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Unit 2 Cloning Ｉ．

单元教学目标

话题Topics Natural clones and man-made clones;

The history of cloning; Controversy about cloning 技能目标Goals Talk about cloning Practice expressing and supporting an opinion Use the appositive clause Write a composition about cloning Ⅱ.目标语言

Expressing and supporting an opinion I’m happy to accept …. But…. I would never accept…. I’m not bothered about….. I don’t mind but…. I hope you’ll carry on…. 功能句式Are you sure you want to…. I agree with you that…. Is it fair to….? Do you think it is wise to….? I think you should…. Well done to you for…. I don’t understand why you don’t…. I can’t help thinking…. I could never agree to….

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1. 四会词汇

Strawberry，differ，exact，straightforward，breakthrough，disturbing，cast，altogether，objection，media，moral，ceiling，shortly，retire，assumption，merely，decoration，zebra，aloud 2. 认读词汇

identical，nucleus，gene，somatic，embryo，fate，impact，extinct，popularity，词汇Jurassic，bison，calf，DNA，habitat，restore，Auroch，Great Auk，Quagga 3. 词组

cast down，object to，the media，in favour of，（be）bound to（do）…, from time to time, bring back to life, pay off 4．

重点词汇

clone，

commercial，

producer，

undertake，

arbitrary，object ，forbid，

accumulate bother，

regulation，

resist，

unable，

argument ，reasonable，

obtain

结构Appositive clause —

that 可引导同位语从句

It is a way of….P11 The fact is that….P11

重点句子The question that occurred is….P12 How differently do people think of….P14 The….is …but…P14 The advantage is that….P15 How would you treat….P54 I don’t mind but….P55 I agree with you that….P55

分课时教案

The First Period

Intensive Reading

Teaching goals教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

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a. 重点词汇和短语

clone，commercial，producer，undertake，arbitrary，object，forbid，accumulate，cast down，object to，the media，in favour of b. 重点句子

It is a way of…. The fact is that…. The question that occurred is…. 2. Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to describe cloning: What is the advantages of cloning？

What is the problems or dangers of cloning？What is your opinion of cloning？

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to describe cloning. Teaching important points 教学重点

How to describe cloning. Teaching difficult point 教学难点

Help the students analyze the writing techniques of the article. Teaching methods 教学方法

Skimming, task-based method and debate method. Teaching aids 教具准备

A recorder, a projector and some slides.

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in This topic is difficult for students. So teacher should help the students learn more about it. Do this in the way of asking and answering questions. T: You can imagine how rapidly the modern science and technology develop. I think most of you must know something about space traveling, submarine exploration, robot, maglev train, gene engineering etc. But in recent years, a hot topic, cloning is often mentioned, especially when the cloning Dolly the sheep appeared. You may have first heard of cloning when Dolly the Sheep showed up on the scene in 1997. 英语学习辅导报

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Cloning technologies have been around for much longer than Dolly, though. First things first, what is cloning and a clone? The dictionary says cloning is the technique of producing a genetically identical duplicate of an organism. A clone is said to be all descendants derived asexually from a single individual, as by cuttings, bulbs, by fission, by mitosis, or by parthenogenesis reproduction. It sounds very different and complicated to us. In fact, I mean, in our daily life, this happens often. For example, gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. You often see that your mother picks a small branch from a growing plant to make a new one. If she likes this kind of flowers, she can do cloning. Cloning also happens in animals or human beings when twins identical in sex and appearance are produced from the same original egg. The fact is that cloning plants is straightforward but the cloning of animals is more complicated. The possibility of human cloning, raised when Scottish scientists at Roslin Institute created the much-celebrated sheep "Dolly", aroused worldwide interest and concern because of its scientific and ethical implications. You can give your questions if you are interested in this topic. I am here today one of the scientists who work in this field. I am ready to answer any of your questions. S: Now we know what is cloning. Are there different types of cloning? T: When the media report on cloning in the news, they are usually talking about only one type called reproductive cloning. There are different types of cloning however, and cloning technologies can be used for other purposes besides producing the genetic twin of another organism. A basic understanding of the different types of cloning is key to taking an informed stance on current public policy issues and making the best possible personal decisions. The following three types of cloning technologies will be discussed: (1) recombinant DNA technology or DNA cloning, (2) reproductive cloning, and (3) therapeutic cloning. S: Was Dolly created by what cloning? And why was Dolly so important? T: Reproductive cloning is a technology used to generate an animal that has the same nuclear DNA as another currently or previously existing animal. Dolly was created by 英语学习辅导报

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reproductive cloning technology. She was the first mammal to be cloned from adult DNA taken from an adult cell. Previously, animals had only been cloned using embryo cells which already have the potential to become a complete embryo in its own right. The big breakthrough with Dolly was to make a clone from an ordinary, adult cell − in this case from a female goat’s udder.

