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Module 5

Cloning Period 1-2 Introduction，Reading and Vocabulary，Speaking

Teaching Goals：

1．To arouse Ss’interest in learning about cloning．

2．To introduce the topic“Cloning”to Ss．

3．To get Ss to master the vocabulary and some reading skills．

4．To enable Ss to talk about the novel and the film Frankenstein．

Teaching Procedures：

Step 1．Introduction Purpose：To arouse Ss’interest in learning about done．

1．Leading-in

Show some pictures of Dolly and let Ss say something about her．

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(If Ss feel hard to say about Dolly，teacher can give some help．) Foryour reference：

Dolly is the first cloned sheep in the world．She was born in July 1996 in England．Although she is young，she has four babies already．Unfortunately，she died in 2003．

2．Practice

(1)Ask Ss to turn to page 41 and look at the picture from the film Frankenstein and And then answer the questions in Activity 1．

SuggestedAnswers：

1

In 1931．

②&③Various auswer$are acceptable．

(2)Ask Ss to read the passage and catch the information．

①Name of the film：_______________________________________________________

②．rype of the film：______________________________________________________

③The author of the novel：

_______________________________________________

④When was the film made7 ____________________________________________________

⑤How famous is it7

_________________________________________________________

⑥Words that describe the appearance of the monster：__________________________

SuggestedAnswers：

①Name of the film：Frankenstein．

②Type of the film：Science fiction．

⑧The author of the novel：Mary Shelley．

④When was the film made?In 1931．

(9 HOW famous is it? It’S still the most famous of all the horror films．

⑥Sentences that describe the appearance of the monster：

He resembles a huge human being with ugly appearance．He has wrinkled skin，yellow eyes and black lips．

He is also strong and big，which can terrify everyone who sees him．

Step 2．Reading and Vocabulary Purpose：To let Ss know something about Frankenstein．

1．Skimming Purpose：To get a brief understanding of the text．

(1)Ask Ss to read the passage and try to answer the following questions．

①Why does the scientist chase the creature to the Arctic?

②Did the scientist regret creating the monster?Why? SuggestedAnswers：

①Because the monster murdered 3 people：the scientist’s brother．best friend and his wife．

②Yes，he did．Because the monster created by him Was very disgusting．

(2)Look at the words in the box in Activity 3 on P42 and try to match the meanings of them．

SuggestedAnswers：

①disgust，fear，emotion

②creation，creator

③chase

④fianc6e

⑤murder

⑥beauty

⑦lifeless

⑧bone

(3)Ask Ss to find words in the passage which mean：

①a terrifying dream

、

②your blood moves through these in your body

③the most northern part of the world

④the thing that everything is made of

⑤to compare SO that differences are made clear

⑥ saying that you will not do sth that sb has asked you to do

⑦very small in size or amount

⑧a very high degree ⑨able to understand and learn things Suggested Answers：

①nightmare

②veins

③the Arctic

④nmtter

⑤contrast

⑥refuse

⑦tiny

⑧extremely

⑨intelligent

2．Scanning

(1)Read Part 1 carefully，and answer the following questions．

①In what ways is the monster like a human being?

②How did Frankenstein create the monster?

③Why does Frankenstein decide to destroy the monster? SuggestedAnswers：

①ne monster had a body which is made of human parts．It is intelligent and has human emotions．

②He used bones from dead bodies to make a creature and gave it life．

③Because the monster hates him and kills his brother，best friend and his wife．

(2)Read Part 2 carefully，and answer the following questions．

①What do we learn about the monster’S appearance?

②Why WaS the young scientist SO disgusted when he first saw the monster?

③What had Frankenstein wanted more than anything in the world?

④Why did Frankenstein wake shaking with fear?

⑤Why did the monster come to Frankenstein’S bedroom?

⑥What did Frankenstein do after running out of the room for the second time?

