Using LanguageⅡppt配套的教学设计及说课稿

Unit 2 Cloning

Listening&speaking

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 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”

5 weakens the species

Step 4 Listening II (P54) Xiao Qing’s ideas about cloning

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 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

Getting your pet cloned in America can give you a good holiday. 5

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 Speaking task 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. “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)

against nature 4)

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.

Step7 Homework 1.

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

Review the reading and listening materials.