S: Have you seen Jurassic Park? In this feature film, scientists use DNA preserved for tens of millions of years to clone dinosaurs. They find trouble, however, when they realize that the cloned creatures are smarter and fiercer than expected. Could we really clone dinosaurs. T: In theory? Yes. What would you need to do this? A well-preserved source of DNA from the extinct dinosaur, and a could serve as a surrogate mother. In reality?

Probably not. It’s not likely that dinosaur DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. However, scientists have tried to clone species that became extinct more recently, using DNA from well-preserved tissue samples. More questions about cloning are given in the appendix. The information above is for reference only. Or you can choose several students and ask them to act out a short play whose main topic is as follows: An old man who was dying left all his fortune to his own son. But the did not know that his son was cloned. So two same young men both claimed that they were the old man’s son. They quarreled and fought with each other; at last they went to the judge. The judge let them check DNA. The result was that their DNA was the same. Now even the judge did not know what to do. In this part the teacher can give the students some advice to act out. According to this play teacher ask the students several questions: 1. Do you want to be cloned or not? Why? 2. If you are the judge what will you do? 3. Can you tell me the advantages of cloning? 4. And what is the disadvantage? 英语学习辅导报

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Discussion In this part the students will discuss the relationship between the development of technology and social customs. T: As the technology develops day by day, it has a more and more important influence on the whole society. Technology affects social customs and ethics, sometimes technology may go against the conventional thinking, then comes the problem that whether we should stop the development of research or change the ethics. S1: As technology develops in almost every field, a lot of our original customs and ethics changed, either because they are out of time or not so scientific. For example millions of years ago human ate meat of animals without heating them. Later people used fire and no longer ate raw meat and they also used fire to scare dangerous animals. S2: I think we could not stop the development of technology, for it may develop in the way which is acceptable by social customs. …

Look at pictures T: Look at the pictures and discuss which ones are natural clones and which ones are man – made. Then explain how they differ. S: I think the twins are natural clones and the Dolly sheep is man-made. T: You are right! Can you explain how they differ? S: The twins were born at the same time, but the Dolly sheep is man-made. T: Anything else? Who want have a try? S: I think the identical dog is man-made. T: Good Job Step II Pre-reading

Before class, ask the students to search for some information about this topic. Now show your questions on the screen, and then let them discuss with each other. T: Now please work in pairs and discuss about cloning. Then list the questions you 英语学习辅导报

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want to find out. Share your list with your partner. Ss: Yes, sir / madam. Questions about cloning: 1. What is a clone? 2. How is a clone produced? 3. What benefits can humans gain from cloning? 4. What problems may arise when humans are cloned? 5. Should we clone human? 6. Could cloning replace sex as the means of creating new human life? 7. Could a parent clone a child who is dying of a terminal illness?

(After a few minutes.) T: Do you have other questions? Volunteer! S: I have! What is the writer’s opinion? T: Good job! I think many of you have questions, now let us read the article with the questions.

Suggested answers:

1. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal and plant. 2. This happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones, and when small parts of a plant are taken and gown in a laboratory. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex and appearance are produced from the same original egg. 3. It can help cure disease and can help couples who have no baby to bear a new baby. 4. There may be more bad people like Hitler. 5. In my opinion, I do not agree, for it may cause many moral problems. 6. No. Because cloned human has the same quality as the real human, natural born baby’s quality is higher than his parents. 7. No. The cloned baby also has the disease. 英语学习辅导报

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Step III While- reading

Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students form a good habit of reading. T: Have you not the answers of your questions? Now please skim the passage fast to obtain a general understanding of the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea of each part. Show the following. Para. 1 Cloning is a way of making an exact copy of another animal and plant. Para. 2 Cloning has two major uses. Para. 3 The problems of Dolly. Para. 4 The effect of Dolly. Para. 5 It is forbidden to clone human being. Step IV Post-reading

