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Unit 3Unit 3
My understanding of the text
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.
learning difficulties
deficient in knowledge of cloning
unfamiliar scientific terms
the ability to debate
pre-reading
fast-reading
detailed-reading
debate
title-understandingbrain-stormingreading strategy
make sense of scientific termsthree questions in A1
comprehension exercisemain idea of each paragraph
analysis of last two letters
listening and consolidation
rules offered to follow
Title understandingTitle understanding
How can you understand the word copy?
A. model
B. clone
C. similarity
D. imitation
cloned pigs
Do you think it would be a good idea to clone humans some day?
Why or why not?
Reading articles related to scienceReading articles related to scienceProblemsProblems SolutionsSolutions The way of readingThe way of reading
difficult or unfamiliar words
be prepared to work out…
1)Begin by reading … 2)scan the body circle unknown words question things
3)read through the article a few times
Reading strategyReading strategy
Fast readingFast reading
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?
Both
Dolly
Anti-cloning.
Scientific termsScientific terms
A cell is the smallest unit of life.
A stem cell is a further developed cell.
A e______ is the beginning of a baby in a mother’s body.
mbryo
1. The two cells are combined and become one cell.
2. The cell grows into an embryo which is put into the body of another female sheep. 3. A sheep is delivered.
Scientific termsScientific terms
Dolly’s genetic mother is a sheep. Ian just created her, so he isn’t Dolly’s father g_________ though he is called Dolly Father.
enetically
Scientific termsScientific terms
ComprehensionComprehension
1.The passage is mainly about_______. A. what cloning is B. the advantage of cloning C. arguments about cloning human embryos D. the disadvantage of cloning2.We can learn from the two letters_______. A. both of the writers are pro-cloning. B. both of the writers are anti-cloning. C. neither of the writers are against cloning. D. both of the writers are not for cloning human embryos
Main ideaMain idea
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.
detailed readingdetailed reading
On the one hand On the other hand
Much debate
Some scientists
If…can produce…
save human lives
many people,including…
If...interfere with…
produce a monster
point out disagree & fear
detailed readingdetailed reading
Cloning:Cloning:
Dolly the sheep:Dolly the sheep:
The world’s The world’s attitudes:attitudes:
producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells
the first mammal born in 1996 died in early 2003
Note-making:Note-making:
1)be angry ( create more diseases…) 2)be praised for their breakthrough
detailed readingdetailed reading
To deliver a _______human baby, some scientists are already pushing_____ with research though______ human embryos is illegal in many countries. An Italian doctor is one of the ______ in the kind of research. It’s_______ that he wants to be the first to clone a human being. In China, scientists have _______their efforts on cloning ________stem cells but also animals. China has________ to produce clones of cows and goats and went on _____ their research on ways that cloning can be of benefit_____ mankind.
cloned ahead
cloning leaders
declared
focusednot only
managed with
to
Listening:Listening:
detailed readingdetailed reading
Read the article and the two letters asRead the article and the two letters as well to find the reasons why people arewell to find the reasons why people are pro- or anti-cloningpro- or anti-cloning to complete a table. to complete a table.
Getting information:Getting information:
Pro-cloning Anti-cloning
produce valuable tissues and organs that …
produce a real-life Frankenstein’s monster
cure diseases like cancerhelp those who are unable to …
help those who want to …
create more disease … cloning shows no respect for …be no longer unique
having fewer babies to reduce …, not cloning more.
ClozeCloze
An announcement that scientists have cloned the first human embryo has led____ much debate made many people________. On the one hand, it is pointed out _____cloning an embryo can produce valuable tissues and organs to save human lives. On the other hand, many people fear that mankind’s __________ with nature may contribute to ________ a real-life monster. Cloning is an _____ copy of a plant or an animal. Dolly the sheep is a good_______ of cloning. Her birth made many people angry because they thought cloning would ______ more disease in the animal world.
to shocked
that
interfering producing
exact example
create
But the Scottish scientist’s intention was to ______ new tissues and organs to_____ diseases like cancer not to create copies of humans. ________, it’s good news for a 41-year-old saleswoman, who was ____________ to have a baby of her own. While cloning is______ in many countries, some scientists are already doing research to_______ a cloned human baby, and an Italian doctor, one of the leaders in the research, wants to be the_____ to clone a human being. In China scientists are making ______to clone animals as well as_____. They have __________ produced clones of cows and goats and go on with their research to________ mankind.
create cure
However
illegal desperate
deliver
first
efforts successfully cells
benefit
A debateA debate
Rules to follow:Rules to follow:
1.Think of as many reasons as possible to support1.Think of as many reasons as possible to support your ideas.your ideas.
2.Present at least three reasons.2.Present at least three reasons.
3.The group who can give the most 3.The group who can give the most convincing reasons will win the debate.convincing reasons will win the debate.
A debateA debate
It is good to clone human embryos.
for against
Your reasons
Homework: Homework: Write a letter to the editor and express your opinions about cloning human embryos.
In Mary.W. Shelly’s novel, Frankenstein
made a monster , but eventually he was killed by it.