2012年text3 第一、二段

①In 2010, a federal judge shook America's biotech industry to its core. ②Companies had won patents for isolated DNA for decades—by 2005 some 20% of human genes were parented. ③But in March 2010 a judge ruled that genes were unpatentable.④ Executives were violently agitated. ⑤The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), a trade group, assured members that this was just a “preliminary step” in a longer battle.  

⑥On July 29th they were relieved, at least temporarily. ⑦A federal appeals court overturned the prior decision, ruling that Myriad Genetics could indeed hold patents to two genes that help forecast a woman's risk of breast cancer. ⑧The chief executive of Myriad, a company in Utah,said the ruling was a blessing to firms and patients alike.

 

 

句子切分：

第一句：

In 2010, a federal judge shook America's biotech industry to its core.

翻译解析：2010年，一位联邦法官对美国生物技术行业产生了巨大影响。

 

第二句：

1. Companies had won patents for isolated DNA for decades

2. —by 2005 some 20% of human genes were parented.

翻译解析：几十年来（时间状前置），各家公司早就获得了单离DNA的专利——到了2005年，大约20%的人类基因被授予专利。

 

第三句：

But in March 2010 a judge ruled that genes were unpatentable.

翻译解析：但2010年三月，一位法官却判定基因不再授予专利。

 

第四段：

Executives were violently agitated.

翻译解析：公司高管陷入（增词法）烦躁不安。

 

第五句：

1. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), a trade group, assured members

2. that this was just a “preliminary step” in a longer battle.  

翻译解析：贸易团体生物技术行业组织（BIO）宣称这将是长期斗争的一个序幕。

 

第六句：

On July 29th they were relieved, at least temporarily.

翻译解析：七月29日，公司的高管们松了口气，至少暂时放松了下。

 

第七句：

1. A federal appeals court overturned the prior decision,

2. ruling that Myriad Genetics could indeed hold patents to two genes 

3. （genes）that help forecast a woman's risk of breast cancer.

翻译解析：联邦上诉法院驳回了先前的判决，裁定Myriad Genetics可以保有两项帮助预测乳腺癌的（定语从句前置）基因专利。

 

第八句：

1. The chief executive of Myriad, a company in Utah,said

2. the ruling was a blessing to firms and patients alike.

翻译解析：位于犹他州Myriad的总裁认为，这次判决对于相关公司和患者来说（状语前置）都是一个福音。

 

动词及短语（重点）：

judge(可以做动词表示审判，判决）-（a ）judge（法官）-judgement（名词，判断；审判，判决）

shake：动摇，摇动；

patent:该词在本文中多次使用，主要用法有两个：第一，用作名词，表示专利权；第二，用作动词，表示授予专利；

unpatentable：不能获取专利的

held patent to sth:对某物持有专利权

isolate（动词，表示使隔离，分离）-isolated（做形容词，表示个体的，分离的，真题中很多动词用的现在分词或过去分词做形容词）

rule：本文多用于动词，表示规定；

agitate：使不安，骚动；

assure：确保，保证；五星级词汇；注意与ensure/insure结合记忆；

relieve：解除，减缓；注意与relax放松，休息相结合记忆；

overturn：推翻，颠覆；

forecast-predict:二者都表示预测，可以相互替换

 

其他相关词汇：

appeals  court：上诉法院；appeal本身作为动词表示呼吁；恳请；上诉；重点词汇，后面碰到再总结；

preliminary（初步的，开始的）-prior（在前的；优先的）

decision:裁决，判决；相当于verdict/judgement

bless(动词，祝福，保佑；如God bless you.)-a blessing to sth对某事是福音

biotech-biotechnology：生物科技

for decades：几十年

to one's core：核心

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