There's a news poll out tonight on another major controversy: human cloning. When asked whether scientists should be able to clone human, 85% said no, 11% said yes. Congress is working on legislation that would ban human cloning. It heard today on one scientist who intends to clone humans.
From his 2）cramped laboratory in Lexington, Kentucky, doctor Panos Zavos claims he is on the 3）brink of cloning a human being. Zavos, a 4）fertility specialist who argues that cloning is appropriate for 5）infertile couples, says he will 6）implant cloned 7）embryos in 12 women this year.
Dr. Zavos: The plan is that we are going to do the first four couples sometime this summer.
Reporter: Where do you plan to do this?
Dr. Zavos: Somewhere in this world.
That makes Zavos one of the few scientists in the world who thinks human cloning is safe. Animals like cows and pigs are cloned every day, but the technology is not complete, and there are high rates of 8）deformity. Zavos says he's just more advanced than anyone else.
Dr. Zavos: We know a heck of a lot more than almost animal cloners all put together.
His predictions got him invited to a cloning hearing on Capital Hill. （Congressional hearing: 2002 could be the year of the clone.）
A hearing called by Indiana Congressman Mark Souder, who made clear his belief that human clones are a danger to human life.Mark Souder: Cloning, regardless of intent, reduces human life to a commodity that is created and destroyed for convenience.
But the politics of human cloning are shifting. After the House passed an 9）outright ban on cloning, scores of scientists asked Congress to permit cloning for research on diseases like Parkinson's.
Dr. William Weiner: We simply don't know what the 10）potential is, and to walk away from it and say we shouldn't look seems very foolish on our part.
The 11）outcry from scientists for Congress to consider cloning for research has made a difference. The Senate which at one point seemed on the 12）verge of voting on a cloning ban, has now pushed the cloning debate into June, at the earliest. South Korea is investigating a U.S-based firm run by a UFO-inspired spiritual sect, which claim it's implanted a cloned embryo in a Korean woman. According to a spokesman from Clonaid Korea, the 13）surrogate mother arrived in South Korea a month ago and came with an embryo which has been implanted in her 14）uterine wall by foreign technicians. The woman will give birth in South Korea, which has no laws against the procedure. But another Clonaid official refused to confirm the claim.
1） clone [klEun] v. 克隆
2） cramped [5krAmpt] a. 狹窄的
3） brink [briNk] n. 邊緣
4） fertility [fE:5tiliti] n. 繁殖力，生育力
5） infertile [in5fE:tail] a. 不生育的
6） implant [im5pla:nt] v. 植入，移植
7） embryo [5embriEu] n. 胚，胚胎
8） deformity [di5fC:miti] n. 畸形
9） outright [5aut-rait] a. 完全的，徹底的
10） potential [pE5tenFEl] n. 潛力
11） outcry [5autkrai] n. 強(qiáng)烈*，強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)
12） verge [vE:dV] n. 邊沿，邊緣，臨界點(diǎn)
13） surrogate [5sQrEgit] n. 替代物，代孕婦
14） uterine [5ju:tErain] n. 子宮的
From his 2）cramped laboratory in Lexington, Kentucky, doctor Panos Zavos claims he is on the 3）brink of cloning a human being. Zavos, a 4）fertility specialist who argues that cloning is appropriate for 5）infertile couples, says he will 6）implant cloned 7）embryos in 12 women this year.
Dr. Zavos: The plan is that we are going to do the first four couples sometime this summer.
Reporter: Where do you plan to do this?
Dr. Zavos: Somewhere in this world.
That makes Zavos one of the few scientists in the world who thinks human cloning is safe. Animals like cows and pigs are cloned every day, but the technology is not complete, and there are high rates of 8）deformity. Zavos says he's just more advanced than anyone else.
Dr. Zavos: We know a heck of a lot more than almost animal cloners all put together.
His predictions got him invited to a cloning hearing on Capital Hill. （Congressional hearing: 2002 could be the year of the clone.）
A hearing called by Indiana Congressman Mark Souder, who made clear his belief that human clones are a danger to human life.Mark Souder: Cloning, regardless of intent, reduces human life to a commodity that is created and destroyed for convenience.
But the politics of human cloning are shifting. After the House passed an 9）outright ban on cloning, scores of scientists asked Congress to permit cloning for research on diseases like Parkinson's.
Dr. William Weiner: We simply don't know what the 10）potential is, and to walk away from it and say we shouldn't look seems very foolish on our part.
The 11）outcry from scientists for Congress to consider cloning for research has made a difference. The Senate which at one point seemed on the 12）verge of voting on a cloning ban, has now pushed the cloning debate into June, at the earliest. South Korea is investigating a U.S-based firm run by a UFO-inspired spiritual sect, which claim it's implanted a cloned embryo in a Korean woman. According to a spokesman from Clonaid Korea, the 13）surrogate mother arrived in South Korea a month ago and came with an embryo which has been implanted in her 14）uterine wall by foreign technicians. The woman will give birth in South Korea, which has no laws against the procedure. But another Clonaid official refused to confirm the claim.
1） clone [klEun] v. 克隆
2） cramped [5krAmpt] a. 狹窄的
3） brink [briNk] n. 邊緣
4） fertility [fE:5tiliti] n. 繁殖力，生育力
5） infertile [in5fE:tail] a. 不生育的
6） implant [im5pla:nt] v. 植入，移植
7） embryo [5embriEu] n. 胚，胚胎
8） deformity [di5fC:miti] n. 畸形
9） outright [5aut-rait] a. 完全的，徹底的
10） potential [pE5tenFEl] n. 潛力
11） outcry [5autkrai] n. 強(qiáng)烈*，強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)
12） verge [vE:dV] n. 邊沿，邊緣，臨界點(diǎn)
13） surrogate [5sQrEgit] n. 替代物，代孕婦
14） uterine [5ju:tErain] n. 子宮的