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郇沭南郇沭南江苏省沭阳高级中学江苏省沭阳高级中学
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Enjoy a short video and answer 2 questions. 1. Why are they cloned? 2. If you have a clone of yourself one day, will you kill him or her?
Fast reading
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Ian Wilmut is shocked about some scientists considering cloning humans
Chinese scientists continue to research ways cloning can benefit mankind.
An announcement about cloning human embryos caused much debate.
Cloning human embryos is illegal in many countries, but some scientists still want to clone human beings.
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The first cloned animal was Dolly.
A woman wants to have a cloned baby.
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Detailed reading
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different attitudes towards the success of cloning a human embryo
On the one hand________________________
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On the other hand ______________________
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valuable tissues can be produced to save human lives)
mankind may be on the way to producing a real-life Frankenstein’s monster
Para.1
Frankenstein’s monster Frankenstein is the
character of a science fiction written by Mary Shelly.
If we call somebody Frankenstein nowadays, we mean that he is destroyed by something he has created.
the world’s cloned
. created in .died in at a younger age than ________.
first
mammal
early 19962003
normal
Para.2
Why were many people worried about the birth of Dolly?
Why were many people worried about the birth of Dolly?
Cloning would lead to more diseases in the animal world.
Para.3-6
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intends
curing Unable
anxious
success
beneficial
Ian Wilmut
He never (1) ______ to create copies of humans. Instead, he thinks research efforts should concentrate on (2) ______ diseases.
Faye Wilson
(3) _______ to have a baby, she is (4) __________ to have a child that is genetically related to her.
Severino Antinori
He wants to be the first to clone a human being.
Chinese scientists
They have focused their efforts on cloning animals . China has achieved great (5) _______ in producing clones of cows and goats, and continues to research ways cloning can be (6) ________ to mankind.
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Begin by reading the first and last paragraphs for an idea of what the article is about.
Scan the body. Circle any words you do not know. Question things you do not understand or that do not appear to make sense.
Read through the article a few times, and make sense of the scientific terms upon further readings.
The passage is mainly about_______. A. what cloning is B. the advantages of cloning C. arguments about cloning human embryos D. the disadvantages of cloning
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This passage is most probably taken from ______________.
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a geography textbook
a guidebook
a science fiction
a newspaper report
Reading
Read the two letters and fill in the blanks.
Pauline Carter is _______human cloning . He holds his view because if people toy with nature, they will have to deal with the ___________. What is more, the human race is__________ the Earth’s natural wealth so people need fewer babies, not _______ more.
However, Coline Jake is in_________ with human cloning. It’s not only because scientists have been __________ moral ideas for centuries but also because her daughter died of ____________so she wants to clone her to be with her again.
against
consequencesusing up
cloningagreement
challenging
heart failure
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Competition
Find the reasons why people are for or against human cloning in the article and letters. Write them in the table below.
For human cloning Against human cloning
1. 1. human life becomes like a crop to be harvested or a product for sale
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3. help those who want to clone their dead children
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help those who are unable to have children
produce valuable tissues and organs that can be used to save human lives
might produce a real-life Frankstein’s monster
would lead to more diseases in the animal world
shows no respect for human life
should be having fewer babies in order to reduce the Earth’s population, not cloning more
Competition
What’s your attitudes to human cloning?
On my personal note, I firmly support the view that cloning is beneficial in the following two reasons. On the one hand,________. On the other hand,______.
As far as I’m concerned, human cloningwill have some bad effects . The reasons are as follows. First of all,_____. What’s more,________. Last but not least,________.
Summary
There is no forbidden field in science, but we must make sure the technology under control.
科学无禁区，技术应节制
writing
Recently, our class has held a heated discussion about whether scientists should clone human beings. Some students say_______. They hold their view because______. What is more, ________.
While others think that______ in the following three reasons. First of all, ________ . In addition, ________. Last but not least, ________ .
On a personal note, I am in complete agreement with the idea that _____. It’s not only because_________ but also because__________.
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