Page 78. Hear the Language. Part A. LISTEN

Unit eight

page 78

hear the language

part a: listen

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genetic modification is when we change the genes inside of a living thing to make it grow in a different way.

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scientists have been able to create all kinds of new plants and it’s really a very exciting time in this field.

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Its interesting actually because it was the first genetically modified food to be sold in US supermarkets back in 1994.

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this antiscnsc RNA gene stops the chemical that makes tomatoes get soft.

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and corn farmers have problems with an insect called the root worm.

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for a long time, the only method for getting rid of these insects was the use of pesticides.

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Now for farmers BT corn is one of the most popular genetically modified crops today.

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they don’t get enough food with vitamin A, you know the vitamin in orange foods like carrots and sweet potatoes.

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over million children die each year from the lack of vitamin A.

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to make Golden Rice, scientists took a vitamin A gene from a plant a daffodil which is a flower.