1、 Unit3 Science and natureDoraemonHow can we get the exact copy of an animal?Which country first has the idea of cloning?Four hundred years ago Chinese people had created the cloned images in the West Journey,but now it has become a reality in life.Is it a good idea to clone humans some day?Voice fro
2、m scientistsThe perfect copyReading1.Does this article give an anti-or pro-cloning point of view,or both?2.What is cloning?3.How many scientists are mentioned in this text?Fast-readingCloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells.Boththe Scottish scientist,Ian Wilmutthe
3、Italian doctor,Severino AntinoriCareful reading 1.People all over the world are happy about the idea of cloning human beings.2.Dolly,the first cloned mammal,is exactly the same as other sheep.3.According to the article,the scientist who created Dolly does not agree with cloning human beings.4.Clonin
4、g can be used to cure diseases because it can produce new tissues and organs.5.Colin Jake is against cloning humans,just like Pauline Carter.6.Cloning human beings is illegal in many countries,so no scientists want to clone human beings.FNot all peopleFTNot exactlyTFNot likeFA few scientistsReading
5、strategy pro-cloning1.produce valuable tissues and organs 2.3.4.cure diseases like cancerhelp those who have no childrenhelp those who want to clone their dead children.Anti-cloning1.may produce a real-life monster2.3.4.5.create more disease in the animal worldcloning shows no respect for human life
6、human life would no longer be uniquewe should be having fewer babies in order to reduce Earths population,not cloning moreAFrankensteinFrankenstein is a scientist.He creates a monster by experiment.The monster was kind,and ready to help others.But he is not accepted by the society just because of hi
7、s ugly appearance.People around him refuse his kind offer and turn him down.Some even drive him away.He is eager to get love and happiness,but unfortunately what he gets is merciless chasing.He asks Frankenstein,the scientist to create a female monster like himself so he can have a company,but again
8、 he was refused.In all his life he lives a miserable life.At last he cannot bear all these.He chooses to avenge humans.At last he dies together with his creator,Frankenstein.Fun picturesFun picturesIf cloning goes wrong,what will happen?A dog or an eagle?A duck or a crocodile?A cock or a dog?A lion
9、or a kangaroo?A frog or a crocodile?A tortoise or a bear?A bird or a dog?A dog or a man?BComprehension1.The passage is mainly about_.A.what cloning is B.the advantage of cloning C.arguments about cloning human embryos D.the disadvantage of cloning2.We can learn from the two letters_.A.both of the wr
10、iters are pro-cloning.B.both of the writers are anti-cloning.C.neither of the writers are against cloning.D.both of the writers are not for cloning human embryos3.The announcement of successful human embryo cloning has caused much debate because_.A.people still have no clear idea about the results o
11、f human cloningB.valuable tissues and organs can be used to save humans C.mankind is going to produce terrible monstersD.people know that nature will punish mankind for human cloningComprehension4.The success of the cloned sheep Dolly has proved that_.A.cloning will create more diseases in animal wo
12、rldB.cloned animals will die at a muchyounger age than normalC.man has been able to produce an exact copy from an adult cellD.man can interfere with nature at his willComprehension5.According to the passage,what is the real intention of Ian Wilmuts cloning research?A.To create copies of humans in th
13、e end.B.To destroy human embryos in the end.C.To create new tissues or organs for sale.D.To cure deadly diseases eventually.Comprehension6.How does a woman who cannot give a birth benefit from cloning?A.She can have a baby using another womans egg.B.She can have a baby genetically related to her.C.S
14、he can adopt someone elses child by cloning.D.She can have more children.7.What can we infer from the whole passage?A.Cloning animals is illegal in Italy.B.Chinese scientists are trying to benefit mankind by using cloning technology.C.Chinese scientists want to be the first to clone a human baby.D.C
15、olin Jake agrees with the scientists who want to clone a human baby.ComprehensionIs it a good idea to clone humans some day?Give as many scientific terms(术语)as you can about cloning.clonegene genetically cell embryoorgansheepmammaltissuestem cellbiology Give as many scientific terms(术语)as you can about cloning.If one day you found a cloned yourself,whats your reaction?What would you do?Discussion