⑦Why did Frankenstein regTet creating the monster? SuggestedAnswers：

①It is very ugly，with wrinkled yellow skin and black lips．

②Because he had wanted to create something beautiful，but it’S very ugly．

③To give life to a lifeless body．

④Because he had terrible dreams．

⑤Because it wanted to talk to him．

⑥He hid in the garden because he was terrified by the monster and regret having created him．

⑦Because he was terrified by it．

(3)Read P'm't 2 again and choose the best answers．

①The first paragraph tells US_____．

A．the birth of the monster

B．the terrifying emotion of Frankenstein

C．the scene where the monster WaS bern

D．the cold ni【ght when the monster was born

⑦Frankenstein saw this monster moved as a human being，he felt_____．

A．happy

B．excited

C．worried D．frightened

③Frankenstein wished he had not created the monster because he thought___________．

A．the monster looked very ugly

B．he would bring people nightmares

C．he would bring the world disaster

D．the monster would kill him

④The passage tells US___．

A．Frankenstein regretted creating such ugly monster

B．Frankenstein’S creation is successful．but it’s a nightmare for him．

C．as a scientist。Frankenstein must have some creations

D．the monster can’t be given life

Suggested Answers：

①c

②D

③B

④B

3．Post-reading

Ask Ss to fill in the blanks according to the passage．

Frankenstein is a scientist．While studying at university，he____the secret of how to __________ matter．He creates a

_____ that_______a human by using________from dead bodies．The creature is very________and ______all people．However，the monster is intelligent and has human______．As he was lonely and_________，he asked Frank to create a wife for him．But Frank_______to do SO．To his surprised，the monster________three people who are important to him，especially his ________一Elizabeth．So Frank decided to__________(复仇)the monster．He______the monster to the _____in order to _____him．Unluckily，he dies there．__________0fthe story，the monster_______into the ice and snow to______．

Sugges dAnswers：

(1)discovers

(2)give life to lifeless

(3)creature

(4)resembles

(5)bones (6)ugly

(7)terrifies

(8)emotions

(9)unhappy

(10)refuses (11)murders

(12)wife

(13)take revenge on(14)chases

(15)Arctic (16)destroy

(17)At the end

(18)disappears

(19)end his life

Step 3．Language Points

Purpose：To train Ss’listening ability and language capacity．

Let Ss listen to the tape and find the important and difficult points and then discuss them in four groups．

1．While studying at university，he discovers the secret of how to give life to lifeless matter．还在上大学时。他就发现了赋予无生命的东两以生命的秘密。

(1)该句子是省略句，完整的句子应是While he is studying at university．he discovers the secret of how to give life to lifeless matter．

(2)give life to sth／doing sth赋予某物生命／将生命献给某事

Eg They give life to the whole painting．

2．When Frankenstein refuses to create a wife for him，the monster murdells Franken

stein’S brother．his best friend Clerval，and finally，Frankenstein’S wife Elizabeth．当弗兰肯斯坦拒绝为他造一个妻子后，怪物杀害了弗兰肯斯坦的兄弟和他最好的朋友克莱瓦尔，最后，还杀死了弗兰肯斯坦的妻子伊丽莎白。

(1)refuse to do sth拒绝干某事

Eg She refuses to watch such a terrifying TV play．

(2)murder

①n谋杀；凶杀

Eg He was found guilty of murder．

※[固定词组]get away with murder逍遥法外；(做)错事而安然无恙

②Vt谋杀，杀害；糟踏，毁坏

Eg(a)The woman who was murdered is well—known in the area．

(b)He murdered the whole work．

※[扩展]murderer n杀人犯，杀人凶手

3．The scientist chases the creature to the Arctic in order to destroy him，but he dies there．为了除掉怪物，弗兰肯斯坦追赶到北极，但他本人却死在了那里。

