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GM Crops:Food of Future?
转基因作物：未来的粮食？
Genetically-modified crops have made a big splash in the news lately.
转基因作物最近在新闻中引起很大轰动。
During the Oxford Farming Conference, held in London early this month, the British government
’
s
chief
scientist,
Professor
John
Beddington,
warned
that
Britain
must
embrace
genetically-modified(GM)
crops
and
cutting-edge
developments
to
avoid
catastrophic
food
shortages and future climate change (The Guardian, 7January 2010).
本月初，
在伦敦举行的牛津农业会议上，英国政府首席科学家
John Beddington
教授警告说，
为了避免灾难性的食物短缺和未来气候变化英国必须接受转 基因作物和发展前沿（卫报，
7january 2010
）
。
This announcement came
under fire
from farmers, academics and environmental groups.
这一通告受到农民、学术界和环保组织的强烈批评（攻击）
。
They fear that GM seeds will
erode
traditional farmers
’
rights and practices,
contaminate
seed
supplies, and increase farmers
’
dependence on private
monopolized
agricultural resources.
他们 担心转基因种子会侵蚀传统农民的权利和做法，
污染种子供应，
增加农民对私人垄断农
业资源的依赖。
In recent years,
hundreds of millions
of acres around the world (the US tops the list followed by
Canada) have been planted with GM seeds.
近年来，世界各地有数亿英亩土地
(
美国位居首位，其次是加拿大
)
已经种植了转基因种子。
These seeds
derived from
organisms whose DNA has been modified through
genetic engineering.
这些种子来源于通过基因工程改造
DNA
的生物体。
They
are
altered
using
lab
techniques
that
make
a
particular
crop
drought- tolerant,resistant
to
pests, or richer in a particular nutrient.
它们通过实验室技术改变作物，
使作物具有 耐旱性、
抗虫性，
或者在特定营养物质中更丰富。
There are many concerns about GM foods, including issues relating to health, the environment
and
contamination
.
人们对转基因食品有许多担忧，包括与健康、环境和污染有关的问题。
Environmentalists
and farmers fear that genetically-engineered
insect-resistant crops
could harm
beneficial insects
and
upset-ecosystem balances
.
环保人士和农民害怕转基因抗虫作物会伤害有益的昆虫，破坏生态平衡。
Some
scientists
share
their
concern
that
genes
inserted
into
plant
or
animal
foods
may
inadvertently
create
new
allergens
(
substances
that
cause allergies
in
some individuals
) or toxins.
一些科学家也担心植入动物或植物中的基 因可能无意中产生新的过敏原
（引起某些人过敏的
物质）或者毒素。
There are also concerns about the
overall threat
to the seed diversity and the healthy diversity of
our food supply.
也有人担心对种子多样性的全面威胁以及事物供应的健康多样性
Climate change and its current and potential impacts on food supplies have an increasing
profile
globally.
气候变化及其现状和食物的潜在影响在全球有越来越多的情况
(
侧面信息
)
Increasing global population and urbanization
combined with
the need to
combat climate change
,