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For many years, cloning had always been thought of as only science fiction, but on July 5, 1998, that fiction became a reality. 多年來，無性繁殖技術一直只被視為是科幻小說裡的劇情，但是這樣的小說情節卻在 1998 年七月五日時成真了。
Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell. 桃莉羊是第一隻成功從成年體細胞複製出來的哺乳動物。
Dolly, named after country music legend Dolly Parton, lived to the age of six before she died on February 14, 2003. 桃莉羊是以鄉村音樂傳奇歌手桃莉•芭頓來命名的，牠在 2003 年二月十四日過世前活到了六歲。

It is now possible for scientists to save endangered animals from extinction through cloning. 對科學家來說，現在藉由無性繁殖技術來拯救頻臨絕種的動物免於滅絕是有可能的了。

The impact of this scientific breakthrough has dramatically changed the face of scientific research and bio-engineering. 這項科學突破所產生的衝擊已大幅度地改變了科學研究及生物工程學的面貌。

Further, it may one day be possible to bring back extinct animals like woolly mammoths by cloning their frozen tissue.
而且，也許有一天可以利用複製像真猛瑪象這些絕種動物的冷凍組織來讓牠們重生。

生活必備字詞
◎clone vt. 使……無性繁殖；複製
◎mammal n. 哺乳動物
◎breakthrough n. 突破
◎endangered a. 瀕臨絕種的
◎extinction n. 滅絕，絕種
．Polar bears are at risk of extinction now.


內容來源:
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/international/20150215/36390814/DollytheSheep