选修八 2.3Unit 2　ListeningSpeaking

1、新课标人教版课件系列 高中英语 选修选修( (模块）模块）8- 8-2.3 listening & speaking is cloning cruel? listen and see whether you agree with xiao qing or mary. 1. read these statements before listening. tick those that you hear. cloning will bring dead pets to life. there were 627 experiments before dolly was successfully cl

2、one cloning may produce medicine or even organs of a human body to cure serious illnesses. dolly was “middle-aged” when she was born. so your grandmother would be able to start her life all over again and live to an old age. 2. listen to the tape again. marys ideas about cloning xiao qings ideas abo

3、ut cloning 1 cruel to animals1 scientists are doing a wonderful job 2 makes them do unnatural things 2 may bring back extinct animals 3 it is a “dead end” 3 problems because it is a new science marys ideas about cloning xiao qings ideas about cloning 4 clone born at age of “mother” 4 scientists need

4、 encouragement 5 weakens the species 5 it may provide medicine for illnesses 3. whose ideas do you agree with? get ready to have a class discussion. think about the reasons for your point of view. use your own ideas as well as those in the text. these words and phrases on page 18 may be useful for y

5、ou during the discussion： thats a good idea. i cannot accept your argument because i support because no, i cant agree with because i agree withbecause. how can you believe that? your argument has convinced me because i would like to agree with you but i dont care for your ideas because no, that is n

6、ot reasonable because. thats a great idea! your ideas sound very encouraging to me. listening text is cloning cruel? xiao qing and mary brown are discussing whether cloning is cruel to the animals. mb: xiao qing, do you think cloning is cruel? xq: what do you mean by that? the scientists are doing a

7、 wonderful job and soon they may be able to bring back extinct animals or ever peoples favourite pets back to life. mb: yes, qing, i know. but doesnt that seem strange to you? is it worth it? it took 276 experiments before dolly was successfully cloned. think of all those live cells and eggs that di

8、ed in order for dolly to be born. i dont approve of that! xq: but mary, be reasonable. isnt it always like that with a new science? this is the way you learn to do things better. its just that this one deals with living things. mb: i suppose so but they make the animals do unnatural things. one poor

9、 cow was made to give birth to a bison. what was the poor creature to think when is saw its baby? xq: i dont quite understand why so many people are against cloning. i think the scientists need a little encouragement. they have done some amazing things and think of the benefits. producing animals th

10、at are an exact copy of the original may help medical science produce medicines or even organs for serious illnesses. mb: yes, ive heard all that. i agree with it but i dont agree with the methods. i dont think cloning is good for animals. xq: why not? mb: well, i think its a dead end. dolly the she

11、ep was “middle-aged” when she was born because her dna came from a middle-aged “mother”. cloning your grandmother would mean the new baby started life as an old lady! xq: are you sure? i never thought of that! mb: and it also weakens the species. clones mean there is less variety in the species and

12、so illnesses will become more common and the animals may die out. xq: oh dear! and that was just what you and i were trying to avoid. i see i shall have to look at this whole cloning questing again! listening on p54 1).how would you treat human clones? 2). do you think they should have legal and pol

13、itical rights, such as getting married or voting? 3). do you think they are separate people or part of the original donor? 1. discuss these questions. 1. clare thinks human cloning will come soon. 2. the clone is the same as the original donor. 3. parents who are unable to have their own children ma

14、y want to buy cloned babies. 2. tick the correct ones. 4. clare believes human cloning will cause unexpected problems. 5. wang qiao thinks it is moral to clone babies for parents who cannot have children. answer key for exercise 3: b c a listening text is human cloning a good idea? wang qiao is talk

15、ing to clare peters about human cloning. wq: what do you think about human cloning, clare? cp: i dont know what to think. but i suppose itll come one of these days. i think there are many problems that nobody has thought of yet. wq: what do you mean by that? cp: well, a clone will be an exact copy o

16、f the original donor. right? wq: yes, so what? cp: well, whats the relationship between the clone and his original donor? wq: i suppose they must be like one person. the clone is the same as his original donor. cp: lets suppose that you take a baby to a laboratory to be cloned. does it matter if the

17、 laboratory returns you the real baby and one clone or two clones? wq: yes, it does. but how could this possible happen? cp: well, the scientists may get confused. wq: my goodness. surely they would notice if there is an age-gap between the donor and the clone? cp: maybe. what if the donor and the c

18、lone are very close in age? let us suppose they are both babies. wq: ok. cp: lets suppose that the laboratory wanted to use the real baby to make more clones. perhaps they know parents who would like to buy a cloned baby. perhaps this family is unable to have children of their own. so the laboratory

19、 keeps the real baby and sells the clones as they grow. wq: but thats a baby factory! thats not moral at all! cp: i know, and thats why its important to get our ideas sorted out now. so we really have to think about the problems of human cloning. wq: yes. now i see your point. we should do something

20、 about this. how about a meeting? what do you think? (fade out) listening task on p57 answer key for exercise 1: 1. f 2. o 3. f 4. f 5. f 6. f 7. f 8. o 9. o 10. f listen to the tape again and answer the following questions. 1. why does billy agree with cloning? he wants to make his mother happy by

21、keeping her pet dog alive forever and he also wants to take the chance to america for holiday when the dog is being cloned there. 2. whats franks attitude towards cloning? why? frank doesnt agree with cloning because he thinks cloning is very expensive and it has many moral problems. 3. what do you

22、think billys mother considers about cloning? billys mother is in favour of cloning. she is saving money to go to america to have her pet dog cloned just before it dies. 4. whats your own opinion about cloning? various answers are possible. 3. listen again and sort out the arguments for and against c

23、loning pets. arguments for cloning pets arguments against cloning pets 1. it is moral to make my mother happy. 1. it is very expensive to clone a pet. arguments for cloning pets arguments against cloning pets 2. it can provide an excuse for a holiday abroad. 3. my mother will need her pet when i am

24、away. 2. it is selfish because it is an excuse for a holiday. 3. it is selfish because it means the student can study abroad without his mother complaining. listening task a discussion about cloning billy and frank are having a discussion about cloning pets. billy: you know, frank, i agree with clon

25、ing. my mum has a pet dog and she is devoted to her. i think if anything happened to this pet she would be so upset. so we want to keep my mother happy by keeping her pet alive forever! frank: whats this all about? a little dog! surely you can make your mother happy again in another way! does she kn

26、ow what people did before cloning was possibility? billy: yes, and she knows the cloning procedure. shes read about the experiments in america. they offer chances for pets to produce their own stem cells. these stem cells will produce new pets at a very reasonable price frank: reasonable price! surely it will be very expensive. billy: well, my mother is saving money to go to america with the dog just before it dies. if she goes to the laboratory well all spend a week in america. if were lucky, well be a