牛津高中英语模块5-Unit3-Reading

1、Unit 3The perfect copyLead-inReadingReading strategySkimmingLanguage pointsDiscussionScaningDetailed readingCheck previewing work:Answer the following questions.What is cloning?Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or animal using its cells. 2. What was the name of the first cloned mammal? 3

2、. Is Pauline Carter pro-or anti-cloning?Dolly Anti-cloning.返回目录Go through the reading strategy, and find out how to work out the meaning of these scientific terms.Step 1Begin by reading the first and last paragraphs for an idea of what the article is about.Reading strategyStep 2Step 3Circle any word

3、s 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.返回目录Read through the passage and find out the main idea. The reading passage is about how cloning is be

4、ing researched and the different attitudes towards it. Skimming返回目录Understanding scientific termsCircle the unfamiliar words or things you do not understand while second reading.Scaningclone (line 1) embryo (line 2)tissue (line 4)organ (line 4)cell (line 9)克隆胚胎组织器官细胞返回目录Read the article carefully, a

5、nd 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 cre

6、ated Dolly does not agree with cloning human beings.F F T4. Cloning can be used to cure diseases because it can produce new tissues and organs.5. Cloning human being6s is not legal in many countries, so no scientists want to clone human beings. 6. Both Colin Jake and Pauline Carter are against cloni

7、ng humans.F F TMatch the words with their correct meanings.1. completely change something so that it is better 2. become the parents of somebody elses child tissue intention anxiety adopt consequence harvest transformtransformadopt4. The material that makes up different parts of the body5. cut and g

8、ather a crop 6. the state of feeling nervous and worried 7. what someone plans to do3. The result of something that has happenedanxietyconsequencestissueharvestintentionWhat are the different attitudes towards the success of cloning a human embryo? Valuable tissues and organs can be produced and be

9、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

10、 human cloningAgainst human cloning1. produce valuable tissues and organs that could be used to save human lives1. human life becomes like a crop to be harvested or a product for sale2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5. help those who are unable to have childrenhelp those who want to clone their dead childrenproduce a

11、 real-life Franksteins monsterlead to more diseases in the animal worldshows no respect for human lifeshould be having fewer babies in order to reduce Earths population, not cloning more返回目录DiscussionDo you think there should be laws to prohibit human cloning? Why or why not?Group AGroup BThere shou

12、ld , forreasons: 2. 3. There shouldnt, forreasons: 2. 3. 返回目录1. On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and are afraid that, if mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to producing a real-life Frankensteins monster.Language points另一方面, 包括一些科学家在内的很多人则持不同

13、意见, 他们担心如果人们如此戏弄自然, 我们可能将制造出一个现实生活中的弗兰肯斯坦怪物。 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。 2. toy w

14、ith 玩弄，摆弄 He accused the young man of toying with his daughters 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 wasnt really hungry. 她只是把食物摆弄着玩儿，因为她并不饿。3. clone vt./ n.克隆The sheep Dolly was cloned from adult cells.It was Ian Wilmut who cloned the sheep Dolly.Cloning human beings has

15、 caused ethical problems.This computer is just an IBM clone.名词: 仿制品4. I dont want to adopt someone elses 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 么一个机会，我会立即要一个克隆婴 儿。 adopt “ 收养，领养”。 如： He adopted the orphan. 他收养了那孤儿。 此外，adopt还有 “采纳，采用”的意 思。如： Can a school ado

16、pt the policy prohibiting the use of mobile phones on campus? 学校能采纳禁止在学校 使用手机的政策吗?adopt a child领养孩子采用新技术adopt a new technique采纳意见adopt an idea/ opinionThere are many English words _ from foreign countries.adoptedOn the one hand, some scientists point out that if you clone an embryo, you can produce

17、valuable human tissues such as bone or lung tissue that could be used to save human lives. (P42) 一方面，一些科学家指出如果克隆人类胚胎，你就可以制造出宝贵的人体组织如骨组织或肺组织他可以用来拯救人类的生命。长难句分析： 句子结构分析：本句是个主从复合句，point out是谓语，在其后that引导的宾语从句中，if you clone an embryo是条件状语从句，两个破折号中间的such as bone or lung tissue是插入语， that could be used to sa

18、ve human lives是定语从句，修饰先行词human tissues 。2. On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and are afraid that， if mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to producing a real-life Frankensteins monster. (P42)分析 1） 句子结构分析：句子主干为many people . disagree and are afra

19、id .。 that引导的从句作 afraid的宾语，including some scientists是介词短语作定语，修饰many people；在宾语从句中又有一个if引导的条件状语从句。整个句子的意思为：另一方面，包括一些科学家在内的许多人则持不同意见，他们担心如果人类用这种方式戏弄自然，可能制造一个现实生活中的弗兰肯斯坦怪物。2） 语言知识分析：on the other hand意为“另一方面”，常与on the one hand连用，但有时也单独使用。this way既可作副词，直接作状语，意为“如此，这样”；又可作名词，作介词in的宾语，意为“用这种方法”。on ones way to 中的to 是介词，后面接名词或V-ing形式作宾语。3. Instead, he thinks research efforts should concentrate on creating new tissues and organs that can be used to cure diseases like cancer. (P42) 分析 1） 句子结构分析： he thinks是整个句子的主谓部分，后面是省略了that的宾语从句