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As I told you this morning, this afternoon is our shopping afternoon. If you have a look at the back page of your tour programme, you’ll see a little map of the city centre, with the names of some of the shops marked. As you won’t have too much time, I’m just going to explain to you what they sell.
We’re now in the Friendship Shopping Centre. On your right is Larp’s, a very good place for shoes and boots, rather than gloves, bags clothes or others. Opposite that is Li Ning, a good place for sports goods, not cheap, but really pretty. Next door to Li Ning is a place for books. They have got books on almost every subject anyone has ever written about, airplanes to animals, but Chinese only--so none of your English books I’m afraid. If you walk along, there are shops which sell cameras, radios, and so on, which you won’t buy, I’m afraid. If you are tired or would like to hav
A. He’s a teacher.
B. He’s a tour guide.
C. He’s a shop assistant.
Imagine a world where your doctor could help you avoid sickness, using knowledge of your genes as well as how you live your life. Or where he would prescribe drugs he knew would work and not have debilitating side-effects.
Such a future is arriving faster than most realise: genetic tests arc already widely used to identify patients who will be helped or harmed by certain drugs. And three years ago, in the face of a torrent of new scientific data, a number of new companies set themselves up to interpret this information for customers. Through shop fronts on the Internet, anyone could order a testing kit, spit into a tube and send off their DNA — with results downloaded privately at home. Already customers can find out their response to many common medications, such as antivirals, contraceptives and blood-thinning agents. They can also explore their genetic likelihood of developing deep-vein thrombosis, skin cancer or glaucoma.
Governments hate this sort of an
A. Extolled.
B. Consoled.
C. Slated.
D. Alienated.
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