1. Many of the vivid warnings of science-fiction concerning the prospect of human cloning turn out, upon reflection, to be wildly improbable.
    有关克隆人类前景的科幻小说所发出的种种真切的警告，仔细想来却变成了无稽之谈。

2. Last week's news that scientists had cloned a sheep sent academics and the public into a panic at the prospect that humans might be next.
    上星期的新闻报道说，科学家已经克隆了一只绵羊。这一消息引起了学术界和公众的恐慌，他们预想下一个就轮到克隆人类了。

3. I was a little nervous at the prospect of interpreting for the President.
    想到即将给总统当翻译，我有点紧张。

4. It is small wonder that the prospect of growing old is frightening to women.
    难怪进入老年的前景对于女人来说是那么可怕。