Ask the students to read the passage again to finish three tasks. T: Now let’s listen to the. While listening, pay more attention to the correct pronunciation and tone. Then read the text by yourselves to get the answers to the three tasks. You can work in groups. T: First, What are the problems or dangers of cloning? S: Let me have a try! First, the cloned animals have the same illness of old animals and the same goes with the other species. Second, the cloned animals have short life and can cause moral questions. T: You are right! And what are the advantages of cloning? S: I know! Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Thirdly, it suddenly opens everyone’s eyes to the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses, and even producing human beings. T: What is the writer’s opinion? What do you think is the writer’s point of view in this 英语学习辅导报

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reading passage? Is it in favour of cloning or against is? S1: I think the writer is in favour of it, because there are many advantages of cloning. It can help people solve many problems in our daily life. S2: I think the writer doesn’t agree with it, because if the cloning technology can be used in an evil way, it can cause much trouble to our society. T: The next question: What is your opinion of cloning? Give the reasons. S1: As a coin has two sides, everything has two aspects. First, if the cloning is used in a correct way it can bring many conveniences to us. Such as: curing serious illnesses and being used to produce commercial qualities of plants. On the other hand, if the cloning is used in an evil way it can cause much troubles: such as moral questions. S2: My view on cloning and nuclear transfer is that it is ethical. So actually I find no reason to clone presently. I have this opinion currently, because scientists are unable to successfully clone using nuclear transfer as of today. S3: I also have a problem with the possible effects of using nuclear transfer on a large scale. This is because I fear that cloning could greatly reduce genetic diversity. I believe if we were to interfere with the genetic diversity of an entire population we would undoubtedly fail. S4: As you can see I believe cloning using nuclear transfer should not be used on humans for any reason. I think if we were to use cloning it should be closely monitored as to what dangers are involved in having copies of people. I also think this technology should not be used until success. S5: I agree that we should develop cloning. I’m not afraid of cloning Hitlers or excited to clone Einsteins. I would say the time and the environment produced Hitler, not his DNA. So you do not need DNA from Hitler to produce a Hitler. In fact, there are Nazis already present. We should make use of cloning to benefit future generations. You can imagine that how happy the people are if they can recover from the serious illness or get back the son who has just lost his life in an accident by cloning. T: Good job! Yes, if we our human beings use the scientific technology properly it can bring many advantages to us! 英语学习辅导报

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S: Why did Dolly’s appearance raise a storm of objections and have a great impact on the media and public imagination? T: Because nothing really prepared the world for the 1997 announcement that a group of Scottish scientists had created a cloned sheep named Dolly. Many folks believe that within the next decade, we will hear a more shocking announcement of the first cloned human. Scientists in South Korea have already created human embryonic stem cells through cloning. Until now, the idea of human cloning has only been possible through movie magic, but the natural progression of science is making human cloning a true possibility. We’ve cloned sheep, mice and cows, so why not humans? Some countries have set up laws banning cloning, but it is still legal in many countries. Imagine using a piece of your great-grandmother. This opens the door to many ethical problems, but it’s a door that could soon be opened. S: So what happens next? T: Whatever the reasons, the new cloning technologies have sparked many ethical debates among scientists, politicians and the general public. Several governments have considered or enacted legislation to slow down, limit or ban cloning experiments outright. It is clear that cloning will be a part of our lives in the future, but the course of this technology has yet to be determined. Cloning could cause birth defects, but it’s not going to change society. In the absence of any legislation or regulation, cloning attempts will quietly continue. Eventually, cloning will succeed (if it hasn’t happened already), and humankind will have taken another step down the road of biological engineering. You should study hard today, and you will be able to face this difficult problem and know how to deal with it. Explanation

T: Now let’s deal with some language points. Turn to page 11. Let’s look at the sentence: It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal and plant. 全句汉语意思:它是一种精确复制另一个动物或植物的方式。Here a way of means a manner of 一种……的方式。

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objections and had a great impact on the media and public imagination. In this sentence, raise means lead. (引起/导致)。全句意思是：多利的出现引起一场反对风暴，并且对媒体和公众思想产生了很大的冲击。

T: Turn to page 12. Look at the sentence: However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us. “whether cloning will help or harm us”, “where it is leading us” is the objects of the word “wonder”

全句意思是：科学家一直致力于研究克隆到底会有助于我们还是会伤害我们，它们将我们引向何方。

Step V Homework

Ask the students to do the following. 1. Complete the exercises on page 13. 2. Recite the key sentences in the text. 3. What is Cloning? You might not believe it, but there are human clones among us right now. Have you ever wished you could have a clone of yourself to do homework while you hit the skate park or went out with your friends? Imagine if you could really do that. Where would you start?

