《英语阅读》课程教学资源（PPT课件）08 英语阅读（四）Unit 8 Food or Poison（GM Products）

Unit 8Food or Poison(GM Products)

1 Unit 8 Food or Poison (GM Products)

Useful wordstransgenic [traenz'd3enik] 转基因的food scarcity['skeasati]食物短缺trait [trei, treit]性状，特征omnipotent[om'nipatant] 无所不能的conceivable[kan'si:vabl]可能的；想得到的hazard ["haezad]危险irreversible[,iri'va:sabl]不可逆的flaw[flo:]瑕疵，裂纹2

2 Useful words transgenic [trænz‘dʒenik] 转基因的 food scarcity [‘skεəsəti] 食物短缺 trait [trei, treit] 性状，特征 omnipotent [ɔm‘nipətənt] 无所不能的 conceivable [kən‘si:vəbl] 可能的；想得到的 hazard [‘hæzəd] 危险 irreversible [,iri'və:səbl] 不可逆的 flaw [flɔ:] 瑕疵，裂纹

questionDo you think it's necessary to indicateon the outer package of transgenic foodand why?二就选我啦转基因产品非转基因产品3

3 question Do you think it`s necessary to indicate on the outer package of transgenic food, and why?

Transgenic technologyTransgenic technology is a new technology thattransfer some helpful genes from one creature toanother with some specific biochemistry andmolecular biology methods.By These methods we can modify the geneticmaterial of the creatures to improve their propertiesnutritional content and economic value in order tomeet the demand of human beings.X

4 ◆ Transgenic technology is a new technology that transfer some helpful genes from one creature to another with some specific biochemistry and molecular biology methods. ◆ By These methods we can modify the genetic material of the creatures to improve their properties、 nutritional content and economic value in order to meet the demand of human beings. Transgenic technology

Current situationAt the present day, the global population isgrowing by amazing speed while the cultivatedland area is declining. Food scarcityy has becomethe hot potato in many countries all over theworld

5 At the present day, the global population is growing by amazing speed while the cultivated land area is declining. Food scarcity has become the hot potato in many countries all over the world. Current situation

ApplicationsOn plantsWe can change or improve the traits ofplants by changing or modifying theoriginal genes or just introducing somenew genes

6 Applications On plants ◆ We can change or improve the traits of plants by changing or modifying the original genes or just introducing some new genes

ApplicationsIncrease production转基因大豆

7 Increase production Applications

ApplicationsImprove the nutritional content不会引起过敏的大豆8

8 Applications Improve the nutritional content

ApplicationsDrDishtsresistatatrtiadh Pkdtreeiisaant普通大豆CopyrightO Jiangyong抗中害作物新培育出的抗旱大豆转鱼基因抗寒番茄9

9 Applications Drought Disease-resistant and Cold -resistant and Pest-resistant -resistant

ApplicationsGenerate new traits金大米鳳凰酷光新闻fashionaowsostsm10

10 Applications Generate new traits