ScienceversusNature教学设计

1、精品推荐范文学习Science versus Nature 教学设计ReadingTeachingobjectives:.Toreinforcestudentscomprehensionofthetextandimprovetheirotherskillsbyp articipatinginalltheactivities.2.Tohelpstudentsknowthewidespreaddiscussionaboutclo ningandholdtheirownattitudestowardsit.3.Toenablestudentstomasterthereadingstrategyand

2、beco memorecompetentinreadingarticlesrelatedtoscience.Teachingfocusanddifficulties:.Studentscanworkoutthemeaningofdifficultorunfam iliarscientifictermswithreadingstrategy.2.Studentscanholdtheirownopinionsonthebaseofreading thearticle.Teachingaids:ThemultimediaBriefteachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inchec

3、kthehomework.Encouragestudentstosharetheirsourc esrelevanttocloningtechnologywiththewholeclass.Tell studentsthatcloninghasbeenthesubjectofscientificexp erimentsforyears.Therecentsuccessincloninganimalsha sresultedinfiercedebatesbetweenscientists,politicia nsandpublic.Step2ReadingstrategyGetstudentst

4、ogothroughthereadingstrategy,andmakesur ethateveryoneofthemunderstandshowtoworkoutthemeanin gofthesescientificterms.Step1Beginbyreadingthefirstandlastparagraphsforanideaofw hatthearticleisabout.Step2circleanywordsyoudonotnow.Questionthingsyoudonotund erstandorthatdonotappeartomakesense.Step3Readthro

5、ughthearticleafewtimes,andmakesenseofthesci entifictermsuponfurtherreadings.Step3Firstreading mainideaAskstudentstorefertothereadingpassageandfindoutthem ainidea.Step4SecondreadingUnderstandingscientifictermsAskstudentstocircletheunfamiliarwordsorthingstheydo notunderstandwhilesecondreading.Step5Thi

6、rdreading DetailedinformationAskstudentstoreadonlythearticlecarefully,andfinisht hefollowingexercises:.whatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthesuccesso fcloningahumanembryo?ontheonehandontheotherhandSomepeopleconsiderthat2.whoarethepersonsinthearticlerelatedtocloning?personsintroductions relationstocl

7、oning IanwilumtaScottishscientistwhocreatedDolly,thefirstmammaltob eclonedsuccessfullyfromanadultcellHewasshockedwhenhearingsomescientistswereconsiderin gcloninghumanbeings.Heneverintendstocreatecopiesofh umans.Instead,hethinkstheeffortsofscientistsshouldb edirectedtowardscreatingnewcellsandorgansth

8、atcouldb eusedtocurediseaseslikecancer.Fayewilsonawomanof41yearsoldwhocannothaveababy.Sheisdesperatetohaveababyofherown,achildthatisgenet icallyrelatedtoher.SeverinoAntinorianItaliandoctor,whoisoneoftheleadersinthecloningres earchHehasdeclaredthathewantstobethefirsttocloneahumanbeing.chinesescientis

9、tswhohavefocusedtheireffortsoncloninganimalsandstemce llstobeusedinmedicalresearchchinahassucceededinproducingclonesofcowsandgoats,an dcontinuestoresearchthewaysinwhichcloningcanbenefit mankind.Askstudentstoreadthetwoletterscarefully,andjudgewhe therthestatementsaretrueorfalse:Paulinecarterthinks:.t

10、henaturewillpaybackifweinterferewithnature.2.weshouldclonefewerbabiestoreduceEarthspopulation.3.theladywhocannothaveababycanadoptanorphan,butnoth aveaclonedbaby.colinejakethinks:.thenewsthatthefirsthumanembryohasbeclonedsucce ssfullyisveryterrible.2.scientistshavesucceededinchallengingquestionsofmo

11、rality.3.humancloningisagoodwaytosaveherdaughterwhohasdied.Step6FurtherdiscussionUnderstandingthescientifictermsandreinforcingthecom prehensionofthetext,studentsaregottoformgroupsoffou rorsixtodiscussthefurtherquestions:.Findthereasonswhypeoplearepro-oranti-cloningin thearticleandlettersandwritethem

