WorkbookReadingtaskADEBATEReadingtaskBackground:“Medicalcloning”isamedicalcureusingcellsfromanembryotocureveryseriousillnesses.Theideaistotakehealthycellsfromapatientandcreatecopiesthatcanbeusedtorepairdamagedordiseasedpartsofthepatient.Intheory,medicalcloningwillbeveryusefulforcuringpatientsbutalargeamountofresearchisorganizedbythegovernmentandisstrictlycontrolled.Theresearchcan•Createclonedhumancells(butnotolderthan14days)•Beusedtobetterunderstandearlyhumandevelopment•Beusedtohelpwithgeneticdiseasesofoldage•BeusedfortransplantsforincurableconditionswithouttheproblemoftransplantrejectionWhilehavingadebate,severalthingstoremember•Thepersonwhoisleadingtheteamthatsupportsthetopicwillspeakfirst.•Thepersonwhoisleadingtheteamthatdisagreeswiththetopicwillspeaknext.•Thenotherpeoplecantaketurnstospeakinafreediscussion.•Everyonemustlistenwhenotherpeoplearespeaking.•Noonecanberudetootherspeakersandmustalwaystalktothechairman.•Thechairpersonwillstopanyonewhorepeatsargumentsthathavealreadybeenmade.•Anyonecanreplytoanotherperson’sargument.TeamWhat’stheirargument?Tworeasonsfor/againstmedicalcloningAFormedicalcloningBAgainstmedicalcloningReadtheargumentsaboveandfillinthechart.(Page59)TeamA:tworeasonsformedicalcloning1.Tocureseriousillnessesthathavenocureatthemoment2.tohelppeoplewhohavediseaseswhichmakethemgraduallylosetheirabilitytomoveeasilyortothinkTeamB:tworeasonsagainstmedicalcloning1.Tomakethestemcellsthatwillcureanillnessofoneperson,youhavetoKillanotherhumanbeing.2.Scientistsareworriedabouttheefficiencyofthesystem.1.Itisasortofcompetitionwithachairpersoninchargetomakesureoffairplay.它是一种竞赛,由主持人负责确保竞争的公平。inchargeInapositionofleadershiporsupervision:主管,领导,负责:处于领导或管理的职位:thesecurityagentinchargeattheairport.机场保安部的负责人LanguagePoints•2.Afterthat,theissuecanbediscussedbyanyoneintheroomoneatatime.然后,房间里的每个人都可以对问题进行讨论,每次只能有一人发言。•atatime依次,逐一,每次.•Don'ttrytodoeverythingatonce,takeitabitatatime.不要什么事情都一块干,要一次做一点.•Takethepillstwoatatime.每次服2粒.•atonetime一度,从前.•AtonetimeIusedtogoskiingeverywinter.我有一度每到冬天就去滑雪.•Atonetimetheymetfrequently.一度他们经常见面。3.Ifyoubelievethathumanlifecomesintoexistenceassoonasthecellsstarttogrow,thenthepracticeofremovinghumanstemcellsfromanembryokillsit.如果你认为人的生命从细胞开始生长的时候就开始存在的话,那么从胚胎中提取人类干细胞的行为就是杀人。