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    10.8 Переведите письменно

                    Never Mix up a Backpack and a Parachute!

    One night, a plane was flying somewhere above New Jersey. There were five
people on board: the pilot, Michael Jordan, Bill Gales, the Dali Lama, and a hippie.
Suddenly, an illegal oxygen generator exploded loudly in the luggage compartment,
and the passenger cabin began to fill with smoke. The cockpit door opened, and the
pilot burst into the compartment.
    "Gentlemen," he began, "I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that
we've been going down for two minutes and will have been crashed in New Jersey in
five. The good news is that there are four parachutes and I have always had one of
them!" With that, the pilot opened the door and jumped out from the plane.
    Michael Jordan was on his feet in a Hash. "Gentlemen," he said, "1 am the
world's greatest athlete. The world has always needed great athletes. 1 think the
world's greatest athlete should have a parachute!" With these words, he grabbed one
of the remaining parachutes, and jumped into the night. Bill Gates rose and said,
"Gentlemen, there is nobody in the world as smart as me. The world has always
needed smart men. I think such men should have parachutes, too." He grabbed one,
and out he jumped.
    The Dali Lama and the hippie looked at one another. Finally, the Dali Lama
spoke. "My son." he said, "A satisfying life has been lived by me. Your life is ahead
of you; you take the parachute, and I will go down with the plane."
    The hippie smiled slowly and said, "Hey, don't worry! The world's smartest man
has just jumped out wearing my backpack."

   10.9 Прочтите текст, обращая внимание на наиболее существенные
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                                  The Gene Revolution

    Genetics is a very young science. It appeared in the 19th century. William Bate-
son, an English biologist, is considered to be the founder of this science.
    Every plant, animal and person consists of cells. Each cell has a special mecha-
nism which is responsible for the cell's identity and development. It controls, for ex-
ample, if it's a leaf cell, an eye cell or an ear cell. All this information is recorded in
the cell's genes, a complex combination of atoms which are molecules. Scientists
have known about genes for a long time, but only recently they have discovered how
to change them.
    Many people agree that genetic engineering is a break-through in science. But
how will we use our new genetic knowledge? To control criminals, to create "perfect"
babies or to stop people growing old?
    The genetic control has begun in the form of cloning. Clones are identical copies.
To some degree they have been used since ancient times. Some kind of apple trees,

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