12、inthetablebelowPro-cloningAducevaluabletissuesandorgansthatcouldbeused tosavehumanlives.mayproduceareal-lifeFrankenshtein smonster2.curediseaselikecancer2.createmorediseaseintheanimalworld3.helpthosewhoareunabletohavechildren3.cloningshowsnorespectforhumanlife4.helpthosewhowanttoclone

13、theirdeadchildren4.humanlifewouldnolongerbeunique5.weshouldbehavingfewerbabiesinordertoreduceEarth spopulation,notcloningmore2.Doyouthinkitwouldbeeasyfortheclonedbabytoaccepthi s/hersocialidentityasa cloned humanbeing?3.whatwouldthepersonthathadtheoriginalcellfeelabout theclonedbaby?4.Thinkaboutther

14、elationshipbetweenthetitleoftheunit Scienceversusnatureandcloningtechnology.Step7HomeworkThinkaboutthedifficultscientifictermsunderlinedbefo reuponthetextlearningReading LanguagePoints.Arecentannouncementbyscientiststhattheyhavesuccessfullyclonedthefirsthumanembryo announcement 宣告，通知，声明make/issueana

15、nnouncement 发表声明announce （ vt. ）宣告，通知，声明announcesth.tosb.announce/declareannounce 指对公众或特定的一群关心的人进行宣布；declare 指官方的正式宣告Everyonewassilentasheannouncedthewinnerofthecompeti tion.Thispowerfulcountrydeclaredwaronthatsmallcountry.2.ontheonehand,somescientistspointoutthatifyouclone anembryo,youcan ononehand

16、 ontheotherhand 面,另一方面,（单独使用 ontheotherhand 时， hand 不能省略，但与 ontheonehand 连用时，可省略）ononehand,rapiddevelopmentoftheeconomywillimproveth elivingconditionsofthepeople.ontheotherhand,itwills peedupenvironmentaldestruction.athand 在手边，在附近byhand 亲手，手工inhand 手头现有的，正在进行，在处理中handinhand 手拉手Handsoff! 请勿动手！不许干涉Han

17、dsup! 举起手来！ pointout 指出Hepointedoutmymistake. 他指出我的错误。pointto/pointat 指着，指向某人或某物（两个词组可互换使用） Hepointedat/toapicture.pointat 对准，瞄准Theypointedatherheadbutshewasnotafraid.pointto 表明，指向Theevidencepointstohimasthecriminal.Thehandsoftheclockpointedtohalfpastthree.Thecompassneedlepointstothenorth.3.theymayb

18、eontheirwaytoproducingareal-lifeFrankensrei n smonster.onone swaytodoingsth. “正在做某事的过程中” .to 是介词，后接名词、代词或动名词短语Ivejustheardawarningtheradiothatastormmaybe_itsway.a.on,onb.over,inc.on,aboved.from,ononone' swayto 在去的途中bytheway 顺便问问，顺便说说bywayof 途经inaway 在某种意义上，在某种程度上inone sway 挡路inthisway 用这种方式4.How

19、ever,ingeneralthescientistswerepraisedfortheir wonderfulscientificbreakthrough. ingeneral 一般说来，从总体上看，大体上Ingeneral,redisthemostpopularcolourthisseason. inageneralway 一般，通常 asageneralrule 在一般情况下 praise 表扬，赞扬，表彰winhighpraise 受到高度赞扬inpraiseof 赞扬（某人）beyondallpraises 赞美不尽的，赞不绝口的beloudinsb. spraise 对某人极力称赞

20、 praisesb.forsth. 因某事而赞美/ 称赞某人（练习） Hegaveaspeechinpraiseofschoollife.他做了一个赞美学校生活的演讲。Heishighlypraisedforhisresearchongenes.他的基因研究受到了高度赞扬。5.However,somepeopleconsiderthatcloninghumanembryos withtheintentionofdestroyingthemshowsnorespectforhu manlife.withtheintentionof 为了，以为目的或意图Hehasdecidedtogoabroad

