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EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeneticallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,affectfoodchainsanddisturblifeinriversandstreams,andtheyhaveproposedabanonthesaleoftheseeds,whicharemadebyDuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta.ThepreliminarydecisionsarecirculatingwithintheEuropeanCommission,whichhasthefinalsay.SomeofficialsthereareskepticalofabanthatwouldupsetthepowerfulbiotechnologyindustryandcouldexacerbatetensionswithimportanttradingpartnersliketheUnitedStates.TheseedsarenotavailableontheEuropeanmarketforcultivation.Inthedecisions,theenvironmentcommissioner,StavrosDimas,contendsthatthegeneticallymodifiedcorn,ormaizecouldaffectcertainbutterflyspecies,specificallythemonarch,andotherbeneficialinsects.Forinstance,researchthisyearindicatesthatlarvaeofthemonarchbutterflyexposedtothegeneticallymodifiedcorn’’behavedifferentlythanotherlarvae.’’InthedecisionconcerningthecornseedsproducedbyDowandPioneer,Mr.Dimascalls’’potentialdamageontheenvironmentirreversible.’’InthedecisiononSyngenta’scorn,hesaysthat’’thelevelofriskgeneratedbythecultivationofthisproductfortheenvironmentisunacceptable.’’
AdecisionbytheEuropeanUniontobarcultivationofthegeneticallymodifiedcropswouldbethefirstofitskindinthetradebloc,andwouldintensifythecontinuingbattleovergeneticallymodifiedcorn.BanningtheapplicationsforcorncropsalsowouldmarkaboldnewstepforEuropeanenvironmentalauthorities,whoarealreadyaggressivelypursuingregulationsonemissionsfromcarsandaircraft,settingitatoddswiththeUnitedStatesandangeringindustries.
’’TheseproductshavebeengrownintheU.S.andothercountriesforyears,’’saidStephenNorton,aspokesmanfortheUnitedStatestraderepresentative.’’Wearenotawareofanyothercasewhenaproducthasbeenrejectedafterhavingbeenreviewedanddeterminedsafe’’byEuropeanfoodsafetyauthorities,hesaid.
BarbaraHelfferich,aspokeswomanforMr.Dimas,declinedtocommentonthespecificsoftheprocedurebecausecommissionershadnotyetmadeafinaldecision.ButshesaidthattheEuropeanUnionwaswithinitsrightstomakedecisionsbasedonthe’’precautionaryprinciple’’evenwhenscientistshadfoundnodefinitiveevidenceprovingproductscancauseharm.ShesaidthatthedecisionsbyMr.Dimascouldgobeforethecommissionwithinafewweeks,butshesaidthatnodatehadbeenset.Inthedecisions,Mr.Dimascitedrecentresearchshowingthatconsumptionofgeneticallymodified’’cornbyproductsreducedgrowthandincreasedmortalityofnontargetstreaminsects’’andthattheseinsects’’areimportantpreyforaquaticandriparianpredators’’andthatthiscouldhave’’unexpectedecosystem-scaleconsequences.’’
Althoughstillpreliminary,hisdecisionscoulddrasticallytiltthepolicyagainstfutureapprovalsofgeneticallymodifiedcrops,saidNathalieMoll,aspokeswomanforEuropabio,anindustrygroupwith80membersincludingSyngenta,PioneerandDow.EuropabiosaysthatthecropsgrownusingthegeneticallymodifiedcornarealreadyimportedintoseveralEuropeancountries,includingFranceandGermany,wheretheyareusedtofeedanimalslikecowsandchickens.
RobGianfranceschi,spokesmanattheUnitedStatesmissiontotheEuropeanUnioninBrussels,saiditwastooearlytocommentonadecisionthathadnotyetbeenformalized.ButhemadeclearthattheUnitedStatesremainedfrustratedwithEuropeanpoliciesongeneticallymodifiedcrops.
1.Thepreliminarydecisionsaremadeby_____.
DuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta
EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficials
EuropeanCommision
StarvrosDimas
2.Tothedecisions,theEuropeanCommissionofficials’attitudesare_____.
skeptical
controversial
contradictory
divergent
3.Aboutthedecisions,whichoneofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
Thedecisionsaimstoputabanthesaleoftheseedsofgeneticallymodifiedcornduetopoliticalandbiologicalconcerns.
ThedecisionsarewarmlyembracedbyallEUmembersbutbitterlyrejectedbytheirtradepartners.
Thedecisionscouldprobablybemadeevenifnodefinitiveevidenceprovingtheproductsharmfulisfound.
thereishighpossibilitythatthedecisionswouldbeapprovedbytheEuropeanCommission.
4.Mr.Dimascitedmanyresearchesonthegeneticallymodifiedcorninhisdecisioninorderto_____.
dispelsomeofficials’doubtonhisdecisions
enhancethestrengthofhisdecision-making
demonstratethelatestachievementofhisdecision
assurethattheycanbepresentedbeforethecommissionwithsolidevidence
5.Theword"tilt"(Line1,Paragraph6)mostprobablymeans_____.
incline
affect
induce
evoke
文章剖析：
这篇文章介绍了联合国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：
geneticallyadv.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)EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeneticallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,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.Dimascitedrecentresearchshowingthatconsumptionofgeneticallymodified’’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
EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeneticallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,affectfoodchainsanddisturblifeinriversandstreams,andtheyhaveproposedabanonthesaleoftheseeds,whicharemadebyDuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta.ThepreliminarydecisionsarecirculatingwithintheEuropeanCommission,whichhasthefinalsay.SomeofficialsthereareskepticalofabanthatwouldupsetthepowerfulbiotechnologyindustryandcouldexacerbatetensionswithimportanttradingpartnersliketheUnitedStates.TheseedsarenotavailableontheEuropeanmarketforcultivation.
