Unit3ScienceversusnatureReadingTheperfectcopyLead-inGaurisakindofendangeredAsianox.Noah,agaur,wasthefirstcloneofanendangeredanimalbornon8January2001.ScientistsatAdvancedCellTechnologysucceededincloningthebabygaur.Unfortunately,Noahdiedtwodayslater.Theexperimentprovedthatitwaspossibletosaveendangeredspeciesthroughcloning.SkimmingandScanningReadthearticleandlettersquicklyandanswerthesequestions.1.Doesthearticlegiveananti-orpro-cloningpointofview,orboth?2.Whatwasthenameofthefirstclonedanimal?3.IsPaulineCarterpro-oranti-cloning?BothDollyAnti-cloning•TrueorFalse•1.Peopleallovertheworldarehappyabouttheideaofcloninghumanbeings.•2.Dolly,thefirstclonedmammal,isexactlythesameasothersheep.•3.Accordingtothearticle,thescientistwhocreatedDollydoesnotagreewithcloninghumanbeings.•4.Cloningcanbeusedtocurediseasesbecauseitcanproducenewtissuesandorgans.•5.ColinJakeisagainstcloninghumans,justlikePaulineCarter.•6.Cloninghumanbeingsisillegalinmanycountries,sonoscientistswanttoclonehumanbeings.FNotallpeopleFTNotexactlyTFNotlikeFAfewscientists•FillintheformPro-cloningAnti-cloning1.Producevaluabletissuesandorgansthatcouldbeusedtosavehumanlives2.Curediseaseslikecancer3.Helpthosewhoareunabletohavechildren4.Helpthosewhowanttoclonetheirdeadchildren1.Mayproduceareal-lifeFrankenstein’smonster2.Createmorediseaseintheanimalworld3.Cloningshowsnorespectforhumans4.Humanlifewouldnolongerbeunique5.Havingfewerbabiestoreducepopulation,notcloningmore•Morequestions•1.Whatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthesuccessofcloningahumancell?•2.WhatdoesIanWilmut,theScottishscientistwhocreatedDolly,intendtousecloningfor?•3.Whoarethethreepersonsinthearticlerelatedtocloning?•1.Whatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthe•successofcloningahumancell?Valuabletissuesandorganscanbeproducedandbeusedtosavehumanlives.Humanbeingsmaybeonthewaytoproducingareal-lifemonster.Somepeopleconsidercloninghumanembryoswiththeintentiontodestroythemshowsnorespectforhumanlife.•2.WhatdoesIranWilmut,theScottishscientistwhocreatedDolly,intendtousecloningfor?Hethinksresearcheffortsshouldbeconcentratedoncreatingnewtissuesandorgansthatcouldeventuallybeusedtocurediseaseslikecancer.•3.Whoarethethreepersonsinthearticlerelatedtocloning?IanWilmut,aScottishscientistwhocreatedDollyandwasshockedwhenhearingsomescientistswereconsideringcloninghumanbeings.Heneverintendstocreatecopyofhumans.Instead,hethinkstheeffortsofscientistsshouldbedirectedtowardscreatingnewcellsandorgansthatcouldeventuallybeusedtocurediseaseslikecancer.FayeWilson,awomanof41yearsoldwhocannothaveababy.Sheisdesperatetohaveababyofhisown,achildthatisgeneticallyrelatedtoher.SeverinoAntinori,anItaliandoctor,whoisoneoftheleadersinthecloningresearch.Hehasdeclaredthathewantstobethefirsttocloneahumanbeing.Readingcomprehension:1.Theannouncementofsuccessfulhumanembryocloninghascausedmuchdebatebecause________.A.peoplestillhavenoclearideaabouttheresultsofhumancloningB.valuabletissuesandorganscanbeusedtosavehumansC.mankindisgoingtoproduceterriblemonstersD.peopleknowthatnaturewillpunishmankindforhumancloningA2.ThesuccessoftheclonedsheepDollyhasprovedthat_________.A.cloningwillcreatemorediseasesinanimalworldB.clonedanimalswilldieatamuchyoungeragethannormalC.manhasbeenabletoproduceanexactcopyfromanadultcellD.mancaninterferewithnatureathiswillC3.Accordingtothepassage,whatistherealintentionofIanWilmut”scloningresearch?A.Tocreatecopiesofhumansintheend.B.Todestroyhumanembryosintheend.C.Tocreatenewtissuesororgansforsale.D.Tocuredeadlydiseaseseventually.D4.Howdoesawomanwhocannotgiveabirthbenefitfromcloning?A.Shecanhaveababybyusinganotherwoman’segg.B.Shecanhaveababygeneticallyrelatedtoher.C.Shecanadoptsomeoneelse’schildbycloning.D.Shecanhavemorechildren.B5.Whatcanweinferfromthewholepassage?A.CloninganimalsisillegalinItaly.B.Chinesescientistsaretryingtobenefitmankindbyusingcloningtechnology.C.Chinesescientistswanttobethefirsttocloneahumanbaby.D.ColinJakeagreeswiththescientistswhowanttocloneahumanbaby.BReadingstrategy:Understandingscientificterms1.Readthefirstandlastparagraphsforanideaofwhatthearticleisabout.2.Scanthebodyofthearticle.Circlethewordsyoudon’tknow.3.Readthroughthearticleafewtimes.•PartD.EChecktheanswersD1b2a3d4e5c6g7h8fE1cloning2cell3successfully4immoral5right6consequences7younger8humans9laws10Italian•Post-reading•Discussion1.Ifhumancloningwassuccessful,whowouldbehappyapartfromtheparents?2.Doyouthinkitwouldbeeasyfortheclonedbabytoaccepthisorhersocialidentityasaclonedhumanbeing?3.Whatwouldtheclonedbabycalltheoriginalcellowner,mother/fatherorsister/brother?Whatwouldthepersonthathadtheoriginalcellfellabouttheclonedbaby?•Homework•Exxreadingp110-111