1、【knot】美[nɑ:t]
n.结，绳结，结节
【Gordian knot】
<希神>戈耳迪之结，难题;
2、【controversy】美[ˈkɑ:ntrəvɜ:rsi]
n.论战; 公开辩论;
3、【surround】美[səˈraʊnd]
vt.包围，围绕;
【surrounding】美[səˈraʊndɪŋ]
n.环境，周围的事物;
4、【stem cell】
干细胞
eg.Intel chairman Andy Grove has decided to cut the Gordian knot of controversy surrounding stem cell research by simply writing a check.因特尔公司董事长安迪.格拉夫已经决定，要通过简单的写支票的方式解决干细胞研究方面有争议的难题。
5、【pledge】美[plɛdʒ]
n.保证，许诺;
6、【donor】美[ˈdoʊnə(r)]
n.捐赠者，赠与者
【donation】美[doʊˈneɪʃn]
n.捐款; 捐赠
7、【promise】美[ˈprɑ:mɪs]
vt.允诺，许诺;
eg.The check, which he pledged last week, could be for as much as 55 million, depending on how many donors make gifts of between 550,000 and 5,500,000, which he has promised to match.他上周保证要签发的这张支票金额最高可达500万美元，这要取决于有多少捐赠人拿出介于5万到50万美元不等的资金，因为他承诺会捐出同等数额的支票。
8、【tempt】美[tɛmpt]
vt.引诱，是想要
9、【federal】美[ˈfɛdərəl]
adj.联邦（制）的; 联邦政府的
10、【glace】美[glæˈseɪ]
adj.冰冻的
【glacial】美[ˈɡleʃəl]
adj.极其缓慢的
eg.With private financial support, the state will be less likely to lose talented scientists who would be tempted to leave the field or even leave the country as research dependent on federal money slows to glacial pace.因为这一研究项目依赖于联邦政府的拨款，进展及其缓慢，所以很有可能导致一些顶尖的科学家离开该领域，甚至离开这个国家，而有了私人的资金支持，加州将有可能挽留住他们。
11、【awkward】美[ˈɔ:kwərd]
adj.笨拙的; 难办的;
12、【rigorous】美[ˈrɪɡərəs]
adj.严格的;缜密的;
13、【prove】美[pruv]
vt.证明，证实;
eg. This is awkward for universities, which must spend extra money building separate labs and keeping rigor cots records proving no federal funds were involved.这使大学处于尴尬境地，他们必须投入额外资金建立独立实验室，并要进行严格记录以证明他们没有使用政府经费。
14、【ease】美[iz]
vt.减轻; 缓解
15、【burden】美[ˈbɜ:rdn]
n.负担，包袱; 责任，义务;
eg.ease the burden.缓解负担
16、【portray】美[pɔ:rˈtreɪ]
vt.描述; 画像;
17、【compromise】美[ˈkɑ:mprəmaɪz]
vi.妥协
18、【embryo】美[ˈembrioʊ]
n.胚胎; 初期;
19、【infant】美['ɪnfənt]
n.婴儿，幼儿
20、【contempt】美[kənˈtɛmpt]
n.轻蔑; 轻视;
eg.The president’s decision a year ago to allow research on already existing stem cell lines was portrayed as a reasonable compromise between scientists’ needs for cells to work with, and concerns that this kind of research could lead to wholesale creation and destruction of human embryos, cloned infants and a general contempt for human life.总统一年前做出决定，准许已经在进行中的干细胞系研究继续下去，这一决定被视为是调节科学家与社会忧虑的一个合理妥协--科学家需要细胞做研究，而有人担忧这种研究可能导致大批量人体胚胎、克隆婴儿被制造和破坏，进而发展成为人类生命的普遍蔑视。