2023学年完整公开课版Module5Unit3Reading

ReadingScienceandNatureLead-in

Cloninghasbeenthesubjectofscientificexperimentsforyears.Therecentsuccessincloninganimalshasresultedinfiercedebatesbetweenscientists,politiciansandpublic.Astory BreportCscientificepositoryessay科技说明文Dnarrativearticle记述文LeadinCanyoupredictthestyleofthearticleReadingstrategyGothroughthereadingstrategy,andfindouthowtoworoutthemeaningofthesescientifictermsStep1Step2.Step3Beginbyreadingthefirstandlastparagraphsforanideaofwhatthearticleisabout.Circleanywordsyoudonotnow.QuestionthingsyoudonotunderstandorthatdonotappeartomakesenseReadthroughthearticleafewtimes,andmakesenseofthescientifictermsuponfurtherreadings.FirstreadingMainidea+Structure(Thereadingpassageismadeupofanewspaperarticleaboutcloningandtworeaders’letters.Wewillbegiveninformationabouthowcloningisbeingresearchedandthedifferentattitudestowardsit.)Secondreading—Understandingscientificterms

Askstudentstocircletheunfamiliarwordsorthingstheydonotunderstandwhilesecondreading.Secondreading—Detailedinformation

Readonlythearticlecarefully,andfinishthefollowingexercises:

arethedifferentattitudestowardsthesuccessofcloningahumanembryo2Whoarethepersonsinthearticlerelatedtocloning1.Whatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthesuccessofcloningahumanembryo?Ontheonehand__________________________________

Ontheotherhand____________________________

Somepeopleconsiderthat____________________(valuabletissuesandorganscanbeproducedandbeusedtosavehumanlives)(humanbeingsmaybeonthewaytoproducingareal-lifemonster)(cloninghumanembryoswiththeintentiontodestroythemshowsnorespectforhumanlife.)2WhoarethepersonsinthearticlerelatedtocloningpersonsintroductionsrelationstocloningIanWilumtaScottish________whocreatedDolly,thefirstmammaltobeclonedsuccessfullyfrom_____________Hewas_______whenhearing______________________________________________.Heneverintendsto____________________.Instead,hethinkstheeffortsofscientistsshouldbedirectedtowards________________________thatcouldbeusedto__________________________.FayeWilsonawomanof41yearsoldwhocannothavea________.Sheisdesperatetohaveababyofherown,achild_____________________________.SeverinoAntinorianItalian______,whoisoneoftheleadersin_______________Hehasdeclaredthat___________________________________________.Chinesescientistswhohavefocusedtheireffortson_______________________________________________________.Chinahassucceededin____________________________,andcontinuestoresearchthewaysinwhich_______________________________.scientistanadultcellshockedsomescientistswereconsideringcloninghumanbeingscreatecopiesofhumanscreatingnewcellsandorganscurediseaseslikecancerbabythatisgeneticallyrelatedtoher.doctorthecloningresearchhewantstobethefirsttocloneahumanbeingcloninganimalsandstemcellstobeusedinmedicalresearchproducingclonesofcowsandgoatscloningcanbenefitmankindReadthetwoletterscarefully,andjudgewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse:PaulineCarterthinks:

1.thenaturewillpaybackifweinterferewithnature.2.weshouldclonefewerbabiestoreduceEarth’spopulation.3.theladywhocannothaveababycanadoptanorphan,butnothaveaclonedbaby.ColineJakethinks:1.thenewsthatthefirsthumanembryohasbeclonedsuccessfullyisveryterrible.2.scientistshavesucceededinchallengingquestionsofmorality.3.humancloningisagoodwaytosaveherdaughterwhohasdied.TTFFFFFurtherdiscussion

Understandingthescientifictermsandreinforcingthecomprehensionofthetext,youaretodiscussthefurtherquestions:

Pro-cloningAnti-cloning1.producevaluabletissuesandorgansthatcouldbeusedtosavehumanlives1.mayproduceareal-lifeFrankenshtein’smonster2.2.3.3.4.4.5.1Findthereasonswhyinthetablebelowcurediseaselikecancerhelpthosewhoareunabletohavechildrenhelpthosewhowanttoclonetheirdeadchildrencreatemorediseaseintheanimalworldcloningsho