If you want to provoke a heated debate, bring up with the issue of genetically modified foods. For most people, the concept of genetically modified, high-tech crop production raises all kinds of problems regarding to health, environment, safety, and ethical questions and so on. Particularly in counties with long agrarian (农业的) traditions and advocating environmental protection, genetically modified foods seems to be against nature. However, it has already become a very important part of our lives.
如果你想挑起一场激烈的争论，那就提出转基因食品的话题吧。对大 多数人来说，高科技的转基因作物生产的概念会带来诸如环境、健 康、安全和伦理等方面的各种问题。特别是在有悠久的农业生产传统 和主张环保的国家里，转基因食品的主意似乎有悖自然。然而，转基 因食品已经成为我们生活重要的一部分。