The perfect copy

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Science versus nature
Unit 3
Reading
The perfect copy
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Scientists can plant cloned humans organs such
as ears on animals body for the future use.
These organs can be used to replace the sick ones
some day .
The wide use of cloning technology
A cloned human ear on a mouse back
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• Gaur is a kind of endangered Asian ox.
• Noah is the first cloned gaur which was born
  in 8 January,2001.
• Unfortunately, Noah died two days later.
• The experiment proved that it was possible to
  save endangered species through cloning.

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The first cloned Asian endangered gaur
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Poster of the film
X-Men the last stand
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The brief introduction of the film

• The latest scientific film X-men The last
  stand is about some genetically changed humans.
  Some of them intend to control the whole humans
  world with their special power while others try
  their best to prevent them. Its hard to imagine
  what the world would become, if the crazy
  genetically changed humans were not controlled.

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Listen to the tape then answer the questions

• Who is the creator of Dolly
• Scottish Scientist called Ian Milmut.
• What can the cloning technology be used to do?
• It can produce valuable tissues and organs to
  replace the sick ones and make those who can't
  pregnant have their own babies.
• Is cloning human embryos legal all over the
  world?
• No, in many countries it is illegal.
• Who want to be the first to clone a human being?
• An Italian doctor named Severino Antinori.

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Dolly and Its Father - Ian Wilmut
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Cloning technology can be used to produce
valuable tissues and organs.
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Crazy Italian doctor Severino Antinori
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Reading Strategy
First reading
understand the text wholely
get the meanings of some new words
Second reading

• figure out the details

Third reading
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First Reading
Skim the passage and do the following exercises.
Questions
1 Does the article give an anti- or pro-cloning
point of view, or both?

Both
2 What is the name of the first cloned mammal?
Dolly

• 3 Is Pauline Carter pro- or anti-cloning?

Pauline Carter is anti-cloning.
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True or false questions

• 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.
• 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
T
F
F
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Second Reading

• Get through the passage, pay more attention to
  the key words and guess the meanings according
  their contexts.
• 1 Many people, including some scientists, _______
  and _____ that if mankind ______ ______ nature in
  this way they may _____ _____ _____ to producing
  a ________ Frankenstein's monster.
• 2 Cloning is producing an _____ _____ of a plant
  or an animal using its cells.
• 3 However, some people consider that cloning
  human embryos ____ ___ _______ ___ destroying
  them _____ ___ _______ for human life.
• 4 Faye Wilson, a 41-year-old saleswoman who
  cannot have a baby, says I am _________ ___ have
  a child ___ ____ ____.
• 5 I want a child that is genetically _____
  _____ me.
• 6 Some scientists are already ________ _____
  _____ research, so as to _____ cloned human
  babies.
• 7 China has _________ __ __________ clones of
  cows and goats, and continues to research ways in
  which cloning can _______ _______.

disagree
fear
Interfere with
on the
way
real-life
exact copy
with
the intention of
show no respect
of my own
desperate to
related to
pushing ahead with
deliver
succeeded in producing
benefit
mankind
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Third Reading

• Read the passage and the two letters again.
• Find the reasons why people are pro- or
  anti-cloning

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Who are the persons in the article related to
cloning?
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Debate

Topic
Do you think it is a good thing that some
scientists are pushing ahead with cloning human
embryos?
Yes
No
versus
Reasons 1 2 3
Reasons 1 2 3


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Post reading

• Discuss the following questions
• 1 If you have a chance to clone yourself, will
  you take it to make another yourself?
• 2 Do you think it would be easy for the cloned
  baby to accept his/her social identity?
• 3 How will the person who provide the original
  cell feel about the cloned one?

Please give reasons for your answers.
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Conclusion

• If cloning stands for the science , then
  non-cloning stands for nature. They seem to be
  the opposite concepts. On the one hand, mankind
  should develop the science, on the other hand we
  also have to respect nature. How to balance the
  two sides means what the future of mankind will
  be. Paying attention to the problem is the task
  not only of the scientists but also of whole
  mankind.

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Homework

• 1 Finish exercise D on page 44 and E on page 45.
• 2 Write an essay about cloning human embryos
  within 150 words.

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Goodbye!