高中英语 Module 5 Cloning The Sixth Period Extensive Reading教案 外研版选修6

1、四川省宣汉中学2014高中英语 Module 5 Cloning The Sixth Period Extensive Reading教案 外研版选修6Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 重点词汇terrifying, soma, identical, disgustb. 重点句子The reason why Brave New World is still so famous is that it describes a terrifying future world that is becoming more and more possi

2、ble. But one American woman was unable to bear life without her much loved pet cat Nicky.2. Ability goals能力目标Enable the students to know more about the possible development of cloning. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to talk about the possible development of cloning. Teachi

3、ng important & difficult points 教学重难点Learn about the development of cloning. Teaching methods 教学方法Task-based activities. Teaching aids 教具准备A computer and a projector. Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step I Revision and Lead-in Talk about the cloning practice of the cat Nicky. T: What is now proved

4、was once only imagined. In the story Frankenstein, Mary Shelly created a monster with human characteristics made by a scientist. Nowadays, creating a new life in an unnatural way is not a myth anymore. The birth of Dolly, has already announced to the world that the coming of an incredible world is n

5、ot far. If you had enough money, and if it were possible, would you clone something or someone you loved?S2: I cant agree. I would not do so. It is against nature. It would bring a confusing and terrifying world to humankind. If one day you were to see a world of identical human beings and things, w

6、hat would you feel? T: Anything might happen if it is abused. Then do you think that cloning the cat Nicky was a good idea?S3: I think it was a good idea so long as the scientists could have controlled it well. S4: I dont think it was a good idea. Firstly, it cost a lot. Its of no use of cloning a c

7、at with so much cost. Secondly, its total waste for the scientists of GSC to spend much time and money cloning a cat. Thirdly, even if the cloning was successful, people would have lost more chance of experiencing varieties of things. T: Yes. That might be what cloning would bring about. Anyway woul

8、d you like to have a pet? If so, what kind? If not, why not?S5: Id like to have a pet and Ive already had one. My favorite pet is a cat. It has brought me much joy and happiness. S6: Id not. Because sometimes pets can be troublesome. For example, pet dogs may hurt people and make noises. Some may ev

9、en destroy the environment. T: Since cloning has its pros and cons, people may differ from each other on the question. The figures in Exercise 11 in the WORKBOOK may help us understand the matter better. Have you found out what these figures refer to?Sample answers:1. nine weeks: the cloned cat is n

10、ow nine weeks old. 2. 17 years: the American woman has lived with the cat for 17 years. 3. $50,000: the American woman spent the amount of money cloning the cat. 4. nearly 100: the woman has already received nearly 100 letters from angry people.5. 80 times: GSC had to try 80 times before it succeede

11、d in producing a cloned cat. 6. $20,000: in five years, the cost of a cloned dog would go down to the amount. T: Its really hard to imagine a future world with cloned humans or animals or any other things full of the world. What would it be like? Next well learn the text Brave New World and experien

12、ce a completely new world.Step II Reading Task 1: Ask the students to skim the passage. T: Aldous Huxleys novel “Brave New World” is both one of the best science fiction books and one of the most brilliant pieces of satire ever written. Brave New World takes place on a future Earth where human being

13、s are mass-produced through cloning and live in a rigid caste system. As the story progresses, we learn some of the disturbing secrets that lie in this highly-ordered world. Now read the passage and find the answers to the following questions. Show the following on the screen. 1. Who is the author o

14、f the novel Brave New World? What is the novel mainly about?2. When does the story happen? 3. What is the society in the novel like?4. Do you think the world described in this novel is possible? Why?Sample answers:1. Aldous Huxley. Brave New World describes a terrifying future world that is becoming

15、 more and more possible. 2. The story takes place six hundred years in the future.3. The society in the novel is like this: in this society, there is a world government to keep people happy. There are no wars or violence. The government uses several methods to control people. First, people are clone

16、d in factories. There are five kinds of clones. The first, Alphas, become the leaders of society. The second, Betas, also have good positions in society. The lowest, Eplisons, are always factory workers. Each cloned group is taught to like and dislike certain things and people from very young. The g

17、overnment also uses a drug called soma to make people happy.4. I dont think the world described in this world is possible. Because what human beings are searching for is freedom and the liberation of individuality. Task 2: Ask the students to read the passage again and complete the following sentenc

18、es. Show the following. 1. Brave New World became a subject of much _ as soon as it first appeared. 2. The novel describes a _ future world that is becoming more and more _. 3. Brave New World _ six hundred years in the future. 4. There are no _ and _ in this world. But the world government there ha

19、s _ methods to control people. 5. The only reason why scientists have not created thousands of _ clones is that they have _ learnt how to do this. 6. In this way, the government _ that people are happy with their position in society and will not _ things. 7. The government also keeps people happy wi

20、th _ a drug called soma _ makes people happy. 8. If we do this, do we just _ unhappy, so that they have no _?9. As small children, each cloned group is taught to _ certain things and people. 10. Do we want _ sometimes _ human beings, or do we want a _, safe society? For the answers, ask the students

21、 to find out the answers themselves. Task 3: Ask the students to read the following passages and answer the questions. T: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is considered a classic science novel that continues to be a significant warning to our society today. The two passages on the screen may help yo

22、u understand the text better. Now read them and answer the questions. Show the following passages. Passage 1 We all know what the book is about: the bankruptcy (破产) of the individual. Its just that most people seem to miss a point: the society described in this book is obsessed with being happy and

23、banning every form of discomfort out of their lives. Now there are certain people in this novel who rise up against this society but, I think, their motives are misunderstood: most people seem to think these dissenters (反对者) are fighting for the right to be free so they can be happy in their own ind

24、ividual way. Actually they are fighting for the right to be unhappy, to suffer. For the greatest freedom you can enjoy as an individual is the right to be your miserable self.Questions:1. Do people in this society feel happy and comfortable? If so, why do some people rise up against it?2. Do you agr

25、ee with the writers opinion that they are fighting for the right to be unhappy?Passage 2 Welcome to a future where everybodys happy. Independent thought and feelings have been banished (消除) and genetic engineering, brain washing and drugs keep the population docile （听话的）and comfortable. But several

26、characters dare to ask the question, “Wouldnt you like to be free to be happy in your own way?” Huxley has separated the fundamental conflict （冲突，斗争） in human history the conflicting impulses (推动力) towards security and freedom. In the Brave New World, the impulse towards security has won and there is no freedom. The problem for advo