研究生英语阅读教程（基础级2版）课文05及其翻译
Science and Technology (->technique)
By Judith Raughman (Editor)
[1] (optimistic->)Optimism and empowerment. As the century drew to a clo (end), the potential for human invention and understanding appeared (emed) boundless (limitless). Scientific understanding expanded daily, from the fundamental (basic) building blocks of matter to the source code of all life to the origins, and perhaps the eventual (finally) demi (end), of the univer. The technological advances (progress) of the 1990s ushered in (led to) what appeared to be a social and economic revolution that would rival (match / compete with) the Industrial Revolution two centuries earlier (information revolution), creating a new society of technologically connected citizens with a world of digitized information, commerce, and communication at its fingertips. The new \Age\reprented by the \Superhighway\was not all-inclusive, threatened to leave many (people) behind, including older citizens and tho (people) who could not afford (pay for) the new technology. Still (Furthermore), by 1999 more than three-quarters of the U. S. population was
\Americans felt that technological advances were improving their quality of life. Optimism was the rei
gning tone [key-note speaker/ speech] of the decade. New advances in science and technology emed to promi eventual (final) solutions to problems ranging from eliminating toxic (poisonous) waste to grocery shopping ― genetic engineers developed microbes that would eat industrial sludge and rearchers at the Massachutts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Media Lab worked to devi (design) a refrigerator that could n (feel) when it was out of milk and u the Internet to order more. The 1990s allayed (relieved/ reduced) the fear that a technologically advanced society was necessarily heavily centralized, with Big Brother watching every move (=movement). Instead (On the contrary), with the creation of the Internet and the World Wide Web, and their emphasis on decentralization, equality, and the open sharing of resources, many individuals found that greater access (right) to information incread their n (feeling) of personal freedom and power.
希拉里败选演讲[2] Ethics and the Natural. With the explosion of knowledge came public concern (worry) over where all of the new discoveries and technologies might be taking society. The cloning of an animal in 1997 suggested (show) that
human cloning had become viable (feasible) as well (too), raising concerns ― no longer quite theoretical ― that humanity might be moving toward a
\(adventurous) new world\in 1990 with a mission (missionary/ task) to decode the entire human genetic makeup, held (rai) promis (hope) for an end (terminate) to genetic disorders, but threatened to open the way for
\babies\who could be genetically altered to suit their parents' wishes. While many (people) argued that plant and animal breeders had been fooling around with genetics for centuries in order to better (improve) the lot of humankind, others pointed out that new advances (progress) in genetics allowed rearchers to cross boundaries t by nature, implanting human genes in animals in order to turn them into medicine factories, creating plants that produced plastics and glowed in the dark, even attempting (trying) to create “terminator\own reproductive capacity (ability) in order to maintain (keep) the ed manufacturer's cash flow. The question of what was \the environment and the organisms in it emed safe from genetic tinkering. Yet, while experiments with human cloning or customizing a child's genetic makeup emed abhorrent (horrible/ terrible) to most Americans, there was general support
for genetic rearch that could help to identify
(recognize) and cure genetic dias or make food sources healthier and more plentiful for a growing global population.
[3] (private->)Privacy. Privacy was an overarching (most important) concern (worry) with many of the technological and scientific advances of the 1990s. The Internet was an amazing (surprising) new tool for sharing information, yet it was also a powerful means (tools) for finding information that was intended to be private, including government and military crets, the source codes to proprietary (private) software, and even a neighbor's social curity number. Companies and individuals alike (ad. similarly) worried that their private information would be compromid when (since) sophisticated computer technologists could \into protected computer systems and era or steal important data. Computer virus, lf-replicating codes (program) written by malicious individuals, could steal into personal computer systems through e-mail or the Web and wreak havoc with (make a mess of) the data stored there. Protecting privacy over the Internet was not easy, and many people worried that government attempts (try) to intervene would only cripple (disable/ paralyze) the development of the Internet. Similar fears were sparked (vt. sparkled) when concerned (relevant) groups lobbied (persuade) the government to outlaw pornography and other disturbing materials on the Web in the name of \agreed that children should not be expod to (touch/ watch) suchtensions
material, attempts (efforts) to regulate (control) the content of individual Web pages and newsgroups conflicted with the idea of the Internet as an open, decentralized mass medium, where even the mos
t absurd or repellant (disgusting) ideas could receive a hearing (have some audience). Digital surveillance in
the workplace also became an issue (problem), as (when) some companies spied
on (watch) their workers' u of the Internet and e-mail. [sur-: above; from above]
[4] Genetics and Privacy. Advances (progress) in genetics also
threatened personal privacy. With the Human Genome Project scheduled (planned) to be finished early in the twenty-first century, and private companies competing to win patents on genetic discoveries, many individuals worried
about what scientists might do with a complete understanding of the human genetic code. While genetic dias could be discovered and perhaps cured,
this information might also be ud to discriminate against people predispod (inclined to) to certain genetic malfunctions, or to group (vt./ classify) individuals bad on their genetic data. The idea that scientists would own patents on the human genetic code was disturbing, as well, as (for/ since) it meant that human life could become a proprietary (private) resource (property).
