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M5 Reading The perfect copy Learning Aims:1. Learn more about cloning technology2. Participate in the debate relevant to cloning3. Know some effects of cloning technology-Technology or Morality Reading strategy Understanding scientific termsTask 1: Scientific terms ( Find out the scientific terms in the passage and guess the meanings of them.)1. human embryo 2. produce valuable tissues and organs3. toy with nature 4. an exact copy of5. an adult cell 6. scientific advance 7. create copies of humans 8. create new tissues and organs9. produce a cloned human baby 10. die of heart failureTask 2: Game ! 按要求说出正确的英语或汉语Task 3: Skimming (answer the following questions)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. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Cloning animals is illegal in Italy. B. Chinese scientists are trying to benefit mankind by using cloning technology. C. Chinese scientists want to be the first to clone a human baby. D. Chinese scientists have focused their efforts on cloning humans.Task 4: Match each paragraph with its correct main idea.Para 1 The first cloned mammal was Dolly. Para 2 Ian Wilmut is shocked that some scientists are considering cloning human beings.Para 3 An announcement about the first cloned human embryo caused much debate.Para 4 Chinese scientists continue to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.Para 5 A woman wants to have a cloned baby.Para 6 Cloning human embryos is illegal in many countries, but some scientists still want to clone human beings.Task 5: Detailed reading1. What is cloning?2. What are the different attitudes towards the success of cloning a human embryo?On the one hand_ _On the other hand_ _ Some people consider that_ _3. Information about Dolly Dolly is the worlds_ cloned _ , created by _ scientists from an _ cell in _ , died in _ .2. Did Dolly live as long as the normal sheep?3. Why were many people worried about the birth of Dolly?Task 6: Listen to the article on P42 and find the answers to the following questions .Question Sheet (Rules: first, find out the answers independently; then, discussthe answers with group members; last, present the correct answers to the class)1. What does Ian Wilmut think cloning should be focused on?2. Whats the problem with the 41-year-old saleswoman Faye Wilson?3. Does she welcome the idea of cloning a baby?4. What has an Italian doctor declared?Task7: Listen to the two letters and judge whether the statements are true or false.The first letter :Pauline Carter thinks:1. Nature will pay back if we toy with nature. 2. We should clone fewer babies to reduce Earths population. 3. The lady who cannot have a baby can adopt an orphan, but not have a cloned baby. The second letter :Colin Jake thinks:1. The news that the first human embryo has be cloned successfully is very terrible. 2. Scientists have succeeded in challenging moral ideas. 3. If she had the chance, she would clone her dead daughter . Task 8: Have a debate Are you for or against human cloning?Rules : 1. Each group chooses one side “for or against human cloning”; 2. Then discuss with group members, think of as many reasons as possible to support the idea of your group; 3. Last, two groups have a debate, one group for human cloning, the other against human cloning.Useful expressions1. I am for 2. I am in complete agreement with 3. I support that4. From my point of view, it seems that 5. On a personal note, human cloning 6. As far as I am concerned . I (dont) support7. I am strongly against8. Personally, I agree / disagree because 9. Id like to point that10. Im afraid I cant accept your point/view. 11. For one thing, For another , / on the one hand;on the other hand 12.In short (In brief /In a word/In conclusion/To conclude), I firmly (dont) support the view that A sample:Group A(S1): Our group are for human cloning , because we can produce valuable tissues and organs that could be used to save human lives, by cloning an human embryo. Group B(S1): Our group are strongly against human cloning , if human beings could be cloned , human life would just become a crop to be harvested or a product for sale. Group A(S2): I support that Group B(S2): Personally, I disagree because Group A(S3): Id like to point out that human cloning canGroup B(S3): Im afraid I cant share this view. From my point of view, it seems that Group A (together): In short , we firmly support the view of human cloning. Group B (together): In brief , we are firmly against human cloning.Task 9: ConsolidationCloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells.However, human cloning has caused much d_. On one hand, it is a wonderful scientific a_ ; on the other hand, some people think it shows no r_ for human life. Generally speaking, cloning what can b_ mankind is acceptable.Task 10The perfect copy-Technology or Morality The new kind of technology has caused widespread discussion. It can help cure many diseases, save lots of peoples lives and even prevent some endangered animals from dying out However, on the other hand, if it is used to clone human beings, that is against the laws of nature.There is no fo