Unit 3 Unit 3 The perfect copy Reading

Title understanding How do you understand the word copy? A. model B. clone C. similarity D. imitation scientific term （科学术语） The perfect copy

Four hundred years ago, Chinese people created the cloned images in Journey to the west, but now it has become reality in life.

“Cloning” is a new technology which produces an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells. Scientific terms cloning

tissue embryo organ Cell cloning mammal

Fast reading: Match each paragraph with its correct main idea. Para 1 f. An announcement about the first cloned human embryo caused much debate. b. The first cloned mammal was Dolly. a. Ian Wilmut is shocked that some scientists are considering cloning human beings. d. A woman wants to have a cloned baby. c. Cloning human embryos is illegal in many countries, but some scientists still want to clone human beings. e. Chinese scientists continue to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind. Para 4 Para 3 Para 2 Para 5 Para 6

Detailed reading

Main idea: Different________ towards the success of cloning a human embryo Valuable human tissues can be produced and be used to save human lives Mankind may be on our way to producing a real- life Frankenstein’s monster. attitudes Paragraph 1 On the one hand: On the other hand:

Frankenstein

Frankenstein is a scientist. He creates a monster by experiment. The monster is kind, and ready to help others. But he is not accepted by the society just because of his ugly appearance. People around him refuse his kind offer and turn him down. Some even drive him away. He is eager to get love and happiness, but unfortunately what he gets is merciless chasing. In all his life, he lives a miserable life. At last, he cannot bear all these. He chooses to avenge humans. At last, he dies together with his creator, Frankenstein.

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.

Paragraphs 2 ＆ 3 Make an introduction to the sheep Name: Title( 头衔 ): Creator: Year of birth: Year of death: Dolly The first cloned mammal Ian Wilmut, a Scottish scientist

Why were many people worried about the birth of Dolly? Cloning would lead to more diseases in the animal world.

According to paragraph three, what is the real intention of Ian Wilmut's cloning research? A. To create copies of humans in the end. B. To destroy human embryos in the end. C. To create new tissues or organs for sale. D. To cure deadly diseases eventually

Paragraph 4 Faye Wilson

What is Faye Wilson ’ s problem? She can not have a baby. What is her wish? She is anxious to have a child of her own through cloning. ★ ★

Paragraph 5 Severino Antinori

What is Severino Antinori’s attitude towards human cloning? For or against? Why? For. Because he wants to be the first to clone a human being.

A This passage is most probably taken from ______________. B CD a geography textbook a guidebook a science fiction a newspaper article Reading

Pauline Carter thinks human cloning is ________. Human life would just become a _______ to be harvested or a _______ for sale. Colin Jake is in__________ ___________ with human cloning wrong cropproduct complete agreement Two Letters

What are the two writers’ attitudes towards cloning? Pauline Carter Colin Jake positive negative neutral positive negative neutral

Competition Listen to the tape and then work in groups to find the reasons why people are for or against human cloning in the article and letters.

For human cloningAgainst human cloning …… help those who cannot have a baby produce valuable human tissues that could be used to save human lives might produce a real-life Frankenstein’s monster would lead to more diseases in the animal world show no respect for human life should be having fewer babies in order to reduce the Earth ’ s population, not cloning more Competition cure diseases like cancer help those who want to clone their dead children

More contributions to human

More world champions

China, a more harmonious community

If cloning goes wrong, what will happen? Fun pictures

A lion or a kangaroo?

A bird or a dog?

A dog or a man?

Summary There is no forbidden field in science, but we must make sure that technology is under control. 科学无禁区，技术应节制

A debate in pairs Are you for or against human cloning? for against Your reasons

For human cloningAgainst human cloning …… help those who cannot have a baby produce valuable human tissues that could be used to save human lives might produce a real-life Frankenstein’s monster would lead to more diseases in the animal world show no respect for human life should be having fewer babies in order to reduce the Earth ’ s population, not cloning more Competition cure diseases like cancer help those who want to clone their dead children

1. I am for… 2. I am in complete agreement with … 3. I support that… 4. From my point of view, it seems that … 5. On a personal note, human cloning … 6. As far as I am concerned. I (don’t) support 7. I am strongly against… 8. Personally, I agree / disagree because … 9. For one thing,… For another, …/ on the one hand…on the other hand … 10.In short (In brief / In a word), I firmly (don’t) support the view that … Useful expressions

Assignment Write a letter to the editor and express your opinion about cloning human embryos. Search for more information about cloning and share it with each other.

What’s your attitudes towards human cloning? On a 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 cloning will have some bad effects. The reasons are as follows. First of all,_____. What’s more, ________. Last but not least,________.