(1)chase vt追赶，追逐；追击

Eg①The kids chased each other around the kitchen table．

2

She chased the cat out into the garden．

(2)destroy vt破坏，毁坏，消灭

Eg The building was completely destroyed by fire．

4．At the end of the story，the monster disappears into the ice and snow to end his own

life．在故事的结尾部分，

怪物消失在冰天雪地中，结束了自己的生命。

end

(1)n末端，尽头，结束

※『相关词组』

at the end of…的结尾

in the end=at last最后

by the end of到……为止(主句用完成时态)

come to an end结束

(2)vi&Vt结束，终点，终止

．

※『相关词组] ．

end up with／in以……结束

．5．My candle was almost burnt out when，by its tiny light，I saw the yellow eye of the creature open．就在我的蜡烛即将燃尽的时候，借着微弱的烛光，我看见怪物睁开了黄色的眼睛。

burn out燃尽；烧掉，烧坏；(指人)耗尽体力，积劳成疾，累垮

Eg(1)The fire had burnt out before the firefighter arrived．

(2)If he doesn’t stop working SO hard，he’11 burn himself out．

6．His hair was black and his teeth were white．But these things contrasted horribly with his yellow eyes，his wrinkled yellow skin and black lips．他的头发是黑色的，牙齿是白色的，但却与他的黄眼睛、黑嘴唇以及皱巴巴的黄色皮肤形成了骇人的对比。

contrast

(1)，n对比，对照

Eg When you look at their new system，ours seems very old—fashioned by contrast．

(2)vt和……形成对照，使……对比

Eg It is interesting to contrast British English with American English．

7．But now I had finished，the beauty of the dream vanished，and horror and disgust filled my heart．现在我已经完成了创作，但梦想中的美丽已荡然无存，而恐怖和厌恶却充斥着我的心灵。

disgust

(1)n厌恶，嫌恶

Eg The food tasted SO unpleasant that I threw it away in disgust．

(2)vt令人厌恶，令人反感；使作呕

Eg His behavior disgusted everybody．

8．When he turned to look at me，I felt unable to stay in the same room as him．当他转过身来看着我时，我感到自己不能和他同处一个房间。

turn to转过身；求助于

Eg(1)The road turns to the left after the church．

(2)She has nobody she can turn to．

9．She looked well and happy but as I kissed her lips，they became pale，as if she were dead．她看上去健康而快乐。但是，当我亲吻她时，她双唇失色，犹如死人。

as if／though引起的从句可以用陈述语气，也可以用虚拟语气。

Eg(1)It looks as ifit is going to rain．

(2)He talked about England as if he were from that country．

Step 4．Sentence study

Purpose：To let Ss learn the difficult sentences in the passage．

Ask Ss to join each pair sentences together and find the original sentence in the passage．

1．①He uses bones from dead bodies to create a creature．

②He creates a creature that resembles a human being and gives it life．

Suggested Answer：

He uses bones from dead bodies to create a creature which／that resembles a

human being，and gives it life．

Original sentence：

Using bones from dead bodies，he creates a creature that resembles a human being and gives it life．

2．①He feels lonely and unhappy．

②He begins to hate his creator，Frankenstein．

Suggested Answer：

Because he feels lonely and unhappy，he begins to hate his creator，Frankenstein．／Feeling lonely and unhappy，he begins to hate his creator，Frankenstein．

Original sentence：

Lonely and unhappy，he begins to hate his creator，Frankenstein．

※[说明]longly and unhappy作原因状语

Eg Cold and hungry，the old man fell to the ground．又冷又饿，那个老人倒在了地上。，

3．①I felt very anxious．

②I prepared the equipment that would give life to the thing that lay at my feet．

Suggested Answer：

Because I felt very anxious．I prepared the equipment that would give life to the thing that lay at my feet．

Original sentence：

Feeling very anxious，I prepared the equipment that would give life to the thing that lay at my feet．

4．①I hid in the garden and stayed there till morning．

②1 was terrified by what I had done．

Suggested Answer：

I hid in the garden and stayed there till morning because 1 was terrified by what I had done．

Original sentence：

I hid in the garden and stayed there till morning．terrified by what I had done．

Step 5．Speaking

Purpose：To get Ss further comprehension of the passage．

Ask Ss to answer the following questions．

Q1．Why do you think Frankenstein refused to create a wife for the monster?

Q2．What do you think the scientist should have done?

Q3．What is the lesson of the story，in your opinion? SuggestedAnswers：

Various answers are acceptable．

Step 6．Homework

1．Finish Reading exercises on P92—94．

2．Preview Listening and Vocabulary and Everyday English in this module．