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•Togetafurtherunderstandingaboutcloning•Tolearntounderstandscientifictermsinscientificarticles•Tolearnthewordsandexpressionsinthisunitclonebiologytissuesheepmammalcellstemcellgenegeneticgeneticallyorganembryo2.Whatwasthenameofthefirstclonedmammal?3.IsPaulineCarterfororagainsthumancloning?Dolly.Sheisagainsthumancloning.Checkpreviewingwork:Answerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatiscloning?Cloningisproducinganexactcopyofaplantoranimalusingitscells.Gothroughthereadingstrategy,andfindouthowtoworkoutthemeaningofthesescientificterms.Step1Beginbyreadingthefirstandlastparagraphsforanideaofwhatthearticleisabout.Step2Step3Circleanywordsyoudonotknow.Questionthingsthatyoudonotunderstandorthatdonotappeartomakesense.Readthroughthearticleafewtimes,andmakesenseofthescientifictermsuponfurtherreadings.Readthroughthepassageandfindoutthemainidea.Thereadingpassageisabouthowcloningisbeingresearchedandthedifferentattitudestowardsit.UnderstandingscientifictermsCircletheunfamiliarwordsorthingsyoudonotunderstandwhilesecondreading.clone(line1)embryo(line2)tissue(line4)organ(line4)cell(line9)克隆胚胎组织器官细胞Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1Para.2Para.3Anannouncementaboutthefirstclonedhumanembryocausedmuchdebate.ThefirstclonedmammalwasDolly.IanWilmutisshockedthatsomescientistsareconsideringcloninghumanbeings.Para.4Para.5Para.6Awomanwantstohaveaclonedbaby.Cloninghumanembryosisillegalinmanycountries,butsomescientistsstillwanttoclonehumanbeings.Chinesescientistscontinuetoresearchwaysinwhichcloningcanbenefitmankind.Readthearticlecarefully,andfinishthefollowingexercises:Decidewhetherthefollowingaretrueorfalse.1.Peopleallovertheworldarehappyabouttheideaofcloninghumanbeings.2.Dolly,thefirstclonedmammal,isexactlythesameasothersheep.3.Accordingtothearticle,thescientistwhocreatedDollydoesnotagreewithcloninghumanbeings.FFT4.Cloningcanbeusedtocurediseasesbecauseitcanproducenewtissuesandorgans.5.Cloninghumanbeingsisnotlegalinmanycountries,sonoscientistswanttoclonehumanbeings.6.BothColinJakeandPaulineCarterareagainstcloninghumans.FFTWorkinpairsorgroups.Fillineachblankwithnomorethanoneword.IntroductionCloningisusingaplant’sorananimal’scellstoproducea(n)(1)_____copyoftheplantortheanimal.Debate●Somescientiststhinkcloninghumanembryoswill(2)______humans.●Manypeopleargueagainst(3)_______withnature.exactbenefittoyingPracticeofcloning●ThebirthofDollythesheeponcecausedmanypeople’s(4)______.●Dollyhadamuch(5)______lifethannormal.Aboutcloninghumanbeings●IanWilmutdidn’t(6)______oncloninghumanbeings,buthethoughtcloningshouldbeappliedto(7)______diseaseslikecancer.●HumancloningmeetstheneedsofFayeWilson,whocan’thaveababy.●Cloninghumanembryosis(8)______inmanycountries.agreeworryshorterillegalcuringCloninginChinaThefocusofChinesescientistsisoncloninganimalsandtissuesformedicaltreatment.Tworeaders’letters●PaulineCarteriscautiousabouthumancloning.●Shedeclaredthathumanlifeshouldn’tbeforsaleandasforthosewhocannothaveababy,sheadvisesthemto(9)_____one.adoptTworeaders’letters●ColinJakeencouragesscientiststocontinuehumancloning,sincetheyhavebeenchallenging(10)______ideasforcenturies.●Thosewhohavelosttheirchildrencandependonhumancloningtogetthemback.moralMatchthewordswiththeircorrectmeanings.1.completelychangesomethingsothatitisbetter2.becometheparentsofsomebodyelse’schildtissueintentionanxietyadoptconsequenceharvesttransformtransformadopt4.thematerialthatmakesupdifferentpartsofthebody5.cutandgatheracrop6.thestateoffeelingnervousandworried7.whatsomeoneplanstodo3.theresultofsomethingthathashappenedanxietyconsequencestissueharvestintentionWhatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthesuccessofcloningahumanembryo?Valuabletissuesandorganscanbeproducedandbeusedtosavehumanlives.Humanbeingsmaybeonthewaytoproducingareal-lifemonster.Cloninghumanembryoswiththeintentiontodestroythemshowsnorespectforhumanlife.Findthereasonswhypeoplearefororagainsthumancloninginthearticleandletters.Writetheminthetablebelow.ForhumancloningAgainsthumancloning1.producevaluabletissuesandorgansthatcouldbeusedtosavehumanlives1.humanlifebecomeslikeacroptobeharvestedoraproductforsale2.2.3.3.4.5.helpthosewhoareunabletohavechildrenhelpthosewhowanttoclonetheirdeadchildrenproduceareal-lifeFrankstein’smonsterleadtomorediseasesintheanimalworldshowsnorespectforhumanlifeshouldbehavingfewerbabiesinordertoreduceEarth’spopulation,notcloningmoreE(1)physician(2)cell(3)toywith(4)pushingaheadwith(5)Afterall(6)exact(7)real-life(8)legalThinkaboutthedifficultscientifictermsonthetextlearning.