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EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeicallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,affectfoodchainsanddisturblifeinriversandstreams,andtheyhaveproposedabanonthesaleoftheseeds,whicharemadebyDuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta.ThepreliminarydecisionsarecirculatingwithintheEuropeanCommission,whichhasthefinalsay.SomeofficialsthereareskepticalofabanthatwouldupsetthepowerfulbiotechnologyindustryandcouldexacerbatetensionswithimportanttradingpartnersliketheUnitedStates.TheseedsarenotavailableontheEuropeanmarketforcultivation.
Inthedecisions,theenvironmentmissioner,StavrosDimas,contendsthatthegeicallymodifiedcorn,ormaizecouldaffectcertainbutterflyspecies,specificallythemonarch,andotherbeneficialinsects.Forinstance,researchthisyearindicatesthatlarvaeofthemonarchbutterflyexposedtothegeicallymodifiedcorn’’behavedifferentlythanotherlarvae.’’InthedecisionconcerningthecornseedsproducedbyDowandPioneer,Mr.Dimascalls’’potentialdamageontheenvironmentirreversible.’’InthedecisiononSyngenta’scorn,hesaysthat’’thelevelofriskgeneratedbythecultivationofthisproductfortheenvironmentisunaeptable.’’
AdecisionbytheEuropeanUniontobarcultivationofthegeicallymodifiedcropswouldbethefirstofitskindinthetradebloc,andwouldintensifythecontinuingbattleovergeicallymodifiedcorn.BanningtheapplicationsforcorncropsalsowouldmarkaboldnewstepforEuropeanenvironmentalauthorities,whoarealreadyaggressivelypursuingregulationsonemissionsfromcarsandaircraft,settingitatoddswiththeUnitedStatesandangeringindustries.
TheseproductshavebeengrownintheU.S.andothercountriesforyears,’’saidStephenNorton,aspokesmanfortheUnitedStatestraderepresentative.’’Wearenotawareofanyothercasewhenaproducthasbeenrejectedafterhavingbeenreviewedanddeterminedsafe’’byEuropeanfoodsafetyauthorities,hesaid.
BarbaraHelfferich,aspokeswomanforMr.Dimas,declinedtomentonthespecificsoftheprocedurebecausemissionershadnotyetmadeafinaldecision.ButshesaidthattheEuropeanUnionwaswithinitsrightstomakedecisionsbasedonthe’’precautionaryprinciple’’evenwhenscientistshadfoundnodefinitiveevidenceprovingproductscancauseharm.ShesaidthatthedecisionsbyMr.Dimascouldgobeforethemissionwithinafewweeks,butshesaidthatnodatehadbeenset.Inthedecisions,Mr.Dimascitedrecentresearchshowingthatconsumptionofgeicallymodified’’cornbyproductsreducedgrowthandincreasedmortalityofnontargetstreaminsects’’andthattheseinsects’’areimportantpreyforaquaticandriparianpredators’’andthatthiscouldhave’’unexpectedecosystem-scaleconsequences.’’
Althoughstillpreliminary,hisdecisionscoulddrasticallytiltthepolicyagainstfutureapprovalsofgeicallymodifiedcrops,saidNathalieMoll,aspokeswomanforEuropabio,anindustrygroupwith80membersincludingSyngenta,PioneerandDow.EuropabiosaysthatthecropsgrownusingthegeicallymodifiedcornarealreadyimportedintoseveralEuropeancountries,includingFranceandGermany,wheretheyareusedtofeedanimalslikecowsandchickens.
RobGianfranceschi,spokesmanattheUnitedStatesmissiontotheEuropeanUnioninBrussels,saiditwastooearlytomentonadecisionthathadnotyetbeenformalized.ButhemadeclearthattheUnitedStatesremainedfrustratedwithEuropeanpoliciesongeicallymodifiedcrops.
1.Thepreliminarydecisionsaremadeby_____.
[A]DuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta
[B]EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficials
[C]EuropeanCommision
[D]StarvrosDimas
2.Tothedecisions,theEuropeanCommissionofficials’attitudesare_____.
[A]skeptical
[B]controversial
[C]contradictory
[D]divergent
3.Aboutthedecisions,whichoneofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
[A]Thedecisionsaimstoputabanthesaleoftheseedsofgeicallymodifiedcornduetopoliticalandbiologicalconcerns.
[B]ThedecisionsarewarmlyembracedbyallEUmembersbutbitterlyrejectedbytheirtradepartners.
[C]Thedecisionscouldprobablybemadeevenifnodefinitiveevidenceprovingtheproductsharmfulisfound.
[D]thereishighpossibilitythatthedecisionswouldbeapprovedbytheEuropeanCommission.
4.Mr.Dimascitedmanyresearchesonthegeicallymodifiedcorninhisdecisioninorderto_____.
[A]dispelsomeofficials’doubtonhisdecisions
[B]enhancethestrengthofhisdecision-making
[C]demonstratethelatestachievementofhisdecision
[D]assurethattheycanbepresentedbeforethemissionwithsolidevidence
5.Theword"tilt"(Line1,Paragraph6)mostprobablymeans_____.
