Reading and vocabulary教学内容概述

Module 5

Cloning

Reading Part Step I. lead-in Conduct a class survey on clone about the following questions: 1. What is clone?

A. An English word meaning any of group of plants or organisms

produced asexually from one ancestor

B. A person’s name who makes new things in the way of cloning 2. How much do you know about clone before you learn this Module?

A. I only learned some in my biology lesson.

B. I have known a lot about clone both in English and in Chinese. 3. What is the first cloned animal in the world?

A. Dolly

B. Three cats 4. Have scientists cloned vegetables in China?

A. Yes

B. No 5. Are there any cloned animals in China?

A. Yes

B. No

Step II. Fast -reading Organization(main ideas) Part 1: The general story

Part 2: Extract

P1:

When the monster came into being P2:

What the monster was like (description) and what I felt at the first sight. P3:

What the monster was like (description) and what I felt at the

first sight. P4:

The monster became a creature from my worst nightmares.

Step III. Careful-reading

Read Part 1 the story of Frankenstein and answer the questions:

1. Why does Frankenstein want to create a creature? 2. What does the monster look like? 3. Why does the monster begin to hate his creator? 4. Why does the monster kill the three people? 5. What happens at the end of the story?

Keys:

2.

Resemble a human being; He is large, strong and extremely ugly.

3.

He becomes lonely and unhappy when he cannot find any friends. 1.While studying at university, he discovers the secret of how to create life.

5.

The monster disappears into the ice and snow to end his life. 4.Frankenstein refuses to create a wife for him.

Read part 2 and match the main ideas with each paragraph.

Para.1

The monster became a creature from my worst

Para.2

Para.3

Para.4

Say if these sentences are true (T) or false (F).

1 It was sunny outside when he gave life to the creature.

2 He had intended to make his creation beautiful but failed. 3 It was very easy for Frankenstein to give life to a lifeless body.

4 The monster came to Frankenstein’s bedroom, wanting to talk to him.

5. The monster was not ugly when he was unfinished 6. When he finished his creation, he felt very relaxed Keys: F T F T F F Give the right order. a. Frankenstein had worked for nearly two years with one aim only to give life to a lifeless body. nightmare.

The monster didn’t give what I had expected in return but gave much trouble.

The description of the monster and how I felt when I saw it for the first time

When the monster came into being

b. Frankenstein threw himself on the bed in clothes and had terrible dreams. c. He ran out of the room and hid in the garden, regretting what he had done.

d. The monster opened his eyes and came to the world. e. His fiancée appeared in his dream. f. The monster stood by the scientist’s bed, watching him. He wanted to say something.

Keys:

a

d

b

e

f

c

Step IV. Vocabulary 1. Act 2 on page 58

Find words in the passage which mean: 1. a terrifying dream

(nightmare) 2. your blood moves through these in your body

(veins) 3. the most northern part of the world

(the Arctic) 4. the thing that everything is made of

(matter) 5. very different from

(contrast) 2. Keys to Act. 3 on page 58:

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emotional

emotionless

murder sb. / a murder robbery/ theft beautify Detailed reading:

Keys to Activity 4

1. The monster has a body which is made of human parts. 2. He used bones from dead bodies to make a creature and give it life. 3. Because the monster hated him, and killed his brother, friend and wife. 4. He is very ugly, with wrinkled yellow skin and black lip. 5. Because he had wanted to create something beautiful, but it is very ugly. 6. To give life to a lifeless body. 7. Because he had terrible dreams. 8. Because it wanted to talk to him. 9. He hid in the garden because he was terrified by the monster and regretted having created him. 10. Because he was terrified by it.

Step V. Exercises on workbook.