Learning about Language教学设计第二课时

Reading: CLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING US?

高二英语组

肖琴

教学目标分析: 【知识与技能】

1.初步掌握本单元重点词汇: identical, straightforward, undertake, cast down等。

2.学会克服生词障碍，通过略读，寻找文章的主题句，理清文章的总体框架与脉络；通过寻读, 捕捉文章的重要细节，理解作者的写作意图。

【过程与方法】

通过自主探究以及小组合作学习等方式，通过阅读技能的训练帮助学生养成科学的阅读方法。

【情感态度与价值观】

1.通过本课的学习, 学生能激发自己勇于求知、探索科学奥秘的积极学习态度，并形成积极的情感态度，主动思维，大胆表述，提高语言实际运用能力。

2.通过本课的学习, 学生能够学会一分为二地辩证地看待事物，科学的价值观。

【教学重点】

1.了解科技说明文的文体特点并以此指导阅读；训练skimming, scanning, fast reading, careful reading等阅读技能。

2.描述克隆羊多莉的诞生过程。

【教学难点】

1. skimming, scanning, fast-reading ,careful reading等阅读技能的训练。

2.对科技说明文的鉴赏能力和对事物的客观评价。

【教学方法】

任务教学法，小组合作法

一、课前预习

翻译下列单词、词组

1. 不同；相异(vi.)_____________

2. 商业的；贸易的(adj.) _____________ 3. 程序；步骤；手续(n.) ____________

4. 着手；从事；承担(vt.) ______________ 5. 烦扰的(adj.) ________________

6. 任意的(adj.) __________________ 7. 不赞成；反对；异议(n.) __________8. 道德（上）的；伦理的

___________ 9. 禁止；不准(vt.) _________________10. 积累；聚积(vt.) ______________ 11. 使……沮丧

__________________

12. 反对

________________ 13. 大众传播媒体

14. 卵细胞

____________ 15. 克隆出的动物

____________

16. 对……有巨大冲击

_____________

二、阅读任务

Task 1: Warming up & pre-reading Discussion: Do you want to be cloned or not? Why?

Task 2: Skimming

Match the main idea with each paragraph

Para.1 A. The two major uses of cloning.

Para.2 B. Cloning is a way of making an exact copy

Para.3 of another animal or plant.

Para.4 C. The attitudes towards Dolly’s appearance.

Para.5 D. The effect of cloning in society.

E. The problems of dolly the sheep.

Task 3: Careful reading 1.The main idea of the text is____

A. animal cloning is very valuable and can benefit the world.

B. animal cloning could be misused by bad people so it must be forbidden

C. animal cloning is well developed because Dolly the sheep was born.

D. animal cloning raised arguments and scientists are not sure about its future. 2. The cloning of Dolly the sheep succeeded because____.

A. it’s easier to clone a sheep than other animals

B. the scientists were determined and worked hard with patience

C. the scientists were rewarded and got lots of money

D. many other attempts to clone mammals failed 3 The sheep that donated the somatic cell most probably lived ____ years.

A. 3

B. 6

C. 9

D. 13 4.We can infer from the last three paragraphs that ___. A The normal development of Dolly had no effect on the cloning of other species. B. Dolly’s serious disease and final death disturbed the whole world.

C. There were arguments about animal cloning and concerns about the future of cloning. D. Dolly successfully cloned a new lamb with the help of cloning scientists. 5.The writer’s attitude towards cloning

A. Objective

B. Negative

C. Positive

D. Angry

Task 4: Fill in the blanks: （from para.4and5）

On the other hand, Dolly’s appearance raised a storm of_1____________and had a great 2_______ on

the

media

and

public

imagination. It became controversial（有争议的）.

Newspapers

wrote

of

evil

leaders

hoping

to

clone

themselves

to

3________

their ambitions. Besides,

religious

leaders

also

raised 4_______

questions.

So governments

became

nervous

and

more

5___________.

Some

even

6 ______

research

into

human

beings

but

other countries

like

China

and

the

UK

continued

to 7___________

evidence

of

clone’s

medical

aid.

However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.

Homework 1. Read the text fluently.

2. Then, write a passage titled My opinions about cloning .