译林版高中英语必修五:Unit3 Science and nature Reading课件(23张ppt)

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Unit 3 Science and nature
The perfect copy
Reading
2. What was the name of the first cloned
mammal
3. Is Pauline Carter for or against human
cloning
Dolly.
She is against human cloning.
Check previewing work:
Answer the following questions.
What is cloning
Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or animal using its cells.
Go through the reading strategy, and
find out how to work out the meaning of these scientific terms.
Step 1
Begin by reading the first and last paragraphs for an idea of what the article is about.
Reading strategy
Step 2
Step 3
Circle any words you do not know. Question things that you do not understand or that do not appear to make sense.
Read through the article a few times, and make sense of the scientific terms upon further readings.
Read through the passage and find out the main idea.
The reading passage is about how cloning is being researched and the different attitudes towards it.
Skimming
Understanding scientific terms
Circle the unfamiliar words or things you do not understand while second reading.
Scaning
clone (line 1)
embryo (line 2)
tissue (line 4)
organ (line 4)
cell (line 9)
克隆
胚胎
组织
器官
细胞
Read the article carefully, and finish the following exercises:
Detailed reading
Decide whether the following are true or false.
1. People all over the world are happy
about the idea of cloning human beings.
2. Dolly, the first cloned mammal, is
exactly the same as other sheep.
3. According to the article, the scientist
who created Dolly does not agree with
cloning human beings.
F
F
T
4. Cloning can be used to cure diseases
because it can produce new tissues and
organs.
5. Cloning human beings is not legal in
many countries, so no scientists want
to clone human beings.
6. Both Colin Jake and Pauline Carter
are against cloning humans.
F
F
T
Work in pairs or groups. Fill in each blank with no more than one word.
Introduction Cloning is using a plant’s or an
animal’s cells to produce a(n) (1)
_____ copy of the plant or the
animal.
Debate ● Some scientists think cloning human embryos will (2) ______ humans.
● Many people argue against (3) _______ with nature.
exact
benefit
toying
(4) ______ over cloning ● Dolly the sheep had a much (5) _______ life than normal.
● More diseases may (6) ______ in the animal world.
Ian Wilmut’s opinions ● It is (7) ________ that some scientists are considering cloning human beings.
● Ian Wilmut stresses the importance of the concentration on creating new tissues and organs for (8) _________ treatment.
Anxiety
shorter
spread
shocking
medical
The case of Faye Wilson Cloning meets the needs of Faye
Wilson, who can’t have a baby
but doesn’t want to adopt a child.
The present (9) _____ of cloning in the world ● Cloning human embryos is (10) ______ in many parts of the world.
● China has successfully cloned cows and goats and research on cloning to benefit mankind is under way.
status
illegal
Match the words with their correct meanings.
1. completely change something so that it is better
2. become the parents of somebody else’s child
tissue intention anxiety adopt consequence harvest transform
transform
adopt
4. the material that makes up different parts of the body
5. cut and gather a crop
6. the state of feeling nervous and worried
7. what someone plans to do
3. the result of something that has happened
anxiety
consequences
tissue
harvest
intention
What are the different attitudes towards the success of cloning a human embryo
Valuable tissues and organs can be
produced and be used to save human lives.
Human beings may be on the way to
producing a real-life monster.
Cloning human embryos with the intention to destroy them shows no respect for human life.
Find the reasons why people are for or against human cloning in the article and letters. Write them in the table below.
For human cloning Against human cloning
1. produce valuable tissues and organs that could be used to save human lives 1. human life becomes like a crop to be harvested or a product for sale
2. 2.
3. 3.
4.
5.
help those who are unable to have children
help those who want to clone their dead children
produce a real-life Frankstein’s monster
lead to more diseases in the animal world
shows no respect for human life
should be having fewer babies in order to reduce Earth’s population, not cloning more
E (1) physician (2) cell
(3) toy with
(4) pushing ahead with
(5) After all (6) exact
(7) real-life (8) legal
Answers to Part E:
Think about the difficult scientific terms on the text learning.
Homework