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Informative Text (Thai-English) Discussion

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Translate the following into English.

ผลิตภัณฑ์เพื่อความงามต่างๆ ที่บรรดาคุณสุภาพสตรีทั้งหลายใช้กันอยู่นั้น ทราบกันหรือไม่ว่าก่อนที่จะนำออกจำหน่าย มักผ่านขั้นตอนการทดสอบกับสัตว์เสียก่อน เช่น ในการทดลองครั้งหนึ่ง เพื่อดูว่าสารที่ใส่ในลิปสติกจะเป็นอันตรายต่อร่างกายคนหรือไม่ นักวิทยาศาสตร์จะบังคับให้สัตว์ซึ่งมักเป็นหนูกินสารนั้นเข้าไป หรือหากต้องการทราบว่ายาสระผมที่คิดค้นขึ้นใหม่จะระคายเคืองต่อนัยน์ตาคนหรือไม่ ก็ทดสอบโดยการหยดยาสระผมนั้นใส่ตาของกระต่ายแล้วบันทึกผลตลอด 7 วัน สำหรับครีมทาหน้า จะทดสอบกับผิวของกระต่ายโดยโกนขนออกหมดแล้วทาครีมชนิดนั้นเพื่อดูอาการที่จะเกิดขึ้น

Translation 1

Did you know that before beauty products are made available, they are often tested on animals? In one test, to see whether a substance in lipstick is harmful to the human body, scientists will force feed it to animals, which are usually rats. Or if they want to know the eye irritancy of a new shampoo, it would be dripped into the eye of rabbits and the results recorded over seven days. Face cream is tested on rabbit skin by shaving off the fur and applying the cream to observe its effects.

Translation 2

Do you know that before beauty products are made available to their multitudes of women consumers, they are often tested on animals?

Reference

Discussion

ทราบกันหรือไม่ว่า

Did you know that...

ex. Did you know that in a group of 23 people, at least two have the same birthday with the probability greater than 1/2? (Cut the Knot)
ex. Did you know that Iceland is a pioneer in geothermal utilisation and geothermal water supplies almost 90% of all space heating in Iceland? (Iceland: Did You Know)
ex. Did you know that in 2010 scientists at the University of Manchester were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing graphene, the world's thinnest material? (Manchester Firsts)

Do you know that...

Eric Black, "Do You Know That the Constitution Is Unconstitutional?," The Huffington Post (2012)
By the way, did anyone ever tell you that the Constitution is unconstitutional? Yep, the whole thing. Or at least its ratification was illegal. This is not a joke, except to the degree that it is.
ex. Do you know that Jesus died and rose again, not to start a spiritual movement, but because He loves you and wanted to provide a way for you to know Him? (Proverbs 31 Ministries)
Timothy McSweeney, "Do You Know that You Have Royal Blood?" (2005)

What's the difference between "Did you know that..." and "Do you know that..."? Which expression fits the passage here?

Vocabulary

เครื่องสำอาง – makeup, beauty products, cosmetics

make up 3 a (1): cosmetics used to color and beautify the face (2): a cosmetic applied to other parts of the body b: materials (as wigs and cosmetics) used in making up or in special costuming (as for a play) (Merriam-Webster)

Links

Animal Testing

Mark Jones, "Animal Testing: The Ugly Secret of the Beauty Industry," The Huffington Post UK (2012)
Paul Harris, "Is this the most extreme window display ever?," Daily Mail (2012)

Lush Fighting Animal Testing: Live Demonstration at Regents Street (video clip, 4:12 min.)
Tamsin Omond, "Lush's human performance art was about animal cruelty not titillation," The Guardian (2012)

Kayla Coleman, "Cosmetic Testing On Animals Ain’t Pretty (Plus How to Shop Cruelty-Free)" (2011)
Ann Landers, "Should We Just Use Human Guinea Pigs?," Chicago Tribune (1988)
Colin Blakemore, "Should we experiment on animals? Yes," The Telegraph (2008)
Animals Used for Experimentation

Animal Testing 101
Animal Testing in Depth
Testing 1...2...3 (video clip, 3:17 min.)
Alicia Silverstone Helps Uncover the Cruelty of Down (video clip, 2:43 min.)
Rabbits in Laboratories
Mice and Rats in Laboratories

Who Cares About Mice and Rats? (video clip, 1:28 min.)

Understanding Animal Research

A day in the life of an animal technologist - episode 1 (video clip, 6:00 min.)

BUAV interview Bulldog co-founder Simon Duffy (video clip, 2:11 min.)
Animal testing at Wickham Labs (video clip, 7:44 min.; "A BUAV undercover investigator secretly filmed the appalling suffering inflicted on thousands of animals inside Wickham Laboratories in Hampshire.")
"Experimenting on Animals," BBC (2013)
Lisa Bendall, "The Truth about Animal Testing," Best Health Magazine (2011)
Urban Decay Now Testing On Animals? Yes, But No, BUT YES! (video clip, 9:30 min.)
Anne-Marie Guarnieri, "A (Baby) Step Toward Less Animal Testing in Cosmetics," Allure (2012)
Shanon R., "The Truth About Animal Testing In Cosmetics," Self (2012)
Simon Festing and Robin Wilkinson, "The ethics of animal research," Nature (2007)
Arthur Allen, "Of Mice or Men," Slate (2006)
Joanne Oliver, "Animal testing? No thanks," BBC (2006)
John Dewey, "The Ethics of Animal Experimentation," The Atlantic (1926)
Evaluating the potential eye irritancy of shampoos
Leaping Bunny

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