5. How does the amount of GM food in the US compare with the number of people who think it’s dangerous?
30﹪ of maize, 50﹪ of Soya beans, 50﹪ of potatoes and tomatoes are GM , and 27﹪ of consumers are worried about the dangers of GM.
6. How could GM food be stopped from entering China? By having the customs inspect all imported foods.
7. How did the writer know that there weren't any imported GM foods in the markets?
It will kill good insects as well.
3. Why is the risk from carcinogens reduced in GM food? Because there are fewer traces of cancer inducing pesticides in the food.
(a) What can the crop do? leave a poison in the soil.
(b) What does the crop contain? a gene that kills pests
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(b) In Europe, a majority of consumers are in favor of banning them, and 79 percent of the UK public opposes GM food. (b) adds to (a)
(a) Chinese customs do not list transgenic products as an item requiring inspection.
(a) … GM food is already common in the United States.
(b) China does not produce very much GM food …
(b) contrasts with (a)
(a) In Canada and the United States, 27 percent of consumers fear that GM food could be dangerous.
4. What is the risk to someone who is allergic to a particular gene? If that gene is transferred to another food, and the allergic person doesn’t know.
(b) Therefore GM products may enter the country from abroad.
(b) adds to (a)
(a) Neither young nor old people feared possible side effects from GM foods. (b) … some parents of children said that they would now pay more attention to food labeling.
1.What is genetically modified food?
2.How can you tell the difference between ordinary food and GM food? 3.How much GM food is there in China?
4.What are the advantages of GM food?
They did a big survey.
8. What action is going to be taken about GM foods in China? Foods are going to be labeled.
9. Do you think the writer agrees with this action?
Answer the questions.
1. Is transgenic food the same as genetically modified food? Yes.
2. What is the risk of producing a GM crop which kills pests?
5.What are the disadvantages? 6.What should we do about GM food in China?
Is GM food good or bad?
Not much is known about longterm effects of GM food on humans and the environment. It is “unpredictable”.
(b) contrasts with (a)
1. Scientists have found that a crop with agene that kills pests can leave a poison in the soil that kills helpful as well as harmful insects.