1. The perfect copy
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2. Four hundred years ago Chinese people had created the cloned images in Pilgrimage to the West but now it has become reality in life.

3. clone Scientific terms
“Cloning” is a new technology which produces an exact copy of an animal
or a plant from its own cells.

4. cloned pigs Title understanding How can you understand the word copy?
A. model
B. clone
C. similarity
D. imitation
cloned pigs

5. Fast reading—Main idea
Refer to the reading passage and find out the main idea.
(The reading passage is made up of a newspaper article about cloning and two readers’ letters. We will be given information about how cloning is being researched and the different attitudes towards it.)

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

7. Important phrases on the one hand on the other hand 1 一方面…另一方面… 2.指出
3. 戏弄自然
4.在做…的过程中
point out
toy with nature
on our way to doing

8. Important phrases at a much younger age 1.更小的年纪 2.导致 3.一般来说 lead to
4.因为 被表扬
5.伟大的科技进步
lead to
in general
be praised for
wonderful scientific advance

9. Important phrases 1.专注于 concentrate on 2.为了 with the intention of
3.对人类生命的不尊重
concentrate on
with the intention of
show no respect for human life

10. Important phrases cause a lot of anxiety 1.引起很多不安 2.渴望做某事 3.自己的孩子
4.收养别人的孩子
be anxious to
a child of my own
adopt someone else’s child

11. Important phrases push ahead with 1.努力推进 2.成功地做某事 3.造福人类
succeed in doing
benefit mankind

12. Important phrases deal with the consequences 1.处理后果 2.收割的庄稼 3.出售
4.很高兴有个妈妈
5.用完，耗尽
a crop to be harvested
for sale
be delighted to have a mother
use up

13. Important phrases comment on 1.评论 2.完全同意 3.挑战道德问题
4.就个人而言
5.改变我的生活
in complete agreement with
challenge moral ideas
on a personal note
transform my life

15. Find the reasons why people are pro- or anti-cloning
in the article and letters and write them in the table below
Pro-cloning
Anti-cloning
1. produce valuable tissues and organs that could be used to save human lives
1. may produce a real-life Frankenshtein’s monster 2. 3. 4. 5.
create more disease in the animal world
cure disease like cancer
help those who are unable to have children
cloning shows no respect for human life
help those who want to clone their dead children
human life becomes a crop to be harvested or a product for sale
we should be having fewer babies in order to reduce Earth’s population, not cloning more

16. value likely scientific create/ cause intends curing Unable anxious
Attitudes towards the first cloned human embryo
Pro-cloning
It can produce tissues and organs that are of great(1)__________.
Anti-cloning
We are (2) ________ to produce a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.
Attitudes towards the birth of Dolly the sheep
Cloning is a wonderful (3) __________ advance.
Cloning would (4) ____________ more disease in the animal world.
Representatives
Ian Wilmut
He never (5) ______ to create copies of humans. Instead, he thinks research efforts should concentrate on (6) ______ diseases.
Faye Wilson
(7) _______ to have a baby,she is (8) __________ to have a child that is genetically related to her.
Severino Antinori
He wants to be the(9) _____ to clone a human being.
Chinese scientists
They have focused their efforts on cloning animals and tissues that has achieved great (10) _______ in producing clones of cows and goats,and continues to research ways cloning can benefit mankind.
value
likely
scientific
create/ cause
intends
curing
Unable
anxious
first
success

17. Homework: Write a letter to the editor and express your opinions about
cloning human embryos.
Homework:

18. Thank you!