Module5CloningAmongallthefastgrowingscienceandtechnology,theresearchofhumangenes,orbiologicalengineeringaspeoplecallit,isdrawingmoreandmoreattentionnow.Sometimesitisahottopicdiscussedbypeople.Thegreatestthingthatgenetechnologycandoistocureseriousdiseasesthatdoctorsatpresentcanalmostdonothingwith,suchascancerandheartdisease.Everyyear,millionsofpeoplearemurderedbythesetwokillers.Andtodate,doctorshavenotfoundaneffectivewaytocurethem.Butifthegenetechnologyisapplied,notonlythesetwodiseasescanbecuredcompletely,bringinghappinessandmorelivingdaystothepatients,butalsothegreatamountofmoneypeoplespendoncuringtheirdiseasescanbesaved,thereforeitbenefitstheeconomyaswell.Inaddition,humanlifespan(寿命)canbeprolonged.Genetechnologycanhelppeopletogivebirthtomorehealthyandcleverchildren.Somefamilies,withtheEnglishimperial(皇帝的)familybeingagoodexample,havehereditary(遗传的)diseases.Thismeanstheirchildrenwillforsurehavethefamilydisease,whichisagreattroubleforthesefamilies.Inthepast,doctorscoulddonothingabouthereditarydiseases.Butgenetechnologycansolvethisproblemperfectly.Thescientistjustneedtofindthewronggeneandcorrectitandahealthychildwillbeborn.Somepeopleareworryingthatthegeneresearchcanbeusedtomanufacturehumanbeingsinlargequantities.Inthepastfewyears,scientistshavesucceededincloningasheep;thereforethesepeoplepredictthathumanbabieswouldsoonbecloned.ButIbelieveclonedbabieswillnotcomeoutinlargequantities,formostcouplesintheworldcanhavebabiesinverynormalway.Ofcourse,thegovernmentsmusttakecaretocontrolgenetechnology.Section_ⅠIntroduction_&_Reading_—_PrereadingFrankenstein'sMonsterPart1ThestoryofFrankensteinFrankensteinisthenameofayoungscientistfromGeneva,inSwitzerland.Whilestudyingatuniversity①，hediscoversthesecretofhowtocreatelife.Usingbonesfromdeadbodies②，hecreatesacreature③thatresembles④ahumanbeingandgivesitlife⑤.Thecreature,whichisverylargeandstrong⑥，andisalsoextremely⑦ugly,terrifies⑧anyonewhoseesit⑨.However,themonster,whohaslearnttospeak,isintelligent⑩andhashumanemotions⑪.Hebecomeslonely⑫andunhappywhenhecannotfindanyfriendsandsoonhebeginstohatehiscreatorFrankenstein.WhenFrankensteinrefuses⑬tocreateawifeforhim,themonstermurders⑭Frankenstein'sbrother,hisbestfriendClerval,andfinally,Frankenstein'snewwifeElizabeth.Thescientistchases⑮thecreaturetotheArctic⑯inorderto⑰destroyhim,buthediesthere.Attheendofthestory,themonsterdisappearsintotheiceandsnowtoendhisownlife.①Whilestudyingatuniversity是时间状语从句的省略，补充完整是：Whileheisstudyingatuniversity。②Usingbonesfromdeadbodies是方式状语。③that引导定语从句，that在从句中作主语，不能省略。④resemble＝(looklike)vt.像不能用于进行时态或被动语态。⑤give...life＝givelifeto...赋予……生命⑥which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰thecreature。⑦extremelyadv.很，极其⑧terrify/'terfaI/əv．使惊恐，使受惊吓⑨whoseesit是定语从句，修饰先行词anyone。⑩intelligentadj.有智慧的，悟性强的⑪emotion/I'mn/əʊʃn．感情；情绪⑫lonelyadj.孤独的lonely强调因孤独而主观上感到寂寞；alone强调客观上只有一个人。⑬refuse/rI'fjuz/ːv．拒绝refuse后常接todo不定式。⑭murder/'md/ɜːəv．谋杀⑮chase/teIz/ʃv．追逐，追赶，追踪⑯theArctic北极，北极地区⑰inorderto为了，此处可换成soasto。弗兰肯斯坦的怪物[第1段译文]第一部分《弗兰肯斯坦》的故事弗兰肯斯坦是瑞士日内瓦一位年轻的科学家的名字。还在上大学时，他就发现了怎样创造生命的秘密。利用死人的骨头，他创造出一个像人的怪...
