大学英语自学教程 下册 un11

[08:00.81]所有的实验中只有极少部分在某一阶段不使用动物.
[08:04.78]The use of animals in experiments cannot stop immediately
[08:07.86]在实验中使用的动物就不会立即停止.
[08:10.95]if medical research is to continue
[08:13.43]如果医学研究还要继续,
[08:15.91]and consumer products are to be properly tested,
[08:18.64]消费性产品还要严格地进行检验,
[08:21.37]and Professor Blakemore believes that sometimes there are no alternatives.
[08:25.16]布莱克默教授相信有时那时无可选择的.
[08:28.94]Wherever possible,for both ethical and scientific reasonswe do not use animals.
[08:33.18]  无论在何处,有可能的话,基于偷和科学的原因,我们不应使用动物做实验.
[08:37.41]But ceils live in animals and we can only really see how they behave
[08:41.53]但细胞生活在动物体内,当它们在动物体内时,我们才能真正看到它们的行为.
[08:45.66]when they are inside animals.
[08:50.10]We cannot possibly reproduce in a test tube or a computer model
[08:56.35]all the complex reactions of the body to a drug or a disease.
[08:59.98]我们不可能在试管里或计算机模型中复制出身体对药物或疾病的所有复杂反应.
[09:03.61]When it comes to research into heart disease and its effects on the body
[09:06.99]当谈到研究心脏病和它对身体的影响,
[09:10.37]or diseases of the brain for example,
[09:12.71]或例如脑类疾病,
[09:15.05]we do not have adequate substitutes for the use of animals.
[09:18.29]我们没有代替使用动物的合适的替代物.
[09:21.53]As research techniques become more advanced,
[09:24.19]随着研究技术变得更先进,
[09:26.86]the number of animals used in experiments may decrease,
[09:29.78]验中使用的动物数目可能会减少,
[09:32.71]but stopping testing on animals altogether is a long way away.
[09:36.80]但完全停止在动物身上实验还有很长的路要走.
[09:40.88]Text B
[09:43.73]Let's Slop Keeping Pets
[09:45.47]让我们停止养宠物
[09:47.21]Pets are lovable,frequently delightful.
[09:49.49]  宠物是可爱的,常常又很讨人喜欢.
[09:51.78]The dog and the cat,the most favored of pets are beautiful,intelligent animals.
[09:55.00]狗和猫---人们最为喜爱的宠物,是漂亮,聪明的动物.
[09:58.23]To assume the care for them
[10:01.60]can help bring out the humanity in our children and even in us.
[10:04.12]承担起照料它们的责任有助于我们的孩子身上甚至在我们自己身上培养人情味.
[10:06.64]A dog or a cat can teach us a lot about human nature;
[10:08.98]一只狗或一只猫能教给我们许多关于人类的本性的东西,
[10:11.32]they are a lot more like us than some might think.
[10:13.34]它们比某些人想象的更像我们人类.
[10:15.37]More than one owner of a dog
[10:19.00]has said that the animal understand severything he says to it.
[10:21.41]不只一个养狗的曾经说过狗理解他对它说的一切话.
[10:23.83]So a mother and father who have ever cared for pets
[10:28.27]are likely to be more patient and understanding with their children as well,
[10:31.00]所以曾经照顾过宠物的父母很可能也会对他们的孩子更有耐心和理解,
[10:33.73]and especially to avoid making negative
[10:37.88]or rude remarks in the presence of a child;no matter how young.
[10:40.61]特别是能避免在孩子面前做否定的和不礼貌的评论,不管他年龄多小.
[10:43.34]It is touching to see how a cat or doge specially a dog
[10:45.72]看到猫或狗---特别是狗---
[10:48.10]attaches itself to a family and wants to share in all its goings and comings.
[10:51.27]对一个家庭是如何地依恋,如何地想要分享家里发生的一切事情,是十分感人的.
[10:54.45]If certain animal psychologists are right
[10:56.48]如果某些动物心理学家是对的,
[10:58.52]a dog adopts his family in a most literal way
[11:03.07]taking it fur granted that the family is the band of dogs he belongs to.n
[11:06.10]狗以最踏实的方式接受它的家庭---理所当然地认为家即是它所属的那一群狗.
[11:09.13]It is sometimes said that the cat "takes all and gives nothing."
[11:11.86]  有时人们说猫"索取一切,什么都不给予".
[11:14.59]But is that really true?
[11:16.17]但那是真的吗?
[11:17.75]A cat can teach us a valuable lesson about how to be contented,
[11:20.32]猫可以给我们上有价值的一课.
[11:22.89]how to be serene and at ease,how to sit and contemplate.
[11:25.87]关于如何满足,如何安详自在,如何静坐沉思,
[11:28.85]Whereas a dog's constant pleas for attention become sometimes,a bit too much.