The second period

Listening

Teaching Goals:

1.Let the Ss focus on the different attitude towards cloning technology 2. Teach Ss how to get specific information.

Target Language:

Cloning, attitude, medicine, organ I agree with …

How would you do…?

Do you think …?

Key Teaching Points

Listen to the materials about cloning and choose the correct answers. Teaching Difficult points: Work together with partners and show their own opinions 英语学习辅导报

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Teaching methods

Listening and cooperative learning Teaching aids

A tape recorder Step1.Revision

1.

Greetings 2.

Revision Step 2 Pre- listening Work in groups to discuss how we should behave towards the human clones. “Before human clones become part of our life, perhaps we should spend some time thinking about how we should behave towards them. Now, work in groups to discuss the following questions. 1.

How would you treat human clones? 2.

Do you think they should have legal and political rights, such as getting married or voting? 3.

Do you think they are separate people or part of the donors? Step 3 Listening I (P17) The Ss are asked to read fast the statements before listening. Then tick those heard while listening. 1.

Cloning will bring dead pets to life.

3.

Cloning may produce medicine or even organs of a human body to cure serious illnesses. 4

Dolly was “middle-aged” when she was born. After checking the answers, listen again and then finish the chart in exercise 2 Mary’s ideas about cloning 1 cruel to animals 2 makes them do unnatural things 3 it is a “dead end”

4 clone born at age of “mother”

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1 scientists are doing a wonderful job 2 may bring back extinct animals 3 problems because it is a new science 4 scientists need encouragement 12

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5 weakens the species

Step 4 Listening II (P54) 5 it may provide medicine for illnesses (Turn to page 54) The Ss are asked to read fast the question and multiple answers to find out the listening points first, and then listen to the tape twice to choose the best answer. “Please open your books at page 54. Before you listen to the tape, please read fast the questions and multiple answers to find out the listening points. Pay more attention to these important points while listening. While listening, you’d better make notes of the listening points. (A few minutes later). “Now, I’ll play the tape twice. Please listen carefully and pay more attention to the important points. You may make notes while listening. Notes taking are helpful for you to remember each oft the important points. After listening twice, check the answers and explain some difficult listening points if necessary.

Step5 Listening task (p57) First asks the Ss to read these sentences and then listen to the tape and decide if they are facts or opinions. “Now turn to page 57, there’re 10 questions. You should form the habit of going through the questions and the answers to get the important listening pints. Yes? And make notes if necessary. Ok? Play the recording and check the answers with the class.

Sample answers to exercise 1 Facts: 1.

Favourite pets can live forever as clones. 3

Bill’s mother will have her pet dog cloned before it dies. 4

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Billy expects a good holiday in America. 6

Many people will go to America to clone their pets. 7

Billy supports his mother’s with to clone her pet dog. 10. Frank doesn’t agree with cloning pets. Opinion: 2

It is moral to clone pets for their owners. 8

In Western countries a pet is as important as a baby. 9

Some people think that cloning pets is selfish. Sample answers to exercise 2 1.

He wants to make his mother happy by keeping her pet dog alive forever and hw also wants to take the chance to America for holiday when the dog is being cloned there. 2.

Frank doesn’t agree with cloning because he thinks cloning is very expensive and it has many moral problems. 3.

Billy’s mother is in favoure of cloning . She is saving money to go to America to have her pet dog cloned just before it dies. 4.

Various answers are possible. Sample answers to exercise 3 Arguments for cloning pets 1.

It is moral to make my mother happy; 2.

It can provide an excuse for a holiday abroad; 3.

My mother will need her pet when I am away

Step 6 Homework Arguments against cloning pets 1.

It is very expensive to clone a pet 2.

It is selfish because it is an excuse for a holiday. 3.

It is selfish because it means the student can study abroad without his mother complaining. 1.

