Animal testing
"It was always myambitionto be a researchanalyststudyingamphibian anatomyfor the benefit of mankind." Said Dr. Cull to the high school students touring the laboratory. "Myancestorswere all scientists and my father taught me that it is simplyamazingto appreciate all of theanatomicaldetail in each creature. There is nothingamorphousabout them. I also hope that through my research we can understand the impacts of our society on these creatures so that we can know how toameliorateenvironmental problems andamendour wrongs. Frogs, for example, are an indicator of environmental pollution"
"You are veryambitious, Dr. Cull." A bright,amber-haired girl said. "So you are looking foranalogiesbetween animals and humans?"
"Yes, and there are alreadyamplefindingsamidtheanalogueswe already have. We know much about howanestheticswork, for example, based on clinical trials with rats."
"Ooowww. I disagree with using animals for tests!" Another student suddenly said.
"Some people think that the ethics of using animals for testing are fairlyambiguous. But the amount of knowledge we haveamassedabout health, vaccines, antibiotics etc. is incredible. Many of your dailyamenitiesare based on results from animal research. There is really nothingamateurishor careless slx)ut animal testing." Replied the Doctor.
"But I've seen videos of theamateurconditions in different research facilities and things look pretty bad for animals." Interjected yet another high school student.
"I see we've hit on an interesting topic. Let's step into this conference room and discuss this further."

動物實驗
“我那時的抱負一直是做研究分析員，研究兩棲動物解剖，造福人類。”卡爾博士對前來參觀實驗室的高中生們說，“我的祖先們都是科學家，我父親教導我說，欣賞每種生物的所有結構細節真的很驚人。這些結構細節沒有任何不規則之處。我也希望通過我的研究讓大家明白社會對這些生物的影響，這樣我們就可以改善環境問題，改正我們的過錯。比如說青蛙就是一種環境污染的指示生物。”
“您可真是雄心勃勃，卡爾博士。”一名頭發呈琥珀色的聰明女生說道，“那么您正在尋找人和動物之間的相似之處嘍?”
“是的，在我們已有的相似物中已經有大量發現了。比如說，根據在老鼠身上進行的臨床實驗，我們對麻醉劑如何起作用已經有了很深入的了解。”
“啊啊...，我可不同意用動物做實驗!”另一名學生突然說道。
“有些人認為用動物做實驗的道德準則是相當模棱兩可的，但是我們通過實驗積累的有關健康、疫苗、抗生素等方面的知識量卻是驚人的。我們日常生活中很多可供享受的東西都是以動物研究為基礎的。動物實驗可不是外行或者粗心的人能做的事情。”博士回答道。
“可我看過一些錄像帶，不同的研究設施中有許多東西都很不專業，動物的狀況看上去很糟糕。”又一名高中生插話道。
“看來我們觸及到了二個有趣的話題，那就進會議室做進一步的討論吧。”

單詞詳解:

amass v.1積累，積聚 2.把...擊成堆；堆積
amateur n.1.業余愛好者；業余運動員2.外行
a.業余愛好的，外行的
amateurish a.業余的；不熟練的；(像)外行的
amazing a.令人驚奇的；外行的
amber n.琥珀；琥珀色
ambigous a.1.難以理解(區分)的;含糊不清的
2.模棱兩可的,可作多種解釋的
ambition n.雄心；抱負
ambitious a.1.有雄心的；有抱負的；有野心的
2.由野心（或雄心）引起的，反映野心或雄性的
ameliorate v.改善,改良；減輕
amend v.修改，修正；改正，糾正
amenity n.（常作amenities）生活福利設施，便利設施
amid prep.在...中
amorphous a.無固定形狀的；不規則的；無組織的；無明確方向的
amphibian n.兩棲動物；水陸兩用機器或車輛
a.兩棲的；水陸兩用的
ample a.大量的，充裕的，豐富的，足夠的
anaesthetic a.感覺缺失的，麻木的；麻醉的
n.麻醉藥，麻醉劑
analogue n.相似物；類似情況
a.模擬計算機的；相似物的，類似的
analogy n.類似,相似;比擬;比喻;類比
analyst n.分析者；善于分析者
anatomical a.解剖的；解剖學的；結構上的
anatomy n.解剖;解剖學
ancestor n.祖宗，祖先