, based on clinical trials with rats."

       "Ooowww. I disagree with using animals for tests!" Another student suddenly said.

       "Some people think that the ethics of using animals for testing are fairly ambiguous. But the amount of knowledge we have amassed about health, vaccines, antibiotics etc. is incredible. Many of your daily amenities are based on results from animal research. There is really nothing amateurish or careless slx)ut animal testing." Replied the Doctor.

       "But I've seen videos of the amateur conditions in different research facilities and things look pretty bad for animals." Interjected yet another high school student.

       "I see we've hit on an interesting topic. Let's step into this conference room and discuss this further."

中文翻譯:

                                               動(dòng)物實(shí)驗(yàn)

      “我那時(shí)的抱負(fù)一直是做研究分析員，研究?jī)蓷珓?dòng)物解剖，造福人類。”卡爾博士對(duì)前來參觀實(shí)驗(yàn)室的高中生們說，“我的祖先們都是科學(xué)家，我父親教導(dǎo)我說，欣賞每種生物的所有結(jié)構(gòu)細(xì)節(jié)真的很驚人。這些結(jié)構(gòu)細(xì)節(jié)沒有任何不規(guī)則之處。我也希望通過我的研究讓大家明白社會(huì)對(duì)這些生物的影響，這樣我們就可以改善環(huán)境問題，改正我們的過錯(cuò)。比如說青蛙就是一種環(huán)境污染的指示生物。”

    “您可真是雄心勃勃，卡爾博士。”一名頭發(fā)呈琥珀色的聰明女生說道，“那么您正在尋找人和動(dòng)物之間的相似之處嘍?”

    “是的，在我們已有的相似物中已經(jīng)有大量發(fā)現(xiàn)了。比如說，根據(jù)在老鼠身上進(jìn)行的臨床實(shí)驗(yàn)，我們對(duì)麻醉劑怎樣起作用已經(jīng)有了很深入的了解。”

    “啊啊...，我可不同意用動(dòng)物做實(shí)驗(yàn)!”另一名學(xué)生突然說道。

    “有些人認(rèn)為用動(dòng)物做實(shí)驗(yàn)的道德準(zhǔn)則是相當(dāng)模棱兩可的，但是我們通過實(shí)驗(yàn)積累的有關(guān)健康、疫苗、抗生素等方面的知識(shí)量卻是驚人的。我們?nèi)粘Ｉ钪泻芏?SPAN style="COLOR: crimson">可供享受的東西都是以動(dòng)物研究為基礎(chǔ)的。動(dòng)物實(shí)驗(yàn)可不是外行或者粗心的人能做的事情。”博士回答道。

    “可我看過一些錄像帶，不同的研究設(shè)施中有許多東西都很不專業(yè)，動(dòng)物的狀況看上去很糟糕。”又一名高中生插話道。

    “看來我們觸及到了二個(gè)有趣的話題，那就進(jìn)會(huì)議室做進(jìn)一步的討論吧。”

單詞詳解

amass    v.1積累，積聚 2.把...擊成堆；堆積
amateur    n.1.業(yè)余愛好者；業(yè)余運(yùn)動(dòng)員2.外行
                  a.業(yè)余愛好的，外行的
amateurish   a.業(yè)余的；不熟練的；(像)外行的
amazing     a.令人驚奇的；外行的
amber     n.琥珀；琥珀色
ambigous    a.1.難以理解(區(qū)分)的;含糊不清的
                  2.模棱兩可的,可作多種解釋的
ambition   n.雄心；抱負(fù)
ambitious   a.1.有雄心的；有抱負(fù)的；有野心的
    2.由野心（或雄心）引起的，反映野心或雄性的 
ameliorate   v.改善,改良；減輕
amend    v.修改，修正；改正，糾正
amenity    n.（常作amenities）生活福利設(shè)施，便利設(shè)施
amid    prep.在...中
amorphous   a.無固定形狀的；不規(guī)則的；無組織的；無明確方向的
amphibian   n.兩棲動(dòng)物；水陸兩用機(jī)器或車輛
    a.兩棲的；水陸兩用的
ample    a.大量的，充裕的，豐富的，足夠的
anaesthetic   a.感覺缺失的，麻木的；麻醉的
    n.麻醉藥，麻醉劑
analogue   n.相似物；類似情況
    a.模擬計(jì)算機(jī)的；相似物的，類似的
analogy    n.類似,相似;比擬;比喻;類比
analyst    n.分析者；善于分析者
anatomical   a.解剖的；解剖學(xué)的；結(jié)構(gòu)上的
anatomy    n.解剖;解剖學(xué)
ancestor   n.祖宗，祖先