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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
CLONING ENDANGERED SPECIES
Grazing on a farm in Iowa, U.S.A.
are 11 cows pregnant with bantengs, also known as Bali Cattle, an
endangered species numbering fewer than 8,000 in the wild today, most of
which live scattered in small herds on the island of Java.
to graze
= otlamak, otlatmak...
endangered
= soyu tükenme tehlikesi altında...
scattered
= dağınık halde...
herd
= sürü... one
species is... , two species are... :
tekili çoğulu aynı...
Scientists at Advanced Cell
Technology, which caused
such uproar from certain
circles last year
by trying to clone human embryos, fused banteng DNA into 30 cows' eggs,
subjected them to electricity to start off the embryonic development...
uproar
= gürültü patırtı, karşı çıkma...
to
fuse
= bileştirmek, kaynaştırmak, "füzyon" yapmak...
to subject to
= maruz bırakmak, tabi
tutmak...
This summer's experiment has turned
out much better than anyone expected, with scientists giddily predicting
as many as six cloned bantengs calling a cow "mom."
has turned out
= oldu, olduğu görüldü, aslında kimse pek beklemiyordu ama...
giddy
= başları dönmüş (burada başarı sevincinden)...
"I feel giddy."
= Başım dönüyor...
to predict
= tahminde bulunmak, kehanette bulunmak...
Many hope this novel, cross-species
cloning experiment will someday turn into a routine and powerful tool in
conserving endangered species - and, perhaps, even revive extinct animals.
novel
= yeni...
cross-species
= türler arası...
to revive
= yeniden hayata döndürmek, canlandırmak...
extinct
= türü tükenmiş...
How to rejuvenate dying species has
always been a conundrum for conservationists. Do you try to motivate the
endangered species in the wild or in captivity? What is the prudent level
of human help for pandas and other animals that have a notoriously tough
time conceiving?
to rejuvenate
= gençleştirmek, eski canlılığını kazandırmak...
conandrum
= bilmece (yanıtı sözcük oyununa dayalı)...
in captivity
= tutsaklıkta...
prudent
= temkinli, sağgörülü, basiretli...
notorious
= kötülüğü ile ün salmış, kötü tanınan...
tough
/taf/
okuyunuz
= (burada) zor... to conceive
= gebe kalmak...
Rider and his fellow
conservationists say cloning is not the solution. Preserving habitats,
hunting bans and other conservation methods
should be given a much higher
priority.
habitat
= karakteristik yaşam çevresi...
bans
= yasaklar...
to be given priority
/pra-yo-riti/=
öncelik verilmek...
Instead of relying on the existing
and limited gene pool of the live endangered species, scientists hope they
can use cloning to reintroduce the genes of long-dead animals.
live
(sıfat:
/layv/
okuyunuz)
= canlı... to
reintroduce
= yeniden devreye sokmak, yeniden başlatmak ve yürürlüğe koymak...
Some scientists are
even talking about bringing extinct animals like the woolly mammoth back
to life with the technology, a premise Rider dismisses as unrealistic.
"That's Jurassic Park," Rider said. "Interesting but impossible."
wooly mammoth
= yünlü mamut... to
dismiss
= işten çıkarmak, huzurundan kovmak, "dağılın" komutunu vermek, vb gibi
anlamlar taşıyan bu fiil burada "Hayalci bularak reddediyor" anlamında... |
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THIS IS AN ADVERT /
BU BİR İLANDIR !
ALTI ÇİZİLİ SÖZCÜKLER METNİN
SONUNDA AÇIKLANIYOR
Applications are invited from
AKP female candidates and potential female voters to become my
obedient concubines,
subject to,
the applicants' having read
and being in full agreement with the views expressed by Mr. Hüseyin Besli,
currently one of the inner circle of party officials and AKP candidate for
İstanbul 1st District constituency and one time press counsellor
for Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself,
to
the effect that,
1.
"Wherever you go upon this earth, average female height is shorter than average
male height... This is because, there exists a dominant desire in woman's
genetic make-up to put her head on a man's shoulder..."
2.
"Can we reject, in the name of gender equality, that classic
sexual position (which comes first to everybody's mind and is exercised by us
all) just because the woman lies under?
Wouldn't it be a great injustice to
reject this position in the name of equality?
Wouldn't this be in negation of
[what] mother nature [dictates], the manner of the species' creation [specifies]
and (even) the Creator [ordains] ?"
3.
"They asked me once "kadından devlet başkanı olur mu?"... Well, let women first
accept that they are presented-and-granted creatures, then they may
choose to be whatever they want."
Applicants must note that:
1. No applications will be
considered unless accompanied by a Certificate of Virginity given by a
female doctor.
2. I am sorry that I can be
instrumental for up to three applicants only to prove themselves worthy
of becoming God's beloved subjects. I have to limit myself with three
concubines only, since I am already married.
3. Photograps taken in
Turkish baths are appreciated as long as they were taken by other women using
polaroid cameras...
COMMENT
Well, at least now we all
know what position Mr. Besli takes in matters of male-female relationships...
obedient
= itaatkar...
concubine
= kuma... subject to
= şu şartlara bağlı olarak...
constituency
= seçim bölgesi...
press counsellor
= basın danışmanı...
gender equality =
cinslerin eşitliği...
negation
= reddetme, karşı çıkma...
to dictate
= ne ve nasıl yapılacağını söylemek, yaptırtmak...
to specify
= Öngörmek, niteliklerini belirlemek...
to ordain
= emretmek, mukadder kılmak...
presented-and-granted
creatures
= "sunulmuş" varlıklar...
to consider
= (burada) dikkate almak...
instrumental
= aracı, vasıta...
God's beloved subjects
= Tanrının sevgili kulları...
appreciated
= (burada) takdirle karşılanacak, gereğince değerlendirilecektir...
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SANKİ...
