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TheperfectcopyThereisnoforbiddenfieldinscience,butwemustmakesurethetechnologyundercontrol.FourhundredyearsagoChinesepeoplehadcreatedtheclonedimagesin西游记,butnowithasbecomerealityinlife.theworld’scloned.createdbyscientistsOn.diedinbecauseof.firstmammalScottish22ndFebruary19962003lungdisease“Cloning”isanewtechnologywhichproducesanexactcopyofananimaloraplantfromitsowncells.ScientifictermscloneTitleunderstandingHowcanyouunderstandthewordcopy?A.modelB.cloneC.similarityD.imitationclonedpigsFirstreading—MainideaRefertothereadingpassageandfindoutthemainidea.(Thereadingpassageismadeupofanewspaperarticleaboutcloningandtworeaders’letters.Wewillbegiveninformationabouthowcloningisbeingresearchedandthedifferentattitudestowardsit.)MatcheachparagraphwithitscorrectmainideaPara1Para2Para3Para4Para5Para6Anannouncementaboutthefirstclonedhumanembryocausedmuchdebate.ThefirstclonedmammalwasDolly.IanWilmutisshockedthatsomescientistsareconsideringcloninghumanbeings.Awomanwantstohaveaclonedbaby.Cloninghumanembryosisillegalinmanycountries,butsomescientistsstillwanttoclonehumanbeings.Chinesescientistscontinuetoresearchwaysinwhichcloningcanbenefitmankind.Comprehension1.Thepassageismainlyabout_______.A.whatcloningisB.theadvantageofcloningC.argumentsaboutcloninghumanembryosD.thedisadvantageofcloning2.Wecanlearnfromthetwoletters_______.A.bothofthewritersarepro-cloning.B.bothofthewritersareanti-cloning.C.neitherofthewritersareagainstcloning.D.bothofthewritersarenotforcloninghumanembryos3.Theannouncementofsuccessfulhumanembryocloninghascausedmuchdebatebecause______.A.peoplestillhavenoclearideaabouttheresultsofhumancloningB.valuabletissuesandorganscanbeusedtosavehumansC.mankindisgoingtoproduceterriblemonstersD.peopleknowthatnaturewillpunishmankindforhumancloningComprehension4.ThesuccessoftheclonedsheepDollyhasprovedthat_________.A.cloningwillcreatemorediseasesinanimalworldB.clonedanimalswilldieatamuchyoungeragethannormalC.manhasbeenabletoproduceanexactcopyfromanadultcellD.mancaninterferewithnatureathiswillComprehension5.Accordingtothepassage,whatistherealintentionofIanWilmut’scloningresearch?A.Tocreatecopiesofhumansintheend.B.Todestroyhumanembryosintheend.C.Tocreatenewtissuesororgansforsale.D.Tocuredeadlydiseaseseventually.Comprehension6.Howdoesawomanwhocannotgiveabirthbenefitfromcloning?A.Shecanhaveababyusinganotherwoman’segg.B.Shecanhaveababygeneticallyrelatedtoher.C.Shecanadoptsomeoneelse’schildbycloning.D.Shecanhavemorechildren.7.Whatcanweinferfromthewholepassage?A.CloninganimalsisillegalinItaly.B.Chinesescientistsaretryingtobenefitmankindbyusingcloningtechnology.C.Chinesescientistswanttobethefirsttocloneahumanbaby.D.ColinJakeagreeswiththescientistswhowanttocloneahumanbaby.ComprehensionCareful-readingWhatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthesuccessofcloningahumanembryo?Ontheonehand：Ontheotherhand：Somepeopleconsiderthat：valuabletissuesandorganscanbeproducedandbeusedtosavehumanliveshumanbeingsmaybeonthewaytoproducingareal-lifemonstercloninghumanembryoswiththeintentiontodestroythemshowsnorespectforhumanlifePro-cloningAnti-cloning1.producevaluabletissuesandorgansthatcouldbeusedtosavehumanlives1.mayproduceareal-lifeFrankenshtein’smonster2.2.3.3.4.4.5.Findthereasonswhypeoplearepro-oranti-cloninginthearticleandlettersandwritetheminthetablebelowcurediseaselikecancerhelpthosewhoareunabletohavechildrenhelpthosewhowanttoclonetheirdeadchildrencreatemorediseaseintheanimalworldcloningshowsnorespectforhumanlifehumanlifewouldnolongerbeuniqueweshouldbehavingfewerbabiesinordertoreduceEarth’spopulation,notcloningmoreAttitudestowardsthefirstclonedhumanembryoPro-cloningItcanproducetissuesandorgansthatareofgreat(1)__________.Anti-cloningWeare(2)________toproduceareal-lifeFrankenstein’smonster.AttitudestowardsthebirthofDollythesheepPro-cloningCloningisawonderful(3)__________breakthrough.Anti-cloningCloningwould(4)____________morediseaseintheanimalworld.RepresentativesIanWilmutHenever(5)______tocreatecopiesofhumans.Instead,hethinksresearcheffortsshouldconcentrateon(6)______diseases.FayeWilson(7)_______tohaveababy,sheis(8)__________tohaveachildthatisgeneticallyrelatedtoher.SeverinoAntinoriHewantstobethefirsttocloneahumanbeing.ChinesescientistsTheyhavefocusedtheireffortsoncloninganimalsandstemcells.Chinahasachievedgreat(9)_______inproducingclonesofcowsandgoats,andcontinuestoresearchwayscloningcanbe(10)________tomankind.valuelikelyscientificcreate/causeintendscuringUnabledesperatesuccessbeneficialWhatusesdoescloninghave?Disccusion??Otheruses?Isitagoodideatoclonehumanssomeday?AdebateRulestofollow:1.Thinkofasmanyreasonsaspossibletosupportyourideas.2.Presentatleastthreereasons.3.Thegroupwhocangivethemostconvincingreasonswillwinthedebate.Isitagoodideatoclonehumanssomeday?foragainstYourreasonsHomework:Homework:Writealettertotheeditorandexpressyouropinionsaboutcloninghumanembryos.