TED中英官方演讲稿-PamelaRonald_2015[帕梅拉.罗纳德][改造我们的食物的案例].pdf

TED演讲者 ：Pamela Ronald | 帕梅拉.罗纳德 演讲标题 ：The case for engineering our food | 改造我们的食物的案例 内容概要 ：Pamela Ronald studies the genes that make plants more resistant to disease and stress. In an eye-opening talk, she describes her decade-long quest to isolate a gene that allows rice to sur i e prolonged flooding. She shows how the genetic impro ement of seeds sa ed the Hawaiian papaya crop in the 1990s — and makes the case that modern genetics is sometimes the most effecti e method to ad ance sustainable agriculture and enhance food security for our planet.s growing population. 帕梅拉.罗纳德研究使植物对疾病和不利环境有更强抵抗能力的基因。在一个大开眼界的演讲上 ，她陈述了她 帮助创造一种可以在洪水中生存更久的大米的多年探索。她解说了在50年代种子的基因发展如何挽救了夏威 夷的木瓜作物——同时这也是为我们星球上不断增长的人口提高食物安全的最有效方法。 www.XiYuS 锡育软件 I am a plant geneticist. 我是一个植物遗传学家。[00:12] I study g n s that mak plants r sistant to dis as and 我研究一些能使植物抵抗疾病 和耐抗压的基因。 tol rant of str ss. [00:15] In r c nt y ars, millions of p opl around th world hav 在最近几年来, 世界上成千上万的人相信 转基因改 com to b li v that th r s som thing sinister about 造存在灾害性。[00:21] g n tic modification. Today, I am going to provid a diff r nt p rsp ctiv . 今天,我将要提出一个不同的观点。[00:30] First, l t m introduc my husband, Raoul. 首先,让我介绍我的丈夫,拉乌尔。[00:36] H s an organic farm r. 他是一个有机农民。[00:38] On his farm, h plants a vari ty of diff r nt crops. 在他的农 田里,他种着各种不同的农作物。[00:41] This is on of th many ecological farming practic s h us s 这是许多生态农业试验的其中一个 用来保持他的 to k p his farm h althy. 农 田健康的实践。[00:45] Imagin som of th r actions w g t: R ally? An organic 试想一些我们会得到的反应: “真的吗 ？一个有机 farm r and a plant g n ticist? 农民和一个植物遗传学家 ？[00:51] Can you agr on anything?