Ask the Ss to listen to the material again after class and get familiar with it . 2.

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The third period & fourth period

speaking and grammar Step I. Speaking task “In our earlier class, we learned how to organize a debate, now it’s our turn to continue the debate. The topic of our debate is “should we clone?” Now choose the team you agree with.”

Divide the whole class into four groups, two agree and two disagree. To begin this debate, I’ll give you some information about clone. You can choose what you need. During the speech, you can make notes so that you do not forget what you want to say. In our debate the person who speaks last must summarize your ideas. Here are some tips for you. Show the following Center on the subject Organize main ideas that support your point of view List your own idea Make a conclusion Show the following Why should we use cloning? Notes for debating: Argument for cloning: 1)

Cloning will be beneficial to humans, For example, if a couple can’t have children, cloning could help give them a child; 2)

We could use cloning to cure illnesses. Arguments against cloning 1)

healthy risks form mutation of genes 2)

emotional risks 3)

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risk of abuse of the technology 5)

Cloned animals get ill and die quite young; 6)

People are afraid of that scientists will create sands of copies of the same person 7)

Cloning is dangerous because scientist may create monsters by mistakes. Step II. 同位语从句和定语从句比较与区分

由于同位语从句的先行词多为fact, belief, news, idea, thought, question, reply, possibility, hope, problem, remark, report等名词,引导词常用that,所以有些同学干脆把这些名词背得滚瓜烂熟,以为只要上述名词后面出现的从句肯定是同位语从句,殊不知上述名词后面出现的从句既有可能是同位语从句,也有可能是定语从句。例如:

(1)We were greatly pleased at the news that the Chinese women's volleyball team had won the match again.听到中国女排再次获胜的消息我们极为高兴。(that引导的是同位语从句)

(2)We were greatly pleased at the news that our teacher had told us.听到老师告诉我们的消息我们感到很高兴。(that引导的是定语从句) 从上面的例句可以看出,仅仅只*先行词就断定有些名词之后一定就是同位语从句显然是片面的。那么,究竟应当如何来区分同位语从句和定语从句呢?一般来说,我们可以从以下几个方面去区分同位语从句和定语从句:

1.从意义的角度来看,同位语从句与先行词之间存在的是同位或等同的关系,如例(1)中的news与其后的从句that the Chinese women's volleyball team had won the match again之间,"中国女排再次获胜"表示"消息"的具体内容。定语从句与先行词之间存在的是所属关系,表示"……的",起修饰限定作用。如例(2)中的news与其后的that our teacher had told us"老师告诉我们的"是对"消息"进行修饰限定,并不表示"消息"的具体内容。

2.从语法角度来看,引导同位语从句的that是连词,只起语法作用,用来连接同位语从句,在从句中不充当任何成分,如例(1)中的that;而引导定语从句的that是关系代词,它除了起引导从句的语法作用之外,还要在从句中充当句子成分,主要是作主语或宾语,如例(2)中的that在从句中作动词told的宾语。

3.从先行词的词性来看,同位语从句的先行词大都为抽象名词,而定语从句的先行词可以是名词,也可以是代词。例如:

(1)There is no doubt that the price of wheat will go up.毫无疑问,小麦的价格将会上涨。(doubt为抽象名词,同位语从句)

(2)Those who were against the plan raised their hands.那些反对这个计划的人举起了手。(Those为代词,定语从句) 4.从可否省略来看,同位语从句的that一般不可以省略,但是定语从句中的关系代词如果在从句中充当宾语,在非正式用语中常常可以将关系代词that省略。

5.从引导词来看,同位语从句有时也可以用whether来引导,但是定语从句则一般不用whether来引导。例如:

The problem (of) whether they could finish the project is very important.他们是否能够按期完成那个项目,这个问题非常重要。

6.who, which, what, when, why, how, where等词都可以用来引导同位语从句,但它们英语学习辅导报

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的用法和用作关系代词或关系副词时引导定语从句的用法不同:引导同位语从句的关联词是对先行词的具体内容进行进一步的解释说明,与先行词不存在指代关系;而引导定语从句的关系代词或关系副词不但在从句中充当成分,而且与其修饰的先行词指代的是同一个人或者事物。例如:

1)The reason why he was late for class is quite clear.他上课迟到的原因显而易见。(why引导的是定语从句)

(2)He has solved the problem why the radio was out of order.他解决了收音机为何出故障的问题。(why引导的是同位语从句)

Homework: 1.

