ARevolutioninBiology—andSociety?

ContentsContext2Culture1Coherence3Cohesion4RevolutioninBiology？Society？Critique5Whatislifemadeupof?Whatistheessenceoflife?CultureThisisthelandmarkofZhongGuanCunstreetwhichisnamedlife.CultureThestatueisjusttheshapeofDNA’sdoublehelixstructureJobinterviewInsuranceCultureTerroristCultureTheterroristsmayusethegenetechnologytomakenewkindofviruswhichmaycausegreatcasualties.ContextWho&WhyWhen&HowsettingconflictsEnds？

instrumentalitiesLet'sstartContextInstrumentalitiesnarratedecribeillustratelyric

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narrationAliquidseemedlikewater

whenstirred,itturnsouttobestickyWhatandSettingContextwhoandwhy

Dr.FrancisCollinsCatalogthelibraryofbiologicaldata

Dr.W.FrenchAndersonFindthewonderdrugshiddeninthetesttubeContextActs1952,knownthatDNAisthebasicstuffofgenetics1953,knownit'schemicalstructureThen,And,genetictestingcompilethefirstdetailedatlasinhumanDNApioneeredthefirstsuccessfulhumangene-therapyoperationsWhenandHowContextConflictdilemma1.geneticsdefectsthatcan'tbecorrectedyet2.misuseofgeneticinformation

KeysWearenothingmorethanourgenesContextItwillbeaneternaltopicEnds？ContextCoherenceClauserelationHierarchiesParagraphingRuleoforderChronologicalorder

SpatialorderLogicalorderSequenceCoherenceButeverythingthescientistshaveaccomplishedduringthepasthalf-centuryisjustaprefacetotheworkButinotherinstances,almostnothingcanbedonetostopthedamagebroughtonbygeneticdefects.PartⅠPartⅡPartⅢPartⅣGeneralintroductionPotentialfunctionSignificanceApplicationDilemmaLatentriskDebateMeditationCoherenceCoherencePartⅠPartⅡPartⅢPartⅣAlibraryofbiologydateAdrugfactoryAbiologicalcomputerprogramDescriptionofthecontentsDescriptionofthecontentsAgeneralintroductionofhuman’sresearchonDNAandit’slatentfunctionPart1Para1-3PartⅡPartⅠPartⅢPartⅣFrancisCollinsW.FrenchAndersonBiologicalandmedicalrevolutionGenetictestingDelaytheonsetSofteneffectsProvideartificialversionofproteinPara.4Para.5Para.7Para.8CoherenceDescriptionofthecontentsDescriptionofthecontentsThesignificanceandapplicationofDNAresearchPart2Para4-7PartⅢPartⅠPartⅡPartⅣDescriptionofthecontentsDescriptionofthecontentsThedilemmaandpotentialriskofthegeneticrevolutionPart3Para8-9Perils

geneticdefectthatcan'tbecorrectedyetLosingtheirjobsmisuseofother’sDNAinformationInstancespublishesalistofdiseasestowhichtheformerPresidentisheirThedilemmaofaninsurancecompanyCoherencePartⅣPartⅠPartⅢPartⅡCoherenceDisagree

Wearenothingmorethangenes.Thegreatdrawbackoftheproject.Agree

Manyacceptthepremise.Justone’scriminoustendency.DescriptionofthecontentsDescriptionofthecontentsPeople’sdifferentopiniononDNAresearchPart4Para10-11CoherenceClauserelationsCollinsheadsagiganticefforttocatalogthelibraryofbiologicaldatalockedinthosethreads,achallengehecompareswithsplittingtheatomorgoingtothemoon.main

clauseadverbial

ofpurposeAppositive同位語attributive

clauseLine4-5CoherenceClauserelationsDNAintheirhandshasbecomeadrug,asubstanceofextraordinarypotentialthatcantreatnotjustsymptomsorthediseasesthatcausethembutalsotheflawsinDNAthatmakepeoplesusceptibletoadisease.attributiveclausemain

