Module 5 Cloning Jurassic Park

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滨州市邹平县黄山中学
Huangshan Middle School of Zouping, Binzhou
授课人:高翠荣
By Gao Cuirong
What is it about
Jurassic Park is a Hollywood film about
living dinosaurs which have been cloned
from dinosaur DNA found in prehistoric
mosquitoes.
Do you think it is a fact or a fiction
Jurassic Park
---Scientific Fact or Hollywood Fiction
1.eccentric: very strange; odd
2. prehistoric : before recorded history
3. security: safety
4. embryo: young animal or plant in the early stages of
its development before birth
5. preserved: well-kept
6. sample: a part or piece that is representative of a
whole /样本
7. intact: remaining uninjured and undamaged
8. extinction: the state of dying out
9. vice versa: with the order or meaning reversed /反之亦然
10. ethical: of or relating to ethics/与伦理有关的
Reading activity I: Skimming
I. Is it a fact or a fiction
II. The passage is about ________.
(a) the story of the film Jurassic Park
(b) the scientific truth behind dinosaur cloning in
Jurassic park
(c) the principles of DNA and cloning
(d) why dinosaurs died out
A fiction.
b
Reading activity (II): Further understanding
1. structure:
(1). ___________________
(possible or impossible)
(2).____________________
(first; second; third; also)
(3). ____________________
(impossible)
2. How well do you understand it and how much do you remember
raise a question
analyse the question
draw a conclusion
Test Your Memory
1. The story of Jurassic park is based on the idea that mosquitoes preserved since prehistoric times _________.
(a) can be used to create living dinosaurs
(b) can be found in Costa Rica
(c) can be cloned
(d) contain dinosaur blood which contains dinosaur DNA
a
2. In fact, dinosaurs died out before mosquitoes existed, so ________.
(a) the basic story of Jurassic Park is fiction
(b) mosquitoes need to be older
(c) dinosaurs are at least 60 million years old
(d) it’s possible to clone dinosaurs
a
3. Although preserved mosquitoes have been found, __________.
(a) female mosquitoes cannot absorb DNA
(b) it’s not possible to confirm that the DNA it contains is from a dinosaur
(c) no dinosaur DNA from an earlier period has been discovered
(d) DNA breaks down after a long period of time
b
4. The questions which arise from the cloning of dinosaurs ________.
(a) prove that Jurassic Park is fiction
(b) do not prove that Jurassic Park is fiction
(c) mean we can clone them successfully
(d) are easy for scientists to answer
a
5. A suitable environment where dinosaurs might survive ________.
(a) can be found in Hollywood, USA
(b) is scientifically impossible
(c) probably doesn’t exist today
(d) would be different from the environment dinosaurs are used to
c
6. Which sentence can be replaced by “Dinosaur DNA would be injured since the big creatures died out long before.”
__________________________________
7. The only place that dinosaurs seem to exist today is in Hollywood. (translation)
__________________________________
Dinosaur DNA would not be intact after the long period of time since their extinction.
看来今天恐龙所能存在的唯一地方便是好莱坞（的科幻电影中了）。
Sentence Completion
1. The dinosaurs in Jurassic park get out of control because _________________________
2. DNA taken from mosquitoes can only be 40 million years old, so ________________________________
3. When dinosaurs die out, their DNA ________________________________
an employee steals dinosaur embryos and sells them.
It cannot be used to create dinosaurs.
breaks down and does not repair itself.
Argument:
The cloning of human beings is of great benefit. (Are you for or against it )
Aspects: science/ ethic(伦理)
good
effects on oneself/ others/ society
bad
Debate
Homework
Write a passage on the cloning of human beings (according to your debate).
2. Surf the internet for more information about cloning.
http:///focus/clone.shtml
Thank you!
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