Using LanguageⅡ课堂实录【1】

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Unit 2 Cloning

Using Language

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1. To understand the main idea of the text and scan for detailed information 2. To figure out the structure of the passage showing one’s opinion

3. To write a short essay to show their opinions on cloning

Reading for purpose.

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To write a short essay to show their opinions on cloning

Guess the meaning of the underlined words

1. It proves how the idea struck

a mixture of fear and excitement into peoples hearts.

A. Have on the brain

B. Confused

C. Droved people crazy

D. Scared 2. From time to time

people suggest that extinct

animals like dinosaurs, can possibly be brought back to life through cloning

A. There was a time when

B. Sometimes

C. All the time

D. Each time 3. People suggest that dinosaurs can possibly be brought back to life.

A. kept up

B. resist

C. live on

D. become alive again 4. The chance of dinosaurs ever returning to the earth is merely a dream.

A. only

B. surely

C. abruptly

D. miserably

5. All efforts of cloning an animal will be in vain if there is not enough diversity.

A. hopeless

B. useless

C. helpless

D. meaningless 6. Others will pass on the ability to resist that disease.

A. fight with

B. slide

C. hire

D. indicate 1. The writer of the text_____

A. is excited by the possibility of cloning fierce and extinct animals

B. believes that extinct animals can be brought back to life by cloning C. thinks it impossible or unsuitable to clone extinct animals like dinosaurs

D. dreams of dinosaurs returning to the earth

2. What does the popularity of Jurassic Park prove?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why does the writer think we are a long way from being able to clone extinct mammals?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why it is either impossible or unsuitable to clone extinct animals？What are the three reasons? Reason 1: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Reason 2:___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Reason 3:___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

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5. Pay attention to the structure of the text and fill in the blanks The opinion on cloning

Topic/ Opinion It is either impossible or unsuitable to (1)_______

extinct animals _________________ through

cloning.

(2)__________ for •

Perfect DNA is needed.

its impossibility •

There is not enough (3) ______________ in

the group so efforts of cloning will be

(4)________________.

•

A (n) (5)______________ would be needed for

the cloned extinct animals.

(6) ___________

The chance of dinosaurs returning to the earth is

(7) ______________.

6. Do you think cloning does good or harm to our human beings? Why? List out your reasons (3-5).

I think cloning does _________ to our human beings. Here are the reasons: 1.__________________________________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________________________________ 3.__________________________________________________________________ 4.__________________________________________________________________ 5.__________________________________________________________________ Writing: write a short passage to show your opinions on cloning. Attention: 1) structure: topic, reasons, conclusion

2) linking words:

firstly…, secondly…, third…;

as far as sb. be concerned;

what’s more;

furthermore;

worse still; …

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