clauseLine30-31CoherenceClauserelationsHethinksitisonlyamatteroftime

beforesomeonesweepsupsomeofBillClinton'shairatthebarbershop,runsageneticscanontheDNAinthehaircellsandpublishesalistofdiseasestowhichtheformerPresidentisheirtemporal

adverbialLine55-56compound

sentenceSynonymAntonymCollocationRhetoric

GrammaticalReferenceConjunction

CohesionLexical

Cohesion

Analogy

Personification

Simile

Butwhenitisstirred,the"water"turnsouttobestickyandthick,clingingtoaglassrodandforminglong,

hair-thinthreads."Yougetthefeelingthisisreallydifferentstuff,"saysDr.FrancisCollinsinhislaboratory.Collinsheadsagiganticefforttocatalogthelibraryofbiologicaldatalockedinthosethreads,achallengehecompareswithsplittingtheatomorgoingtothemoon.(P1)Someday,hesays,doctorswillsimplydiagnosetheirpatients'illnesses,givethemaprescriptionfortheproperpiecesofmolecularthread,andsendthemhomecured.(P2)Thisthreadoflife,ofcourse,isDNA,thespiral-staircase-shapedmoleculefoundinthenucleiofcells.（P3）Cohesion---ReferenceButeverythingthescientistshaveaccomplishedduringthepasthalf-centuryisjustaprefacetotheworkinwhichCollinsandamultitudeofhiscolleaguesarenowimmersed.(P4)Whattheyandotherresearchersareplottingisnothinglessthanabiologicalandmedicalrevolution.LikeSiliconValleypiratestearingapartacomputerchiptostealacompetitor'ssecrets,geneticengineersarestudyinglife'ssecretsandtryingtousethatknowledgetoreversethenaturalcourseofdisease.DNAintheirhandshasbecomeadrug,asubstanceofextraordinarypotentialthatcantreatnotjustsymptomsorthediseases

thatcausethembutalsotheflawsinDNAthatmakepeoplesusceptibletoadisease.(P5)Cohesion---ReferenceCohesion---ConjunctionCohesion---RhetoricCollinsheadsagiganticefforttocatalogthelibraryofbiologicaldatalockedinthosethreads,achallengehecompareswithsplittingtheatomorgoingtothemoon.(P1)Analogy類比ThisexpertisworriedthatsamplesfromroutinebloodtestsonordinarycitizenscouldbescreenedandthattheresultantgeneticinformationmighteventuallyfinditswayintothevastDNAdatabanks.(P9)Personification擬人Cohesion---RhetoricTheyknowthathumanDNAactslikeabiologicalcomputerprogramthatspellsouttheinstructionsforthesynthesisofproteins,thebasicbuildingblocksoflife.(P3)LikeSiliconValleypiratestearingapartacomputerchiptostealacompetitor‘ssecrets,geneticengineersarestudyinglife’ssecretsandtryingtousethatknowledgetoreversethenaturalcourseofdisease.(P5)Simile明喻Cohesion---SynonymⅠTurnouttobe(L2)Lockedin(L5)Catalog(L5)TheresultantHiddenin(L9)Compile(L22)Gigantic(L4)----thelibraryof(L5)---amultitudeof(L20)Thebasicstuffof(L13)---Thebasicbuildingblocksof(L16)Flaw(L32)---defects(L45)----drawback(L65)Pioneer(L25)Plot(L27)Onset(L39)Prevent…from(L41)Practicalway(37)Refute(L68)Evenif(L71)Lead(L21)Immerse(L20)Beginning(L33)Wardoff…from(L41)----preclude(L62)Commonplace(L35)Revolt(L64)Notwithstanding(L33)

Cohesion---Synonym

Ⅱ(L3)(L4)(L27)(L31)(L6)(L7)(L64)(L59)Cohesion---AntonymTurnouttobe(L2)Thelibraryof(L5)Lockin(L5)Spellout(L15)Basic