Review the reading and listening text learned in this unit 2.

Finish exercises on page 14 and exercises on page 56. The fifth period

Extensive Reading & Writing Teaching Goals:

1.Activate the Ss to show their opinions about the cloning 2. Enable the Ss to write and article on this debate.

Target Language:

Debate, issue, competition, in charge, topic, argument, reply to , summarize, profitable, donate, existence, embryo, justified, transfer, ethically I suggest that medical cloning is very important of curing serious illnesses that at present have no cure. I would like to suggest that medical cloning is not as simple as issue as my colleague claims. Teaching important & difficult points: How to organize the debating materials

How to write a short composition of the debate How to write a report Teaching methods

Task-based teaching method

Teaching aids

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A computer and a projector

Step1.Revision

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Greetings 4.

Check the homework and ask the Ss to speak out their opinion about the medical cloning Step 2 Reading (page 15) Read the passage and answer the questions 1.

Why shouldn’t you clone an extinct animal unless there is enough diversity in the group? There will not be enough genetic variation in the group to be able to resist new illnesses.

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Why is it wrong to clone an extinct animal if it would have to live in a zoo? It is not a good idea to clone an animal that would have to live in a zoo because it is not a suitable habitat to develop and increase its numbers. The zoo is not a natural environment for a wild animal.

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Why can’t you clone the DNA of animals that have been extinct longer than 10,000 years? The DNA of animal more than 10,000 years old is not suitable for cloning, for it can’t survive so long.

Reading carefully and finish discussing Exercises 2, 3 and 4. (Numerous answers are possible.)

Step 3 Reading task Ask Ss turn to page 58 and assign today’s work--- debate. Firstly ask them their opinion about debate, whether they’ve seen any TV debate. (College student’s debate, one chairman or two, four members each group)

Ask the Ss to read the debate rules and then a set of questions: What is the definition of debate? A debate is an activity in which students can discuss two sides of an issue. There is a chairperson to charge i . Tell me the process of a debate in your own words The leading debater who supports the topic speaks first, then another one who disagrees with the topic speaks, then other people take turns to give a free discussion. 英语学习辅导报

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Towards the end of the debate, the last speaker of each side will summarize the arguments that have been made to support their point to view.

In our textbook there is an example of debate, read the topic carefully and discuss the questions with your partner. And I will divide you into two teams. One side agrees with the medical cloning and the other side is against the medical cloning. Then show the questions. Give students 6 minutes to prepare their answers. Team A: 1. what’s their argument?

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Two reasons for medical cloning 3.

Do you agree with them? Why? Team B: 1. what’s their argument?

2. Two reasons against medical cloning.

3. Do you agree with them? Why?

Step 4 Writing Imagine that you are the reporter on a local newspaper and you have been asked to write an article on this debate. To do this you must mention both sides of the argument. Remember to make a large main heading and then a small heading below it. Write around 250 words. Organize your writing in this way: Paragraph1: the topic of the debate and who won Paragraph2: the ideas of the winning side Paragraph3: the ideas of the other side Paragraph4: conclusion and your reaction to the debate, together with any idea you feel they left out. A sample version: Should Medical Cloning be Allowed

A Debate at Xinhua Middle School Yesterday there was a very exciting debate at Xinhua Middle School about whether medical cloning should be allowed or not .After a lively discussion a vote was taken and the side arguing for medical cloning won. 英语学习辅导报

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The arguments for medical cloning were very strongly put by the team supporting the motion. They argued that serious illnesses and people who w losing their ability to move or think could be helped by medical cloning. They explained that the procedures would be safe, quick and with no problems for the patients. They quoted that 67% of American citizens are for it to support their idea. Their arguments were very convincing. The arguments put by the team opposing medical cloning were less strong. They argued in two ways. The first reason was that the procedures were not yet secure. Their second reason was that it took many tries and many potential animals had to be killed to produce one useable embryo for research. They explained that man European countries don’t allow medical cloning research because of this. They quoted Pope John Paul Ⅱ. But their arguments were not so convincing. At the end of the debate the audience we left with a feeling of hope. They realized that diseases that seem terrible today may be able to be cured soon. Many people were excited and happy when they left they Hall .The writer of this article was among them!

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