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Unit2Cloning UsingLanguage I 1 Doyouknowdinosaurs Wherehaveyouseenthem Canyouseetheminourreallife Why 2 Doyouthinkitispossibletoclonedinosaurs Ifyes doyouthinkthat sgoodforhumanbeings Why Freetalk 1 Whatanimalshavepeoplecloned 2 Canwereallyclonedinosaursnow 3 Whendiddinosaursdisappearfromtheearth Page5 Reading FastreadingTellTrue T orFalse F Scientistsarestillexperimentingwithcloningmammalsbecausetheythinkitcanmakemoney Theanimalsthathavedisappearedfromtheearth likedinosaurs canbebroughtbacktolifethroughcloning Ifwecancloneanyextinctanimals weshouldletthemliveinazoo F F F Thewriterofthetext A isexcitedbythepossibilityofcloningfierceandextinctanimalsB believesthatextinctanimalscanbebroughtbacktolifebycloningC thinksitimpossibleorunsuitabletocloneextinctanimalslikedinosaursD dreamsofdinosaursreturningtotheearth C Readthepassageagain andchoosethecorrectanswer 2 Whichofthefollowingistrue Micewereclonedin1983 B Dollythesheepwasthefirstclonedanimal C Thenameoftheclonedcowis Bison D Chinawassuccessfulincloningtwincalves D 3 ThereasonswhyagroupofclonedanimalsalldieofthesameillnessdoNOTinclude A theyhavethesamearrangementofgenesB thereisn tenoughdiversityinthegroupforittoovercomeillnessesC theillnessisanewoneD theirarrangementofgenescannotresistthatnewdisease D 4 Wecaninferfromthetextthat A scientistsareexperimentingtoclonedinosaursB dinosaurswillneverreturntotheearthC clonedanimalswillonlyliveinthezooD theDNAofdinosaurscanonlysurvive10 000year B 1 proveshowtheideastruckamixtureoffearandexcitementintopeople shearts Languagepoints strikev 打 撞 罢工 给 以印象Hewasstruckbylightning Theclockstrucktwelve Thegirlstruckamatchtolightacigarette Theunionstruckforbetterworkconditions Thatplaystruckmeassilly strike intoone sheart使 刻骨铭心 2 canpossiblybebroughtbacktolifethroughcloning bring backtolife使苏醒 使活泼 使生动Hewantedtobeahighlyskilleddoctorwhowouldbeabletobringthedyingbacktolife bringbacktohealth恢复健康bringbacktoone smind使回想起bringbackmemories回忆起bringbacktoearth使 从幻想中清醒过来 3 Alleffortsofcloningananimalwillbeinvainif invain徒然 白费 无效Allourworkwasinvain Theytriedtheirbesttomakeherhappybutinvain vainadj 徒劳的 无效益的 自负的 爱虚荣的avainattempt徒劳的尝试avaingirl虚荣心强的女孩子Heisvainofhisspeech 他对自己的发言很得意 4 butotherswillsurviveandpassontheabilitytoresistthatdiseasetothenextgeneration resistvt 抵抗 对抗 忍住Theyaredeterminedtoresistinvasion Thisspecialcoatingisdesignedtoresistrust Icouldn tresistthetemptationtoteaseTom Icanneverresistanicecream resistancen 抵抗 抵触 反对 阻力 Discussion Whichextinctanimalshouldberestoredtoearth S1 Ithinkthedodobirdshouldbereturnedtotheearth Ithasn tbeenextinctverylong SoitsDNAwillstillbegoodenoughforcloning S2 Yesandsailorsinthepastalwaysdescribedthedodoasbeingaveryfriendlyanimal Soitwouldmakeagoodpet Itwasn ttoolargeeither Ican tseeanyotherextinctanimalsbecomingapet canyou Sampledialogue S1 No indeed Iknowit sabirdliketheGreatAukbutneitherofthemcouldfly Soifyoukepteither itwouldn tescapefromapark afamilyoritshomeinthewild Youcouldalsofarmadodo unlikealltheothersandproducemanyofthemasexoticpets S2 Andwhataboutitslargenutritiousegg Justonewouldfeedalargefamily Sothere smorethanonereasonforproducingitincommercialnumbers S1 Didyouknowthatitsmeatisverytastytoo Perhapsitcouldbefarmedlikeostrichesandprovideagoodsourceofprotein S2 Theonlyproblemisthatitneedshotclimatetosurvive Butthat seasytoprovidewithallitsotheradvantages Idon tthinkanyoftheotheranimalsstandsachanceagainstthedodo S1 Sowebothagreethatthebestextinctanimalstobeclonedisthedodobird S2 Yes Writing 写作任务 Giveyouropiniononcloning写作要求 注意记叙文的表达方式要写明白自己的观点 层次要明 写作建议 本单元主要讲述了 cloning 存在的问题以及人们的态度 文中可适当就此进行发挥 Discussingroupsandwritedowntheinformationyouget Afterthediscussion writeapassageaccordingtothewritingtask Thereareatleast100words Onepossibleversion Togetherwiththemodernestadvancesinscienceandtechnology thenewsthatDollyhadbeenbornwasannouncedin1997 However Dolly sdeathraisedmanyopinionsaboutcloning Personally Iwouldliketoagreethatcloningmaydonogoodtoourhumanbeings Firstly seeingDolly wemaythinkthatcloninganimalscaneasilydevelopadisease Theycan tlivelong Secondly wecan tcloneanimalsthathavebeenextinctlongerthan10000years eveniftheDNAofdinosaurscouldsurvivethislong Thirdly basedonwhatweknownow humancloningisjustamatteroftimebuttheassumptionthathumancloneshavealreadybeenbornhasn tbeenprovedyet Inoneword personally thech