Inthedecisions,theenvironmentcommissioner,StavrosDimas,contendsthatthegeneticallymodifiedcorn,ormaizecouldaffectcertainbutterflyspecies,specificallythemonarch,andotherbeneficialinsects.Forinstance,researchthisyearindicatesthatlarvaeofthemonarchbutterflyexposedtothegeneticallymodifiedcorn’’behavedifferentlythanotherlarvae.’’InthedecisionconcerningthecornseedsproducedbyDowandPioneer,Mr.Dimascalls’’potentialdamageontheenvironmentirreversible.’’InthedecisiononSyngenta’scorn,hesaysthat’’thelevelofriskgeneratedbythecultivationofthisproductfortheenvironmentisunacceptable.’’
AdecisionbytheEuropeanUniontobarcultivationofthegeneticallymodifiedcropswouldbethefirstofitskindinthetradebloc,andwouldintensifythecontinuingbattleovergeneticallymodifiedcorn.BanningtheapplicationsforcorncropsalsowouldmarkaboldnewstepforEuropeanenvironmentalauthorities,whoarealreadyaggressivelypursuingregulationsonemissionsfromcarsandaircraft,settingitatoddswiththeUnitedStatesandangeringindustries.
’’TheseproductshavebeengrownintheU.S.andothercountriesforyears,’’saidStephenNorton,aspokesmanfortheUnitedStatestraderepresentative.’’Wearenotawareofanyothercasewhenaproducthasbeenrejectedafterhavingbeenreviewedanddeterminedsafe’’byEuropeanfoodsafetyauthorities,hesaid.
BarbaraHelfferich,aspokeswomanforMr.Dimas,declinedtocommentonthespecificsoftheprocedurebecausecommissionershadnotyetmadeafinaldecision.ButshesaidthattheEuropeanUnionwaswithinitsrightstomakedecisionsbasedonthe’’precautionaryprinciple’’evenwhenscientistshadfoundnodefinitiveevidenceprovingproductscancauseharm.ShesaidthatthedecisionsbyMr.Dimascouldgobeforethecommissionwithinafewweeks,butshesaidthatnodatehadbeenset.Inthedecisions,Mr.Dimascitedrecentresearchshowingthatconsumptionofgeneticallymodified’’cornbyproductsreducedgrowthandincreasedmortalityofnontargetstreaminsects’’andthattheseinsects’’areimportantpreyforaquaticandriparianpredators’’andthatthiscouldhave’’unexpectedecosystem-scaleconsequences.’’
Althoughstillpreliminary,hisdecisionscoulddrasticallytiltthepolicyagainstfutureapprovalsofgeneticallymodifiedcrops,saidNathalieMoll,aspokeswomanforEuropabio,anindustrygroupwith80membersincludingSyngenta,PioneerandDow.EuropabiosaysthatthecropsgrownusingthegeneticallymodifiedcornarealreadyimportedintoseveralEuropeancountries,includingFranceandGermany,wheretheyareusedtofeedanimalslikecowsandchickens.
RobGianfranceschi,spokesmanattheUnitedStatesmissiontotheEuropeanUnioninBrussels,saiditwastooearlytocommentonadecisionthathadnotyetbeenformalized.ButhemadeclearthattheUnitedStatesremainedfrustratedwithEuropeanpoliciesongeneticallymodifiedcrops.
1.Thepreliminarydecisionsaremadeby_____.
DuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta
EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficials
EuropeanCommision
StarvrosDimas
2.Tothedecisions,theEuropeanCommissionofficials’attitudesare_____.
skeptical
controversial
contradictory
divergent
3.Aboutthedecisions,whichoneofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
Thedecisionsaimstoputabanthesaleoftheseedsofgeneticallymodifiedcornduetopoliticalandbiologicalconcerns.
ThedecisionsarewarmlyembracedbyallEUmembersbutbitterlyrejectedbytheirtradepartners.
Thedecisionscouldprobablybemadeevenifnodefinitiveevidenceprovingtheproductsharmfulisfound.
thereishighpossibilitythatthedecisionswouldbeapprovedbytheEuropeanCommission.
4.Mr.Dimascitedmanyresearchesonthegeneticallymodifiedcorninhisdecisioninorderto_____.
dispelsomeofficials’doubtonhisdecisions
enhancethestrengthofhisdecision-making
demonstratethelatestachievementofhisdecision
assurethattheycanbepresentedbeforethecommissionwithsolidevidence
5.Theword"tilt"(Line1,Paragraph6)mostprobablymeans_____.
incline
affect
induce
evoke
文章剖析：
这篇文章介绍了联合国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：
geneticallyadv.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)EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeneticallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,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.Dimascitedrecentresearchshowingthatconsumptionofgeneticallymodified’’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"。
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