新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)2(第三版)unit8-texta課文翻譯

1、Unit8SectionAAnimalschildren—Ascientistschoice動(dòng)物還是孩子？——一位科學(xué)家的選擇1Iamtheenemy!Iamoneofthosecursedcruelphysicianscientistsinvolvedinanimalresearch.TheserumsstingfIhaveneverthoughtofmyselfasanevilperson.Ibecameachildrensdoct

2、becauseofmylovefchildrenmysupremedesiretokeepthemhealthy.DuringmedicalschoolresidencyIsawmanychildrendieofcancerbloodshedfrominjury—circumstancesagainstwhichmedicinehasmadegreatprogressbutstillhasalongwaytogo.Meimptantly

3、Ialsosawchildrenhealthythankstoadvancesinmedicalsciencesuchasinfantbreathingsupptpowerfulnewmedicinessurgicaltechniquestheentirefieldofgantransplantation.Mydesiretotipthescalesinfavofhealthyhappychildrendrewmetomedicalre

4、search.1我就是那個(gè)敵人！我就是那些被人詛咒的、殘忍的、搞動(dòng)物實(shí)驗(yàn)的醫(yī)生科學(xué)家之一。這些謠言刺痛了我，因?yàn)槲覐膩?lái)沒(méi)想到自己是一個(gè)邪惡的人。我成為一位兒科醫(yī)生，因?yàn)槲覑?ài)孩子，也因?yàn)槲业淖畲笤竿亲屗麄儽３纸】?。在醫(yī)學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)和住院醫(yī)生實(shí)習(xí)時(shí)，我看到了許多兒童死于癌癥和受傷流血——雖然對(duì)此醫(yī)學(xué)正取得很大進(jìn)步，但遠(yuǎn)非完善。更重要的是，我還看到孩子們能保持健康得益于醫(yī)學(xué)的進(jìn)步，如嬰兒呼吸支持器，功效強(qiáng)大的新藥物和外科手術(shù)技術(shù)及整個(gè)器官移植領(lǐng)

5、域的發(fā)展。我希望孩子們健康快樂(lè)，這促使我從事醫(yī)學(xué)研究。2Myaccusershavetwistedthetruthintoafablecastmeasthedevil.TheyclaimthatIhavenomalcompassthatIttureinnocentanimalsfthesolepurposeofcareeradvancementthatmyexperimentshavenorelevancetomedicine.Mean

6、whileanuncaringpublicbarelywatchesconvincedthattheissuehasnosignificancepublicityconscioussenatspoliticiansincreasinglygivewaytothelobbyingofanimalrightsactivists.2控訴我的人把真相歪曲成一則神話，并把我描寫成惡魔。他們聲稱我沒(méi)有道德界限，我折磨那些無(wú)辜動(dòng)物的唯一目的就是為了自

7、己的職業(yè)升遷，而我的實(shí)驗(yàn)根本與醫(yī)藥毫不相關(guān)。與此同時(shí)，無(wú)動(dòng)于衷的公眾幾乎不聞不問(wèn)，相信這個(gè)議題毫無(wú)意義，而具有宣傳意識(shí)的參議員和政治家們卻對(duì)動(dòng)物權(quán)利活動(dòng)家的游說(shuō)不斷作出讓步。3Weinmedicalresearchhavealsobeenunbelievablyuncaring.Wehaveallowedthemostextremeanimalrightsprotesterstocreepinframetheissueasoneof“a

8、nimalfraud“hatred.Wehavepersistedinourbeliefthataknowledgeablepublicwouldconsenttotheimptanceofanimalresearchfpublichealth.Perhapswehavebeenmistakeninnotrespondingtotheemotionaltoneoftheargument.Perhapsweshouldhaverespon

9、dedtothosesadsloganspostersofanimalsbywavingequallysadpostersofchildrendyingofcancerexternalwounds.3我們這些從事醫(yī)學(xué)研究的人也顯得令人難以置信的冷漠。我們?cè)试S最極端的動(dòng)物權(quán)利活動(dòng)家漸漸侵入，任憑他們把此類研究誣陷為“動(dòng)物欺詐”和對(duì)動(dòng)物的仇恨。我們一直堅(jiān)信，有知識(shí)的公眾會(huì)贊同動(dòng)物研究對(duì)公眾健康的重要性。也許我們的錯(cuò)誤是沒(méi)有對(duì)這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)論的感性基

