Using LanguageⅡ第一课时教学设计

A. e, c, a, b, d, f

B. e, a, c, d, f

C. e, c, b, d ,a, f

D. e, b, c, d, a, f

Cloning: Where is it leading us ? Prediction

We can infer that the article is about cloning by reading this headline?

Step 1. Fast reading Purpose: To get some useful information.

1.Read the text , and fill in the blanks Paragraph ____3__: The problems of Dolly. Paragraph ___1___: What is cloning? Paragraph ___4___: The effect of Dolly Paragraph ___2___: Cloning has two major uses. Paragraph ___5___: It is forbidden to clone human beings. Step 2. Intensive reading Purpose: To get a brief understanding of the text.

Read each paragraph quickly and then do the exercises:

Para 1

(1) Cloning is a new topic.

( T or F )

Taking cuttings from growing plants to make new ones is natural clone,but twins

are man-made clones.

( T or F )

(2) What’s the cloning? _____________________________________________________________________

Para 2

(1) How many major uses does cloning have and what are they?

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(2) How many female sheep participate in the cloning of a new sheep?

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(3) Cloning animals is as complicated as cloning plants.

( T or F)

(4) Choose the right order of the events given during the cloning procedure of Dolly

the sheep

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a. Female sheep C bears the embryo

b. The nucleus from sheep B and egg cell from sheep A join together.

c. Female sheep B provides a somatic cell whose nucleus is taken out of

d. The cell break up and grows into an embryo

e. Female sheep A provides an egg cell whose nucleus is removed from.

f. A lamb called Dolly is cloned.

Para 3

(1) It can be inferred from the passage that a cloned animal

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A. usually lives as long as the original one

B. usually lives longer than the original one

C. may die younger than the original one

D. is usually as healthy as the original one

(2) Scientists were very excited to find that Dolly`s illnesses were more appropriate to

a much older animal.

( T or F )

Para 4&5 Fill in the blanks

(1) Dolly the sheep opened everybody’s eyes to the possibility of using cloning

to cure _________________and even produce _____________.

(2) Evil leaders hope to clone ___________.

Religious leaders raised ________ questions.

Many governments _______ research into human cloning.

Some countries continued to ___________evidence of the abundant medical aid.k

Homework:

1.Read the text again and again

2 Finish the exercises on page 23-24 in the exercise book.

Teacher’s words:

One coin has two sides and we should treat things in a wise way!

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