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As you know, most lawmakers and most Americans are against the practice of human cloning to create another human being. The debate really centers around whether the United States should ban the practice, even if it is solely restricted for scientific purposes, for scientific research on diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, the president using the an East room gathering to make it very clear he thinks there are moral and ethical reasons for an outright ban.

正如你所知道的，大部分的立法者和美国人是反对通过人体克隆来造出令一个人的。争论的焦点是美国是否应该禁止人体克隆，即使仅限于科学实验的目的，仅限于对帕金森和Alzheimer's 等疾病的科学研究，美国总统运用西部聚会室 清晰地说明他认为出于各种道德和伦理的原因应该完全限制人体克隆。

Joining Mr. Bush, many people who also think that human cloning should be made a federal crime, made illegal, including people who could benefit from the research, such as people like Steven Mcdonald.

和布什先生一样，很多人也认为应该通过联邦法让人体克隆成为犯罪行为，非法行为，就是那些可以如同Steven Mcdonald.先生一样可以从人体克隆的研究中受益的人也持这样的观点。

He is an officer, a New York City police officer who became a quadriplegic after he was shot in the line of duty. The president using that East room gathering there to say that he believes this is a matter of human dignity and respecting human life.

他是一个纽约市的警察，在一次执行公务时被击伤后，变成一个四肢瘫痪的人，总统使用了那间西部聚会室发表申明，称他认为这是一个关于人类尊严和尊敬人类生活的问题。

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Anything other than a total ban on human cloning would be unethical. Research cloning would contradict the most fundamental principle of medical ethics, that no human life should be exploited or extinguished for the benefit of another.

如果不完全的禁止人体克隆就是不道德的。克隆的调查研究是与医学伦理最基本的原则相矛盾的。没有一个人应该为了让别人受益而使自己的一生被利用或是被灭绝。

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But there are a number of Democratic senators, including at least one, maybe more Republicans, who also believe there should a ban on human cloning to create another human being, but believe the Senate should allow therapeutic cloning, allowing the cloning of embryonic stem cells to try to find revolutionary new treatments for diseases affecting millions.

但是有许民主党参议员，包括至少一位或者是更多的共和党参议员也坚信应该禁止通过人体克隆来创造令一个人的做法，但是认为参议院应该许可用于治疗的克隆行为，允许对胚胎细胞的克隆来找到治愈困饶数百人的疾病的根本性的新治疗法。

SEN TOM DASCHLE (D), MAJORITY LEADER: Do we impede progress in the most debilitating diseases known to man? Or do we allow research to go forward as long as we ban human cloning? That's the question.

我们是不是阻止了人们对已知的、那些折磨人的疾病的治愈的研究进程呢？或是我们只要不进行人体克隆，应该允许克隆研究的继续。那倒真是个问题了。

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How will this all play out? The House of Representatives passed an outright ban last summer. The Senate expected to take it sometime between now and the end of May. You could say the lobbying of the undecided senators is under full swing.

这一切究竟会是怎样的呢？众议院在去年夏季通过了一项完全禁止克隆的法案。参议院希望在现在至五月底的某个时候也能通过法案，你现在就可以知道，说服那些还没有拿定主义的参议员的工作正在全面开展。

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