10、調(diào)作出反應(yīng)。也許我們?cè)鐟?yīng)該揮動(dòng)著兒童死于癌癥或外傷的同樣令人傷心的海報(bào)，來(lái)回應(yīng)那些關(guān)于動(dòng)物受害的傷感標(biāo)語(yǔ)及海報(bào)。4Intheanimalrightsfummuchismadeofthevolumeofpaintheseanimalsexperienceinthenameofmedicalscience.Activistsdenythatwearetryingtohelpsayitisevidenceofourevserioussickn

11、essdrugstocombatheartdiseasehighbloodpressurestrokeareallbasedonanimalresearch.Mostcomplexsurgicalproceduressuchashearthipsurgerygantransplantationsurgerieswereinitiallydevelopedinanimals.Techniquestoreplacedefectivegene

12、sthecauseofsomuchdiseaseaswellasthedevelopmentofsyntheticgansarepresentlyundergoinganimalstudies.Thesestudiesanysubsequentadvanceswilleffectivelyendifanimalresearchisseverelyrestricted.7幸運(yùn)的是，我們大多數(shù)人都享有健康的體魄，眼睜睜地看著孩子死亡之苦已不

13、多見(jiàn)。然而，對(duì)于能夠享受健康或享受醫(yī)學(xué)進(jìn)步能帶來(lái)的健康我們不應(yīng)該不心存感激。對(duì)嚴(yán)重疾病的預(yù)防和用于心臟病、高血壓和中風(fēng)的藥物都基于對(duì)動(dòng)物的研究。大多復(fù)雜的外科手術(shù)，如心臟或髖關(guān)節(jié)手術(shù)、器官移植手術(shù)最初都是在動(dòng)物實(shí)驗(yàn)中進(jìn)行的。取代導(dǎo)致眾多疾病的缺陷基因的技術(shù)，以及人造器官的發(fā)展，目前正處于動(dòng)物實(shí)驗(yàn)研究階段。如果動(dòng)物研究嚴(yán)格受限，這些研究和其后的任何進(jìn)展都將徹底地宣告結(jié)束。8InAmericatodaydeathhasbecomeaneve

14、ntisolatedfromourdailyexistence.AsadoctwhohaswatchedmanychildrendieseentheirparentsinfinitegriefIamparticularlyangeredbyanyminuteexpressionofcaringfthesufferingofcreaturessolittlefsickdyinghumanbeings.Peoplearetooprotect

15、edfromtherealityofhumanlifedeathwhatitmeans.8在今天的美國(guó)，死亡已經(jīng)成為我們?nèi)粘Ｉ钪泄铝⑸僖?jiàn)的事。作為一個(gè)看見(jiàn)過(guò)許多兒童死亡和他們父母悲痛至極的醫(yī)生，我感到特別憤怒的是，有人對(duì)動(dòng)物的痛苦表達(dá)入微，但對(duì)生病和生命垂危的人卻冷漠無(wú)情。人們受到了太多的保護(hù)以至于他們感覺(jué)不到現(xiàn)實(shí)世界里的生與死，也感覺(jué)不到其所代表的真實(shí)意義。9Makenomistakehowever.Iwouldneveradvoc

16、ateneedlesscrueltreatmentofanimals.Theanimalrightsmovementhasmadeacontributioninmakingusmeawareofanimalsneedstheneedtosearchharderfsuitablealternatives.Butifthemeradicalmembersofthismovementaresuccessfulinthreateningfurt

17、herresearchtheirefftswillbringaboutatragedythatwillcostmanylives.Hencetherealquestioniswhetheranuncaringmajitycanbearousedtoprotectitsfutureagainstaloudbutmisdirectedminity.9但別搞錯(cuò)，我從來(lái)不提倡對(duì)動(dòng)物實(shí)行不必要的殘忍對(duì)待。動(dòng)物權(quán)利運(yùn)動(dòng)使我們更加意識(shí)到動(dòng)物應(yīng)有的權(quán)利