[5] Big Science And Little Science. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) continued to wow (surpri) the world, nding the giant Hubble Telescope into orbit to gather and transmit never-before-en images (picture) of deep space that offered (gave) increasingly tantalizing (attractive) clues to the origins of the univer. The arch for
extraterrestrial life continued during the decade, as NASA scientists found possible evidence of bacterial life in a meteor from Mars, and distant planets were discovered that might contain water. NASA nt space probes (n./vt.) to land on the surface of Mars, nt national hero John Herschel Glenn Jr. back into space to study aging, and made plans to build an International Space Station with rearch teams from other countries. Still (Furthermore), some critics wondered if all of the money spent on space rearch might not be
better ud to fund new discoveries here on Earth, almost as if the (divide-
>)diversion of space was no longer as necessary when (since) there were so many new and interesting projects going on right here. One of the most fascinating (attractive) new realms (world/ field) of study was nanotechnology, a field of rearch that attempted to manipulate matter at the molecular level, building new devices (equipment) atom by atom that could be ud in
miniaturized manufacturing, drug-delivery system, and tiny (small) minicomputers. With the discovery of a new family of carbon molecules known as
fullerenes, nanotechnology rearchers had a new raw material to work with (process). The science was still very experimental at the turn (beginning) of the century, but rearchers and government officials saw great potential for this science of the tiny (small). (1, 151 words)
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ABOUT THE TEXThm是什么
This text is excerpted from the book American Decades 1990-1999, edited by Judith Baughman (Editor), Victor Bondi (Editor), Vincent Tompkins (Editor) and Gale Group, which is the last volume of the American Decades 1900-2000 Series. The ries is the latest installment of the Gale ries documenting the
frenquentlyhistory and social trends of the United States of America during the 20th century. The current text is the overview (summary) of the book's one chapter on Science and Technology.
EXERCISES
I. Reading Comprehension
Answer the following questions or complete the following statements. 1. This article is mainly about _____.
A. how to tackle the problems in the new \
B. the direction of scientific and technological development
C. both the positive and negative effects of the technological advances
D. the great impact on our ethics and privacy brought by the technological advances
2. The \ _____. A. reprents the digital age B. emphasizes on humanity C. is highly civilized D. benefits everyone except older citizens
3. The phra \ A. interested in B. accustomed to C. fascinated by D. connected to
4. Which of the following is NOT responsible for the incread n of personal freedom and power?
男士如何保养脸部皮肤A. A technologically advanced society is centralized.
B. There is much greater access to information than before.
C. People can have the open sharing of resources online.
D. The notion of equality is emphasized on the Internet.
5. Concerned about the potential effect of the Human Genome Project, most Americans would _____.
wingA. welcome human cloning to improve their standard of living
B. support the genetic rearch which could help to cure genetic dias
C. welcome creating plants that produced plastics and glowed in the dark
D. support making genetically altered babies to suit their parents' wishes
哈尔滨培训班approximation6. How could the \A. They are so reproductive that they will outll other kinds of eds.
B. The patents on the \
C. The farmers have to buy eds again as the \eds themlves.
D. Becau the plants, into which the \the dark, the eds ll extremely well.
7. Many people who think government should not outlaw pornography on the Web believe that _____.
新概念A. there were still a large number of people who have need for pornography
B. everyone could voice his ideas, no matter how weird or offensive they are
C. the government had no right to interfere with the development of the Internet
D. the government might be encouraged to spy on each suspicious computer
8. The development of genetic science might threaten personal privacy in that _____. A. the data of the people with genetic dias will be published B. people may be treated differently bad on their genetic data
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C. patents on the human genetic code will bring scientists enormous
profits D. scientists will u information about human life for personal gains
9. \_____. A. the study of life in outer space B. the study of the origin of life C. the study of molecules D. the study of nanotechnology
10. What is the critics' attitude towards the large scale of space
rearch as mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. They believe that such a rearch would be a waste of resources.
