用這些高大上的詞匯在你的寫作和口語當中，可以加分喔！Use the following vocabulary to impress your examiners!
Placebo
安慰劑 A drug which has no physical effects, used in pharmaceutical tests to compare the physical effects of taking a real drug from its psychological effects.
例句 She was given a placebo, not the real drug, but she said she felt much better.
Placebo Effect
安慰劑效果 The placebo effect is when someone's condition improves because they think they are taking medicine.
She was given a placebo, not the real drug, but she said she felt much better- that's the placebo effect.
A side effect
副作用 An extra, usually bad, occurrence caused by taking a drug.
Drugs should not be tested on animals because there are many possible side effects.
Much of today's modern medicine has side effects. I prefer alternative therapies.
Proof
證據(jù) To show a particular result after a period of time.
The amount of evidence that scientists now have proves that climate change is being caused by humans.
We now have proof that climate change is caused by human activity.
Experiment
實驗 A test done in order to learn something or to find out whether something works or is true
Experimenting on animals is necessary in order to discover if new drugs are dangerous or not.
Scientists are conducting experiments to test the effectiveness of the new drug.
Gene
基因 A part of the DNA in a cell which contains information in a special pattern received by each animal or plant from its parents, and which controls its physical development, behaviour, etc
Genes are an important factor in personaility development.
The doctors think his illness was genetic. It came from his mother because she had the same illness when she was young.
Genetic Engineering / Modification
基因工程/ 修改
Changing the structure of the genes of a living thing in order to make it healthier or stronger or more useful to humans.
There is evidence that genetically modified food is harmful to humans.
Some plants have been genetically engineered to be resistant to herbicides.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
轉基因生物
Plants, animals or microorganisms that have changed through genetic engineering.
Most commercialised GMO crop plants are insect resistant and/or herbicide tolerant.
Clone
克隆
A plant or animal which has the same genes as the original from which it was produced
The first animal to be cloned was Dolly the sheep.
I believe that cloning humans is unethical.
Geoengineering
地球工程
The deliberate large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system, in order to try and control global warming
Some scientists believe geoengineering is the only way to reduce the warming of the climate.
Controlling the weather by geoengineering is a possible solution to climate change, but it is controversial.
Cyber
網(wǎng)絡
A prefix for things related to computers, especially the internet.
Cyberbullying via social media such as Facebook has become a major problem.
A cybercafe is a place where you can buy drinks and use computers at the same time.
High-Tech/ Hi-Tech
高科技
Using the most advanced and developed machines and methods.
Japan is a very high-tech country. Everyone has all the latest electronic gadgets.
Theory
理論
A formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas which are suggested to explaina fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation
There are two opposing theories on the causes of climate change - one says it is caused by humans, the other believe it is a natural cycle.
