Section_ⅣLearning_about_Language_&_Using_Language

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　　THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS?

　　The possibility of cloning fierce and extinct① wild animals② has always excited film makers. And they are not the only ones! The popularity③ of films such as④ Jurassic Park⑤， in which a scientist clones several kinds of⑥ extinct dinosaurs, proves how the idea struck⑦ a mixture of fear and excitement into people's hearts⑧. But in fact we are a long way from being able to clone extinct animals. Scientists are still experimenting with⑨ cloning mammals. This is because⑩ the cloning of mammals is still a new science and its story only began seriously in the 1950s as this list shows⑪：

　　1950s cloning of frogs

　　1970s research using the embryos of mice⑫

　　1979 work on embryos of sheep and mice

　　1981 first experimental clones of mice

　　1983 first experimental clones of cows

　　1996 first clone of a mammal: Dolly the sheep⑬

　　2000 cow gave birth to a bison⑭

　　2001 China's first cloned twin calves⑮

　　2002 first cloned cats

　　2005 first cloned dog

　　... 　　①extinct adj.灭绝的；消亡的

　　②介词短语of cloning ...作定语，修饰The possibility。

　　③popularity/ˌpɒpjʊ'lærətI/n.受人喜爱；流行

　　④such as 例如

　　⑤Jurassic/dʒʊə'ræsIk/Park 《侏罗纪公园》(美国电影名)

　　⑥several kinds of 几种

　　⑦strike/straIk/vt. & vi. (struck, struck)打；撞击；罢工n.罢工

　　strike ... into one's heart使......刻骨铭心

　　⑧该句主干是The popularity of films proves how ...其中in which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰Jurassic Park。how引导宾语从句，作proves的宾语。

　　⑨experiment with 用......做实验

　　⑩This is because ... 这是因为......， because后接表原因的句子，在此是表语从句。

　　⑪as this list shows是as引导的方式状语从句。

　　⑫现在分词短语using the embryos of mice作定语，修饰research。

　　⑬Dolly the sheep 多莉羊

　　⑭bison/'baIsn/n.北美或欧洲野牛

　　⑮calf/kɑːf/n.小牛；牛犊