VOA慢速英语:Three Biotechnology Scientists Win 2013 World Food Prize

短语讲解：
 

1. "Once we [saw] bacteria can insert DNA to give a new property to a plant, we were able to replace that part of the DNA [with] DNA that we want that gives new, useful properties to the plant," van Montagu said.

be able to 能够
例句：You should be able to converse comfortably.
你应该能够舒服地进行谈话。

2. Ms Chilton, Mr van Montagu and Mr Fraley along with the Monsanto company created the technology to reproduce plants while changing their DNA.

along with 和…一起[一道]，随着
例句：Along with time, it will take effort.
随着时间的推移，一定会成功的。

3. Genetic engineering can add information to plants to produce different kinds of things, such as a protein that kills insects.

such as 例如；譬如；诸如
例句：Such as, this is a wonderful film.
例如，这是一出美好的电影。

4. And I don't see, so far, this technology being anywhere near that yet," Gurian-Sherman said.

so far 到目前为止；迄今为止
例句：Mr obama has not flinched so far.
奥巴马到目前为止都没有退缩。