(共57张PPT)
Welcome to the unit
The advanced technique in genetics with which scientists can create or copy things with the same DNA is called_______? 遗传学中先进的技术,科学家可以用相同的DNA来制造或复制事物,称为______?
clone 克隆
Dolly and its creator
What do you know about Dolly?
the world’s first cloned mammal
created by Scottish scientist in 1996
died in 2003 because of lung disease
many countries have banned human
cloning since Dolly’s birth
你好,我是多莉。我是世界上第一个克隆哺乳动物
Hello, I’m Dolly. I am the world’s first cloned mammal.
cloned female pigs克隆母猪
We are cloned female pigs and we were born on Christmas Day 2001.我们是克隆母猪,出生于2001年圣诞节。
我是用一只成年猫的细胞创造出来的。
I was created using a cell from an adult cat.
我是第一个克隆猴子。我出生在美国的一个研究中心。
I am the first cloned money. I was born at a research center in the USA.
Brainstorming
If you are a scientist, what do you want to clone? Why?
More contributions to human
More world champions
Fun pictures
If cloning goes wrong, what will happen?
Discussion
Do you think clone would be a good idea some day? Why or why not?
Science and Nature 科学与自然
Title understanding
How can you understand the word copy? 你怎么能理解copy这个词?
A. model 模型
B. clone克隆
C. similarity相似性
D. imitation模仿
cloned pigs
1.What is cloning?什么是克隆?
2. What was the name of the first cloned mammal?第一个克隆哺乳动物叫什么名字?
Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animals using its cells.克隆技术是利用植物或动物的细胞产生一个精确的复制品。
Dolly.多莉。
3. Is Pauline Carter for or against human cloning? 波琳·卡特是赞成还是反对克隆人?
She is against human cloning.
Reading strategy阅读策略
Go through the reading strategy, and
find out how to work out the meaning of these scientific terms.通过阅读策略,找出这些科学术语的含义。
Step1
Begin by reading the first and last paragraphs for an idea of what the article is about.从阅读第一段和最后一段开始,了解文章的内容。
Step2 Scan the body of the article is about. Circle any words you do not know. Question things you do not understand or that do not appear to make sense. 扫读文章的正文。圈出你不知道的单词。对你不理解或看起来没有意义的事情提出质疑。
Step3:
Read through the article a few times. You will often be amazed to discover that what confused you as first makes sense upon further readings 把这篇文章通读几遍。你常常会惊奇地发现,最初让你困惑的东西在进一步阅读时是说得通的。
First reading
Read through the passage and find out the main idea. 通读这篇文章,找出大意。
The reading passage is about how cloning is being researched and the different attitudes towards it.这篇阅读文章是关于克隆是如何被研究的,以及人们对克隆的不同态度。
Second reading—Understanding scientific terms 第二次阅读----理解科学术语
Circle the unfamiliar words or things they do not understand while second reading.圈出他们在第二次阅读时不理解的生词或事物。
Third reading—Detailed information 第三次阅读——详细信息
Read the article carefully, and finish the following exercises: 仔细阅读文章,完成下列练习:
Decide whether the following are true or
false. 决定以下是真的还是假的。
1. People all over the world are happy
about the idea of cloning human beings.
2. Dolly, the first cloned mammal, was
just the same as other sheep.
3. According to the article, the scientist
who created Dolly does not agree with
cloning human beings.
F
F
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4. Cloning can be used to cure diseases
because it can produce new tissues.
5. Cloning human beings is illegal in
many countries, so no scientists want
to clone human beings.
6. Both Colin Jake and Pauline Carter are against cloning humans.
F
F
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Find the reasons why people are for or against human cloning in the article and letters. Write them in the table below.把它们写在下表中。
2.
2.
3. 3.
4.
5.
help those who are unable to have children
help those who want to clone their dead children
might produce a real-life Frankstein’s monster
would lead to more diseases in the animal world
shows no respect for human life不尊重人的生命
should be having fewer babies in order to reduce the Earth’s population, not cloning more.
Match these new words from the article and letters with their meaning. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
completely change sth so that it is better
b. become the parent(s) of sb else’s child
tissue intention anxiety adopt consequence harvest transform
transform
adopt
c. the result of sth that has happened
d. the material that makes up different parts of the body
e. cut and gather a crop
f. the state of feeling nervous and worried
g. what someone plans to do
tissue
intention
anxiety
harvest
consequence
Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
pushing ahead with physician
toy with after all real-life
exact legal cell
Dear Editor, As a (1) ________, I read your article about human cloning with great interest. I first heard of cloning animals from a single (2)______when I went to a seminar about Dolly the sheep. Dolly was cloned in 1996, in Britain. At the time, I thought that the whole concept of cloning was not moral.
physician
cell
If we (3)________ life, we might create problems. Who gave us the right to do this? And, what are the consequences of our actions?
It seems that I was correct to have doubts about (4)__________________ cloning. (5)__________, even though Dolly looked the same as a normal sleep,she was not healthy and died young,
toy with
pushing ahead with
After all
And no one knows the (6)_____ reason for this. The idea behind cloning sounds good, but there are many (7)________ problems with it. For this reason, I also don’t accept the idea of cloning humans– mankind is not ready for this.
exact
real-life
I believe that we need strict laws to make it a crime to do human cloning. The work of that Italian fellow, Severino Antinori, should not be (8)_____. If I were the President of Italy, I would think about taking away his license.
Yours truly,
Wang Lin
legal
1. on the one hand, on the other hand 一方面……,另一方面…… 如:On the one hand, rapid development of the economy will improve the living conditions of the people. On the other hand it will speed up environmental destruction. 一方面经济的迅速发展会改善人们的生活状况, 另一方面它会加速环境的破坏。
Language points
2. 短语toy with 的意思是“玩弄,摆弄” He accused the young man of toying with his daughter’s feelings.
他指责那个年轻人玩弄他女儿的感情。
She just toyed with her food, as she wasn’t really hungry.
她只是把食物拨弄着玩儿,因为她并不饿。
3. normal
正常的; 普通的;正规的;标准的,
智力正常的,精神健全的
4. ‘I don’t want to adopt someone else’s
child—if I had the chance, I would have a cloned baby right now.’
我不想领养别人的孩子——如果我有这个机会,我会立即去要一个克隆婴儿。
adopt a child
领养孩子
采用新技术
adopt a new technique
采纳意见
adopt an idea/ opinion
There are many English words
________ from foreign countries.
adopted
5. advance
前进
in advance
预先,事先
You must pay 100 yuan in advance.
advanced English
高级英语
advanced technology
先进技术
高考链接
1. While cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to deliver a cloned baby right now. (P42)
[考点] while 作为连词意思有:①当……时,在……时;②却,但是,而;③虽然,尽管。
[考例2] _____ I accept that he is not perfect, I do actually like the person. (江苏卷)
A. While B. Since C. Before D. Unless
[点拨] 选A。while 表示让步,句意为:尽管我承认这个人不完美,但我确实很喜欢他。
die away (声音,风,光线等)渐息,渐弱