Post on 26-Dec-2015
My name is Cc, I was
born in in the USA
December 2002.
scientists created me
with a cell taken from
my mother Rainbow.
Anti-cloning.
answer the following questions.
1.Does the article give an anti-or
pro-cloning point of view, or both?
2.What was the name of the first
cloned mammal?
3.Is Pauline Carter pro-or anti-
cloning of human?
Both
Dolly
2. Who are the persons in the 2. Who are the persons in the article related to cloning?article related to cloning?
Ian Wilmut
Faye Wilson
Severino Antinori
Chinese scientists
Pauline Carter
Colin Jake
Ian Wilmut, a Scottish scientist who created Dolly and was shocked when hearing some scientists were considering cloning human beings. He never intends to create copy of humans. Instead, he thinks the efforts of scientists should be directed towards creating new cells and organs that could eventually be used to cure diseases like cancer.
Faye Wilson, a woman of 41 years old who cannot have a baby. She is desperate to have a baby of his own, a child that is genetically related to her.
Severino Antinori, an Italian doctor, is one of the leaders in the cloning research. He has declared that he wants to be the first to clone a human being.
main idea of each paragraph
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
An announcement about the first cloned human embryo caused much debate.The first cloned mammal was Dolly. Ian Wilmut is shocked that some scientists are considering cloning human beings.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.Chinese scientists continue to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.
Read fast and decide T or F.
1. People all over the world are happy
about the idea of cloning human
beings.
2. Dolly, the first cloned
mammal, is exactly the same as other
sheep. 3. According to
the article, the scientist who created
Dolly does not agree with cloning
human beings.
F
F
T
4. Cloning can be used to cure diseases
because it can produce new tissues and
organs.
5. Colin Jake is against cloning humans,
just like Pauline Carter.
6. Cloning human beings is illegal in
many countries, so no scientists want to
clone human beings.
F
F
T
Find the reasons why people are pro-
or anti-cloning in the article and
letters and write them down.
Pro-cloning Anti-cloning
produce valuable
tissues and organs
that could be used
to save human lives
may produce a
real-life
Frankenstein’s
monster
Pro-cloning Anti-cloning
cure diseases like
cancerhelp those who are
unable to have
children
help those who
want to clone their
dead children
create more diseases
in the animal world
cloning shows no respect for human life
human life would no
longer be unique
Pro-cloning Anti-cloning
we should be
having fewer
babies in order to
reduce Earth’s
population, not
cloning more
Fill in the blanks with the words in the
box.
consequences immoral
successfully right humans
younger Italian cloning cell laws
Dear Editor,
I
read your article about human
_______with great concern. I first heard
of cloning animals from a single
____when I went to a seminar about
Dolly the sheep, who was
___________cloned in 1996, in Britain.
At the time I thought that the whole
concept of cloning was________.
cloning
cell
successfully
immoral
Why do some people think they have
the _____ to go against nature? Who
will be responsible for the possible
negative____________? If we interfere
with nature, we might create problems.
It seems that I was correct — your
article says that Dolly died at a much
________age than a non-cloned sheep.
right
consequences
younger
Also I can’t accept the idea of cloning
_______. We have no right to experim
ent with human life. I believe that stric
t_____ should be put in place and gove
rnments should do more to stop huma
n cloning. For example, the work of th
e ______doctor, Severino Antinori, mu
st be stopped.
humans
Italian
laws
If I were the President of Italy, I would
think about taking away his license.
Yours faithfully,
Wanglin
Language points
1. On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and fear that if mankind interferes with nature in this way, they would be on their way to producing a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.
另一方面 , 包括一些科学家在内的很多人则持不同意见 , 他们担心如果人们用这种方式干涉自然 , 那就可能离制造出一个现实生活中的弗兰肯斯坦怪物不远了。
on (the) one hand, on the other hand 一方面……,另一方面…… 如:On the one hand, rapid development of th
e economy will improve the living conditi
ons of the people. On the other hand it wi
ll speed up environmental destruction.
一方面经济的迅速发展会改善人们的生活状况 ,
另一方面它会加速环境的破坏。
2. I don’t want to adopt someone else’s
child and I don’t want to use another
woman’s egg —I want a child that is ge
netically related to me.
我不想领养别人的孩子 , 我也不想借用别的女人的卵子——我想要一个跟我在基因上有关联的孩子。
1 ) adopt “ 收养,领养”。 如: He adopted the orphan.
他收养了那孤儿。此外, adopt 还有 “采纳,采用”的意思。如:Can a school adopt the policy prohibiting
the use of mobile phones on campus?
学校能采纳禁止在学校使用手机的政策吗 ?
2) be related to “ 与……关联, 与……有联系” 如:In his essay, the author writes about how
art is related to culture.
作者在论文里阐述了艺术与文化的联系。
3. Most of the time it turns out that hum
ans are not really profiting when they da
mage the environment. 在多数情况下的结果是 , 人类在破坏环境之际并没有真正收益。turn out+ 形容词 / 不定式 / 从句,意为 “结果是 , 证明是”。 如:
It was a difficult time, but eventually things turned out fine.那是一段艰难的时期 , 但最终情况却不坏。That guy turned out to be my friend’s brother. 结果那个家伙是我朋友的弟弟。To my surprise, it turned out that I was wrong.令我惊奇的是 , 结果证明我错了。