TheFourthTeachingCompetetioninNO.7MiddleSchoolofYuanlingTaughtbyLianYuanmeiThefirstclonedmammalDollyDollyandIanWilmut•IamDolly.Iamtheworld’sfirstclonedammal.Ilookjustlikemybrother,that’sbecauseIamaclone.•Iwasclonedusingacellfromanadultcat.•WeareclonedfemalepigsandwewerebornonChristmasDay2001.•Weareapairofnew-bornclonedcalvesfromJapan.•IamthefirstclonedmonkeyandIwasbornataresearchcentreintheUSA.1.Whatiscloning?Speed-readingReadthetextquicklyandthenfindouttheanswerstothesequestionsCloningisproducinganexactcopyofaplantorananimalusingitscells.2.Howmanyscientistsarementionedinthistext?Whowantstocloneahumanbeing?SeverinoAntinoriSeverinoAntinoriTheyhavesuccessfullyclonedthefirsthumanembryo.•Whatisarencentanouncementbyscientists?Howabouttheresultoftherencentanouncement?Ithascausedmuchdebateandhasshockedmanypeoplearoundtheworld.Readeachparagraphofthistextcarefully,andthenfindoutagreementanddisagreementaboutcloning.AgreementDisagreement1.producetissuesandorganstosavehumanlives2.scientists…praised…breakthrough3.curediseaseslikecancer4.helpthosewhoareunabletohavechildren5.helpthosewhowanttoclonetheirdeadchildren…1.interferewithnature2.producemonster3.createmorediseasesintheanimalsworld4.cloningshowsnorespectforhumanbeings5.illegal6.immoral(不道德的)Theyhavesuccessfullyclonedthefirsthumanembryo.•Whatisarencentanouncementbyscientists?Howabouttheresultoftherencentanouncement?Ithascausedmuchdebateandhasshockedmanypeoplearoundtheworld.True(T)orfalse(F)exercises1.Peopleallovertheworldarehappyabouttheideaofcloninghumanbeings.2.Dolly,thefirstclonedmammal,isexactlythesameasothersheep.3.Cloningcanbeusedtocurediseasesbecauseitcanproducenewtissuesandorgans.4.Cloninghumanbeingisillegalinmanycountries,sonoscientistswanttoclonehumanbeings.5.ColinJakeisagainstcloninghumans,justlikePaulineCarter.FTFFFDiscussion1.Isthearticlefororagainstcloning?2.Arethereanybenefitsfromcloning?3.What’s“theperfectcopy”?What’syouropinionaboutcloninghumanbeings?homework1.Readthetextagainandtrytofindoutyourfavoritesentences.2.Ifyouhadtheright,whatwouldyouliketoclone?Why?Pleasewriteashortpassage(100wordsorso).
