课件22张PPT。Unit 2 Cloning Warming Up & Reading
Learning about Language
Using LanguageThe Return of Dinosaurs1.Do you like dinosaurs?Warming up 2. Can we see them in real life? Why?Look at the following pictures and think
which film they are from ?Do you think it possible for people to clone a dinosaur? Why?Understand the passage and know more about the cloning of dinosaurs and its problems.
Use your own words to explain why dinosaurs can’t be cloned successfully.
Strengthen your understanding of the passage by means of vocabulary and grammar exercises.
List the reasons to bring one of four extinct animals back to life.
Learning aims Aim One: Understand the passageYou should: skim the whole passage for the
general idea of the passage and main
ideas of each paragraph.
You should not : 1. read every word
2. stop to look up unknown words
Allowed time: 3 minutes
1. What’s the main idea of each paragraph?
A. explain the impossibility of cloning dinosaurs
B. conclude that it’s just a dream
C. introduce the topic of the passage Task 1Multiple choicesPara 1: ____ Para 2: ____ Para 3: ____B A C 2. We can infer from the text that____.
A. scientists are experimenting to clone dinosaurs
B. dinosaurs will never return to the earth
C. cloned animals will only live in the zoo
D. the DNA of dinosaurs can only survive 10 000 yearsB 3.What is the writer’s attitude towards
cloning the dinosaurs?
A. Supportive B. Neutral
C. Negative D. SubjectiveOther words describing attitudes:
opposed 反对的 objective客观的 positive肯定的 sympathetic 同情的
optimistic乐观的 pessimistic悲观的
critical持批评态度的 cautious谨慎的 B Task 2True or FalseScientists are still experimenting with cloning mammals because they think it can make money. ( )
The animals that have disappeared from the earth, like dinosaurs, can be brought back to life through cloning. ( )
If we can clone any extinct animals, we should let them live in a zoo. ( )
F F F Aim Two: Use your own words to explain why dinosaurs can’t be cloned.
You should: scan the whole passage and locate the specific details and circle the key words.
Allowed time: 2 minutes
Task 3Work in pairs to explain the reasons.Reason 1: DNA
Reason 2: Diversity
Reason 3: Habitat
1.From time to time people suggest that
extinct animals like dinosaurs, can possibly
be brought back to life through cloning. Aim Three: Consolidation
Task 4Replace the italic parts with words that have the same meaning.occasionallybe restoredFrom time to timebe brought back to life 2. The initial requirement is that you need perfect DNA.
most needed3. All efforts of cloning an animal will be in vain
If there is not enough diversity .useless4.Others will pass on the ability to resist that
disease.
fight against5. The chance of dinosaurs ever returning to
the earth is merely a dream .
onlyinitialin vainresistmerelyTask 5Summarize the passage by filling in the blanks. The __________ (possible) of cloning fierce and extinct wild animals has always excited people. Scientists are still experimenting with cloning animals. This is ________ the cloning of mammals is still a new science.
Occasionally people suggest that dinosaurs can possibly __________ (restore). Unfortunately, with ______ we know now, this is either impossible or _________(suit). There are many reasons. possibilitybecausebe restoredwhatunsuitable Firstly, the initial requirement is that you need perfect DNA. Secondly, all efforts will be ____ vain if there is not enough genetic variation (变异) to resist new _______ (ill). Thirdly, a suitable habitat would be needed for them to live in a _______ environment.
_______ on what we know now, we cannot clone animals that have been extinct longer than 10,000 years ago. So the chance of dinosaurs _________ to the earth is merely a dream. (121 words)inillnessesnaturalBasedreturning Aim Four: Discuss and list the reasons which extinct animal should be cloned.
Requirements:
Read through all the information about the four extinct animals.
Pick out the one you think most worth cloning.
Go through the materials about this animal again and list the reasons for it being most suitable to be cloned. Allowed Time: 5 minutes.Great Auk (1844)Aurochs (1627)Dodo bird (1755)Quagga (1883)Task 6Discussion Let’s bring ______ back to life
______ is the most suitable animal to be brought to life. Here are the reasons:
Firstly, _____________________________.
Secondly, ___________________________.
Thirdly, ____________________________.
So I think _________ would be the best choice to be brought back to life both for pleasure and for food. Task 7Writing Sample writing Let’s bring the dodo back to life
The dodo is the most suitable animal to be brought to life. Here are the reasons:
Firstly, it’s friendly and not aggressive, so it can be kept as a pet for children. Secondly, its large eggs and tasty meat can be served as food. Thirdly, farmers can sell its feathers as decoration.
So I think the dodo would be the best choice to be brought back to life. The End Thanks For Your Attention!