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    【甲】他的黄金时代已经过去了,既没从洋车上成家立业,什么事都随着他的希望变成了“那么回事”。他那么大的个子,偏争着去打一面飞虎旗,或一对短窄的挽联;那较重的红伞与肃静牌等等,他都不肯去动。和个老人,小孩,甚于至妇女,他也会去争竞。他不肯吃一点亏。

    打着那么个小东西,他低着头,弯着背,口中叼着个由路上拾来的烟卷头儿,有气无力的慢慢的蹭。大家立定,他也许还走;大家已走,他也许多站一会儿;他似乎听不见那施号发令的锣声。他更永远不看前后的距离停匀不停匀,左右的队列整齐不整齐,他走他的,低着头象作着个梦,又象思索着点高深的道理。那穿红衣的锣夫,与拿着绸旗的催押执事,几乎把所有的村话都向他骂去:“孙子!我说你呢,骆驼!你他妈的看齐!”他似乎还没有听见。打锣的过去给了他一锣锤,他翻了翻眼,朦胧的向四外看一下。没管打锣的说了什么,他留神的在地上找,看有没有值得拾起来的烟头儿。

    体面的,要强的,好梦想的,利己的,个人的,健壮的,伟大的,祥子,不知陪着人家送了多少回殡;不知道何时何地会埋起他自己来,埋起这堕落的,自私的,不幸的,社会病胎里的产儿,个人主义的末路鬼!

    【乙】 我在弗拉斯特家里完成了我的自传,当我写完最后一行字时,由于手很酸,就在院子里歇息了一会。

    院子里长着落叶松、山茱萸,只是没有洋槐,至于为什么没有,我也不清楚。我时常想起在洋槐夹道的小径上散步的日子,享受着朋友们友情的温暖,那几乎可以说是我的人生小径。现在,这些朋友们有的还在人间的小径上行走,有的则已徜徉于天国的花园里了,但我对他们的怀念如一。

    那些陪伴我的好书也是我的良师益友,它们教给了我知识和智慧,我对它们永远心怀崇敬和感激。

    我的自传称不上伟大,如果说书中有一些吸引人的地方,那也并非是因为我的才能,而是由于发生在我身上的一些奇迹。也许这是神的旨意,通过我的残缺带给其他盲聋人一点启示吧。……

    我的身体虽然不自由,但我的心灵是自由的。就让我的心超越我的躯体走向光明,沉浸在喜悦中,追求美好的人生吧!

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    Research on embryonic stem cells (胚胎干细胞) is debatable because it requires the destruction of live human embryos.

    Supporters find it easy to minimize the significance of this fact because the embryos are only a few days old—nothing more than "blastocysts (胚泡)".

    But if it's OK to destroy 5-day-old embryos to further scientific inquiry, is it OK to destroy embryos that are five weeks old? Five months? Eight months? Science can't answer that question.

    You don't have to be part of the pro-life group to have concerns about this kind of scientific research. James Thomson, the University of Wisconsin biologist has said, "If human embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough." However, the president's new order suggests we should not think too much.

    Recently, supporters of embryonic stem cell research called on president to allow experiments using "surplus (多余的)" fifty frozen embryos in fertility clinics, arguing that they would be disposed of anyway. But Obama didn't limit his new policy to these fertilized eggs.

    On the contrary, he left open the possibility of funding studies using embryos created specifically so their cells can be harvested. He did, however, reject another option. "We will ensure," he said, "that our government never open the door to the use of cloning for human reproduction. It is dangerous, profoundly wrong and has no place in our society, or any society."

    But this position is hard to square with his claimed approach. On one hand, the president says his policy is "about letting scientists do their jobs, free from pressure". On the other, he will use pressure to keep them from doing reproductive cloning.

    What this policy means is simple: It may be permissible for scientists to create cloned embryos and kill them. It's not permissible to create cloned embryos and let them live. Their cells may be used for our benefit, but not for their own.

    It's the policy that is risky not just to days-old human embryos. The rest of us are sure to receive important medical benefits from this research one day. But we may lose something even more important in a moral sense.