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根据短文,回答题。Toparaphrasel8th-centurystatesmanEdmundBurke,allthatisneededforthetriumphofamisguidedcauseisthatgoodpeopledonothing.”0nesuchcausenowseekstoendbiomedicalresearchbecauseofthetheorYthatanimalshaverightsrulingouttheiruseinresearch.Scientistsneedtorespondforcefullytoanimalrightsadvocates,whoseargumentsareconfusingthepublicandtherebythreateningadvancesinhealthknowledgeandcare.Leadersoftheanimalrightsmovementtargetbiomedicalresearchbecauseitdependsonpublicfunding,andfewpeopleunderstandtheprocessofhealthcareresearch.Heatingallegationsofcrueltytoanimalsinresearchsettings,manyareperplexedthatanyonewoulddeliberatelyharmananimal.Forexample.agrandmotherlywomanstaffingananimalrightsboothatarecentstreetfairwasdistriburingabrochurethatencouragedreadersnottouseanythingthatcomesfromoristestedinanimals—nomeat。nofur,nomedicines.Askedifsheopposedimmunizations,shewantedtoknowifvaccinescomefromanirnalresearch.Whenassuredthattheyd0,shereplied,“Thenlwouldhavetosayyes.”Askedwhatwillhappenwhenepidemicsreturn,shesaid,“Don’tworry,scientistswillfindsomewayofusingcomputers.”Suchwell-meaningpeoplejustdon’tunderstand.
Scientistsmustcommunicatetheirmessagetothepublicinacompassionate,understandableway—inhumanterms,notinthelanguageofmolecularbiology.Weneedtomakecleartheconnectionbetweenanimalresearchandagrandmother’shipreplacement,afather’sbypassoperation,ababy’svaccinations,andevenaDet’sshots.Tothosewhoareunawarethatanimalresearchwasneededtoproducethesetreatments,aswellasnewtreatmentsandvaccines,animalresearchseemswastefulatbestandcruelatworst.
Muchcanbedone.Scientistscould“adopt”middleschoolclassesandpresenttheirownresearch.Theyshouldbequicktorespondtoletterstotheeditor,lestanimalrightsmisinformationgounchallengedandacquireadeceptiveappearanceoftruth.Researchinstitutionscouldbeopenedtotours,toshowthatlaboratorvanimalsreceivehumanecare.Finally,becausetheultimatestakeholdersarepatients,thehealthresearchcommunitvshouldactivelyrecruittoitscausenotonlywell-knownpersonalitiessuchasStephenCooper,whohasmadecourageousstatementsaboutthevalueofanimalresearch,butallwhoreceivemedicaltreatment.Ifgoodpeopledonothing,thereisarealpossibilitythatanuninformedcitizenrywillextinguishthepreciousembersofmedicalprogress.TheauthorbeginshisarticlewithEdmundBurke’swordsto__________. A.callonscientiststotakesomeactions
B.criticizethemisguidedcauseofanimalrights
C.warnofthedoomofbiomedicalresearch
D.showthetriumphoftheanimalrightsmovement
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