21、tostudywiththeintentionofimpr ovinghisEention 目的，打算，意图（词组） withoutintention 无意地makeone sintensionclear 说清楚自己的目的 state/announceone sintention 声明自己的意图Ibeganreadingwiththe_b_offinishingthebook,butIn entionc.applicationd.consideration6.1

22、 don twanttoadoptsomeoneelse schildandIdon twanttouseanotherwomansegg Iwantachildthatisgenericallyrelatedtome. adopt 收养，领养；采用，采纳（议案、意见等）canyouadoptmynewidea?Theyadoptedaneighbour sboy.adoptmeasures/newmethods/anidea 采取措施 / 采用新 办法 / 采纳意见adoptaresolution 通过一项议案anadoptedson 养子adoptedwords 外来词adopt/adap

23、tadopt 收养， 领养； 采用， 采纳 （议案、 意见等） ； adapt 使适合，使适应 adaptto；改编 adaptforShehadtoadaptherselftolocalconditions.她 必 须 使自己适应当地的情况。ThisEnglishnovelwasadaptedforthestage.这 部 小 说被改编成了剧本。Thecoupledecidedtoaboybecausetheyhadthreegirls.a.adaptb.adoptc.receiveb.keepberelatedto与有关联；与有联系canyourelatewhathappenedinyou

24、rchildhoodtoyourpresen tstateofmind?relate 和,相关，把与关联起来relation 关系，联系，家属，亲属relative 有关系的，相对的；亲戚，亲属7.whilecloninghumanembryosisillegalinmanycountries, somescientistsarealreadypushingaheadwithresearchsoa stodeliveraclonedhumanbaby.while 当的时候，和同时（while引导的从句要 表示一段时间）johncameinwhileIwastypingaletter. 当我正在

25、用打字机打一封信时，约翰进来了。然而，虽然，尽管whilehewashatedbyothers,Ilikedhim. 他虽受人恨，但我却喜欢他。Englishcanbedifficulttolearn,itisaveryusefultoolforcommunication.a.Becauseb.Asc.onced.while pushaheadwith 推进，推行，毅然继续做某事Itishardtopushaheadwithsuchanunpopularpolicy.这样一个不得人心的政策很难推行下去的。pushahead/forward/onwithsth. 毅然继续做某事pushsth.f

26、orward 提出某事，迫使他人考虑或注意某事pushsb./sth.over 使某人 / 某物倒下；推倒某人/ 某物 deliver 在这里“接生，使分娩”之意Herbabywasdeliveredbyanexperienceddoctor.该词还有“投递，传送，释放，表达，解救”等意思deliversb.fromdanger救某人脱险deliversth.tosb.把某物交付给某人deliveramessage/aletter传话 / 送信deliveraspeech发表演说bedeliveredof生下孩子8.chinahassucceededinproducingclonesofcow

27、sandgoats, andcontinuestoresearchwaysinwhichcloningcanbenefitm ankind. succeedindoingsth. 成 功 地 做 某 事 （ 反 义 词 组 ） failtodosth.Afterpracticingmore,hesucceededinpassingthedrivingt est.successsuccessfulsuccessfully benefit 利益，好处；救济金beofbenefitto 对有裨益forthebenefitof 为了 的利益Itissaidyogaisofgreatbenefittoh

28、umanhealth.有益于benefitsb./sth. 有益于某人/ 某物benefitfrom/by从中获益Suchfoolishbehaviorwillnotbenefityou.weallbenefitedfromhersuccess.9.wecouldproduceamonster,orevenasuperhumanracethatc ouldonedayendupreplacingus.endup以而告终，后接现在分词；endupwith/in/as后接名词Atfirstherefusedtoacceptanyresponsibilitybutheended upapologizing.Thepartyendedupwithasong.Ifyoucontinuetosteal,youwillendupinprison.0.Humanlifewouldnolongerbeunique;itwouldjustbeaprod uctforsale.forsale 待售，出售的Th