Module5Cloning单元小结ThemostfamoushorrorfilmFrankensteinisascifistory.ItdescribesayoungscientistFrankenstein,animaginarycharacter,createdacreaturewhichisidenticaltoahumanbeing.However,thefinalresultisincredible.Thecreature'sblackhairandwhiteteethcontrastshorriblywithhiswrinkledyellowskinandblacklips.Itterrifieseveryonewhoseeshim.ForFrankenstein,thenightmaresbegan.Whenthemonstergotrefused,hemurderedFrankenstein'sbrotherandhisfiancee.Thescientistchasedthemonsterandwantedtokillhimagainandagain.Intheend,themonsterthrewhimselfontheiceintheArcticanddisappeared.Inthisfilm,Frankensteincreatedthecreatureusingthetechnique—cloning.Nowthescienceofgeneticsandcloningisverypopular.In1996,theclonedanimal—Dollythesheepwasborn.Theworldtreateditasamiracle.Sincethen,manyanimalshavebeencloned.Somescientistsaretryingtoclonehumans,whichiscontroversial.Thecontradictoryopinionsareasfollows:Thosefortheideaofcloninghumansthinkwecanrelyontheclonetoresistorcurethediseases.Thoseagainsttheideathinkcloningwillrestrictthebiodiversityofthebreed.Moreproblemsarise.Forexample,howtodealwiththerelationshipbetweenthecloneandtheoriginal?Whethercloningwillbebeneficialorharmfultohumanbeingsisunknown.Toavoidgettingoutofcontrol,compulsorygovernmentregulationswhichcontrolcloningwillhavetomade.最著名的恐怖电影《弗兰肯斯坦》是一个科幻故事。它讲述了一个虚构的人物——年轻的科学家弗兰肯斯坦，创造了一个和人一样的生物的故事。然而，最后的结果令人难以置信。这个生物的黑色的头发、白色的牙与他布满皱纹的黄色皮肤以及黑色嘴唇形成了可怕的对比。它吓坏了见过他的每个人。对弗兰肯斯坦来说，噩梦开始了。当这个怪物被拒绝时，他谋杀了弗兰肯斯坦的兄弟和未婚妻。这位科学家追赶怪物，一次又一次地想杀害他。最后，这个怪物扑倒在北极的冰上消失了。在这部电影里，弗兰肯斯坦用克隆技术创造了这个生物。现在遗传学和克隆很流行。1996年，克隆羊多利诞生。世人把它看作一个奇迹。从那以后，许多动物就被克隆出来了。一些科学家正试图克隆人类，这是有争议的。对立的观点如下：那些支持克隆人类的人认为，我们可以依靠克隆体抵抗或治愈疾病。那些反对的人认为，克隆将限制物种的多样性。更多的问题出现了，比如，如何处理克隆体与原体的关系？克隆对人类有益还是有害还不清楚。为了避免失去控制，强制性的政府控制克隆的法规将不得不制定出来。加餐练(一)完形阅读组合练Ⅰ.完形填空MyStoryThelongjourneytoclonemytwobeloveddogsbeganaboutfifteenyearsago.Itwastheyear2000andmylifewas__1__.At30yearsold,Iwaspoor.IspentallmymoneyandI__2__frommywife.ItwasatthatverymomentmytwowonderfuldogsWolfieandBubblecaredformy__3__heart.Untilthisday,IhavenoideahowIwouldhavegonethroughthosehorribletimes__4__them.Irealizedwhatmy__5__inlifewas.Myhappinesswas__6__relatedtomytwodogswhomIconsideredmychildren.I__7__asimple15yearplan.Iwouldstartacompany,whoseonly__8__wastomakeenoughmoney__9__Icouldpaytohavethemclonedwhenthetimecame.Iwouldstartmyown__10__andsavemoney.Workhard,save,andlive__11__.TodayIfeelIhavewalkedamillionmiles.Iamverytired,__12__havefinallyreachedmygoal.InJulyof2011,IfoundadogcloningcompanySooamBiotechResearchFoundationinSouthKorea__13__bythetopcloningscientistandfatherofdogcloning—Dr.Hwang,whowasthefirstscientisttosuccessfully__14__adog.Infact,hewastheonewhoclonedSnuppy—theworld'sfirstcloned__15__thatIhadmetinMay2009.Dr.Hwangandhisstaff__16__mewithopenarms.HetoldmethattheWolfieclonesshouldnotgrowup__17__.HewasgoingtocloneBubble__18__andIwasalsorelievedthatthemoneywouldbeenough.TwohealthyWolfiecloneswereborno...