[A]incline
[B]affect
[C]induce
[D]evoke
文章剖析:
这篇文章介绍了*环境官员就转基因食品提出的决议的一些情况。
第一段介绍该决议目前在欧洲委员会中流传;第二段是环境专员具体在其决议中的观点;第三段讲述如果该决议落实将会是首例;第四段是美国贸易代表发言人的观点;第五段讲述Dimas先生决议的一些情况;第六段、第七段是其他人和机构的一些观点。
词汇注释:
geicallyadv.基因地
exacerbatev.恶化,使加剧
monarchn.黑脉金斑蝶
larvaen.幼虫
aquaticadj.水生的
riparianadj.河边的,水滨的
predatorn.掠夺者,捕食其他动物的的动物
难句突破:
(1)EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeicallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,affectfoodchainsanddisturblifeinriversandstreams,andtheyhaveproposedabanonthesaleoftheseeds,whicharemadebyDuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta.
[主体句式]EUenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthat...andtheyhaveproposed...
[结构分析]该句是一个并列结构的复杂句。
前一个分句带有宾语从句,宾语从句的谓语是三个并列结构的动词;后一个分句中,which引导的非限定性定语从句是用来修饰theseeds的。
(2)Inthedecisions,Mr.Dimascitedrecentresearchshowingthatconsumptionofgeicallymodified’’cornbyproductsreducedgrowthandincreasedmortalityofnontargetstreaminsects’’andthattheseinsects’’areimportantpreyforaquaticandriparianpredators’’andthatthiscouldhave’’unexpectedecosystem-scaleconsequences.’’
[主体句式]Mr.Dimascitedrecentresearch...
[句子结构]该句是一个简单句,宾语research后面的现代分词是它的定语,该现代分词结构看似复杂,其实是三个并列的that引导的从句构成的。
[句子译文]在这些决定中,Dimas引用了最近的一些研究,这些研究表明转基因"谷物副产品"消费"抑制生长,增加nontarget昆虫死亡率",而且这些昆虫"是水生动物重要的食物",因此这可能有"未预料到的生态系统规模的后果"。
TEXTTWENTY
EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeicallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,affectfoodchainsanddisturblifeinriversandstreams,andtheyhaveproposedabanonthesaleoftheseeds,whicharemadebyDuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta.ThepreliminarydecisionsarecirculatingwithintheEuropeanCommission,whichhasthefinalsay.SomeofficialsthereareskepticalofabanthatwouldupsetthepowerfulbiotechnologyindustryandcouldexacerbatetensionswithimportanttradingpartnersliketheUnitedStates.TheseedsarenotavailableontheEuropeanmarketforcultivation.
Inthedecisions,theenvironmentmissioner,StavrosDimas,contendsthatthegeicallymodifiedcorn,ormaizecouldaffectcertainbutterflyspecies,specificallythemonarch,andotherbeneficialinsects.Forinstance,researchthisyearindicatesthatlarvaeofthemonarchbutterflyexposedtothegeicallymodifiedcorn’’behavedifferentlythanotherlarvae.’’InthedecisionconcerningthecornseedsproducedbyDowandPioneer,Mr.Dimascalls’’potentialdamageontheenvironmentirreversible.’’InthedecisiononSyngenta’scorn,hesaysthat’’thelevelofriskgeneratedbythecultivationofthisproductfortheenvironmentisunaeptable.’’
AdecisionbytheEuropeanUniontobarcultivationofthegeicallymodifiedcropswouldbethefirstofitskindinthetradebloc,andwouldintensifythecontinuingbattleovergeicallymodifiedcorn.BanningtheapplicationsforcorncropsalsowouldmarkaboldnewstepforEuropeanenvironmentalauthorities,whoarealreadyaggressivelypursuingregulationsonemissionsfromcarsandaircraft,settingitatoddswiththeUnitedStatesandangeringindustries.
’’TheseproductshavebeengrownintheU.S.andothercountriesforyears,’’saidStephenNorton,aspokesmanfortheUnitedStatestraderepresentative.’’Wearenotawareofanyothercasewhenaproducthasbeenrejectedafterhavingbeenreviewedanddeterminedsafe’’byEuropeanfoodsafetyauthorities,hesaid.
BarbaraHelfferich,aspokeswomanforMr.Dimas,declinedtomentonthespecificsoftheprocedurebecausemissionershadnotyetmadeafinaldecision.ButshesaidthattheEuropeanUnionwaswithinitsrightstomakedecisionsbasedonthe’’precautionaryprinciple’’evenwhenscientistshadfoundnodefinitiveevidenceprovingproductscancauseharm.ShesaidthatthedecisionsbyMr.Dimascouldgobeforethemissionwithinafewweeks,butshesaidthatnodatehadbeenset.Inthedecisions,Mr.Dimascitedrecentresearchshowingthatconsumptionofgeicallymodified’’cornbyproductsreducedgrowthandincreasedmortalityofnontargetstreaminsects’’andthattheseinsects’’areimportantpreyforaquaticandriparianpredators’’andthatthiscouldhave’’unexpectedecosystem-scaleconsequences.’’
Althoughstillpreliminary,hisdecisionscoulddrasticallytiltthepolicyagainstfutureapprovalsofgeicallymodifiedcrops,saidNathalieMoll,aspokeswomanforEuropabio,anindustrygroupwith80membersincludingSyngenta,PioneerandDow.EuropabiosaysthatthecropsgrownusingthegeicallymodifiedcornarealreadyimportedintoseveralEuropeancountries,includingFranceandGermany,wheretheyareusedtofeedanimalslikecowsandchickens.
RobGianfranceschi,spokesmanattheUnitedStatesmissiontotheEuropeanUnioninBrussels,saiditwastooearlytomentonadecisionthathadnotyetbeenformalized.Buthemadeclearthatt
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