DNA is the long, thin substance inside almost every cell of a plant, animal, or person. It carries the information that says how that body is built and how it works, and children get a mix of it from their parents.

DNADNA is是 of a plant, animal, or person植物、動物或人 inside almost every cell幾乎每個細胞裡都有的 the long, thin substance那種又長又細的物質。 It它 carries帶著 how that body is built那個身體怎麼蓋起來、 and how it works怎麼運作 the information that says的資訊， and children而小孩 from their parents從父母那裡 get a mix of it拿到它混合後的一份。

Police use it to match a person to a hair or a cup; doctors use it to look for illness; family tests use it to guess where ancestors lived. You say the letters D-N-A, not a word.

Police警察 use it用它 a person把一個人 to a hair or a cup跟一根頭髮或一個杯子 match對起來； doctors醫生 use it to look for illness用它來找疾病； family tests家族檢測 use it to guess用它來猜 where ancestors lived祖先住過哪裡。 You你 say the letters是一個字母一個字母唸 D-N-AD-N-A， not a word不是唸成一個單字。

People also stretch it: Service is in their DNA means it feels built-in, not that anyone looked at a cell. As a verb, to DNA someone is to take a sample, often with a swab in the mouth, so it can be tested — police and hospital talk, not kitchen talk. Informal speech still treats the noun as one familiar thing, like TV.

People人們 also stretch it也會把它拉開來用： Service is in their DNA服務在他們的 DNA 裡 means意思是 it feels built-in那感覺像內建的， not that anyone looked at a cell不是真的有誰去看了細胞。 As a verb當動詞時， to DNA someone對某人做 DNA is to take a sample就是採一份樣本， often常常是 with a swab用一支棉棒 in the mouth在嘴巴裡刮， so it can be tested好讓它能送去檢驗—— police and hospital talk這是警局和醫院的講法， not kitchen talk不是廚房裡的講法。 Informal speech非正式的口語 still仍然 the noun把這個名詞 as one familiar thing當成一個熟悉的東西， like TV就像 TV 一樣。

Though actually, a gene is not the same as DNA: DNA is the whole string of material; a gene is one small instruction sitting on it.

Though actually不過其實， a gene基因 DNA跟 DNA is not the same as不一樣： DNADNA is the whole string of material是那一整條材料； a gene基因 sitting on it是坐在上面的 one small instruction一小條指令。