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The perfect copy
完美復制
Scientists have announced that they have cloned the first human embryo. This has caused much debate round the world.
科學家發表聲說，已經克隆了第一個人類胚胎。這在全球引起廣泛爭議。
On the one hand, some scientists point out that if you clone an embryo, you can produce valuable human tissues—such bone or lung tissue—that could be used to save human lives.
一方面，一些科學家指出，如果克隆人類胚胎，你就可以制造出寶貴的人體組織—如骨組織或肺組織—它們可以用來挽救人類的生命。
On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and are afraid that, if mankind toys with nature in this way,
另一方面，包括一些科學家在內的許多人持不同意見，他們擔心人類如果如此戲弄自然，
we may be on our way to producing a real-life Frankenstein's monster.
可能會制造出一個現實生活中的弗蘭肯斯坦怪物。
Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells. The first mammal to be cloned successfully from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep.
克隆是指利用細胞精確復制植物或動物的技術。第一個成功地用成年動物細胞克隆出的哺乳動物是多利羊。
She was born in 1996 and died in early 2003, at a much younger age than normal.
她生于1996年死于2003年，比普通羊的壽命短很多。
When she was born, many people were worried that cloning would lead to more diseases in the animal world.
當她出生的時候，很多人都有顧慮，認為克隆可能會給動物界帶來更多的疾病。
However, in general the scientists were praised for their wonderful scientific advance.
然而，總的來說，科學家們因他們偉大的成就而被贊揚。
lan Wilmut, the Scottish scientist who created Dolly, is shocked that some scientists are now considering cloning human beings.
lan Wilmut，創造多利的蘇格蘭科學家，對于現在一些科學家竟然想克隆人類而感到震驚。
Although he researches cloning, his intention has never been to create copies of humans.
雖然他研究克隆，但他的意圖從來不是要克隆人類。
Instead, he thinks research efforts should concentrate on creating new tissues and organs that can be used to cure diseases like cancer.
相反，他認為研究應集中在創造新組織和器官，來用于治療如癌癥類的疾病。
However, some people believe that cloning human embryos with the intention of destroying them shows no respect for human life.
然而，有些人認為懷著摧毀人類胚胎的意圖來克隆人類胚胎是對人類生命的不尊重。
