贾汪中学M5U3 Reading

Unit3ScienceandNatureReadingUnit3TheperfectcopyTitleunderstandingHowcanyouunderstandthewordcopy?A.modelB.cloneC.similarityD.imitationclonedpigs1.Whatiscloning?2.Whatwasthenameofthefirstclonedmammal?Cloningisproducinganexactcopyofaplantorananimalsusingitscells.Dolly.3.IsPaulineCarterfororagainsthumancloning?Sheisagainsthumancloning.FirstreadingReadthroughthepassageandfindoutthemainidea.Thereadingpassageisabouthowcloningisbeingresearchedandthedifferentattitudestowardsit.Para.1.What’stherecentannouncementabout?What’speople’sreactiontoit?It’saboutthesuccessfulcloningofthefirsthumanembryo.Thishascausedmuchdebateroundtheworld.DetailedreadingPara.2What’sthenameofthefirstclonedmammal?Diditliveaslongasthenormalsheep?Whyweresomepeopleveryangryaboutit?Dolly.No,itdidn’t.Theythoughtcloningwouldcreatemorediseasesintheanimalworld.Para.3.What’sthenationalityofthescientistwhocreatedthefirstmammal?Whatdoeshethinkcloningshouldbefocusedon?British.Cloningshouldbefocusedoncreatingnewtissuesandorgansthatcouldbeusedtocurediseaseslikecancer.Para.4What’stheproblemwiththe41-year-oldsaleswomanFayeWilson?Doesshewelcometheideaofcloningababy?Shecan’thaveababy.Yes,shedoes.Para.5Iscloninghumanembryosillegalinallcountries?WhathasanItaliandoctordeclared?No,itisn’t.Hewantstobethefirsttocloneahumanbeing.Para.6.WhatanimalshasChinasucceededincloning?Chinahassucceededincloningcowsandgoats.Reading—DetailedinformationReadthearticlecarefully,andfinishthefollowingexercises:Decidewhetherthefollowingaretrueorfalse.1.Peopleallovertheworldarehappyabouttheideaofcloninghumanbeings.2.Dolly,thefirstclonedmammal,wasjustthesameasothersheep.3.Accordingtothearticle,thescientistwhocreatedDollydoesnotagreewithcloninghumanbeings.FFT4.Cloningcanbeusedtocurediseasesbecauseitcanproducenewtissues.5.Cloninghumanbeingsisillegalinmanycountries,sonoscientistswanttoclonehumanbeings.6.BothColinJakeandPaulineCarterareagainstcloninghumans.FFTFindthereasonswhypeoplearefororagainsthumancloninginthearticleandletters.Writetheminthetablebelow.ForhumancloningAgainsthumancloning1.producevaluabletissuesandorgansthatcouldbeusedtosavehumanlives1.humanlifebecomeslikeacroptobeharvestedoraproductforsale2.2.3.3.4.5.helpthosewhoareunabletohavechildrenhelpthosewhowanttoclonetheirdeadchildrenmightproduceareal-lifeFrankstein’smonsterwouldleadtomorediseasesintheanimalworldshowsnorespectforhumanlifeshouldbehavingfewerbabiesinordertoreducetheEarth’spopulation,notcloningmoreWhat’stheauthor’sopiniononcloning?A.Positive.B.Neutral.C.Negative.Matchthesenewwordsfromthearticleandletterswiththeirmeaning.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.a.completelychangesthsothatitisbetterb.becometheparent(s)ofsbelse’schildtissueintentionanxietyadoptconsequenceharvesttransformtransformadoptc.theresultofsththathashappenedd.thematerialthatmakesupdifferentpartsofthebodye.cutandgatheracropf.thestateoffeelingnervousandworriedg.whatsomeoneplanstodotissueintentionanxietyharvestconsequenceFillintheblankswiththewordsinthebox.pushingaheadwithphysiciantoywithafterallreal-lifeexactlegalcellDearEditor,Asa(1)________,Ireadyourarticleabouthumancloningwithgreatinterest.Ifirstheardofcloninganimalsfromasingle(2)______whenIwenttoaseminaraboutDollythesheep.Dollywasclonedin1996,inBritain.Atthetime,Ithoughtthatthewholeconceptofcloningwasnotmoral.physiciancellIfwe(3)________life,wemightcreateproblems.Whogaveustherighttodothis?And,whataretheconsequencesofouractions?ItseemsthatIwascorrecttohavedoubtsabout(4)__________________cloning.(5)__________,eventhoughDollylookedthesameasanormalsleep,shewasnothealthyanddiedyoung,toywithpushingaheadwithAfterallAndnooneknowsthe(6)_____reasonforthis.Theideabehindcloningsoundsgood,buttherearemany(7)________problemswithit.Forthisreason,Ialsodon’taccepttheideaofcloninghumans–mankindisnotreadyforthis.exactreal-lifeIbelievethatweneedstrictlawstomakeitacrimetodohumancloning.TheworkofthatItalianfellow,SeverinoAntinori,shouldnotbe(8)_____.IfIwerethePresidentofItaly,Iwouldthinkabouttakingawayhislicense.Yourstruly,WangLinlegal1.Ontheotherhand,manypeople,includingsomescientists,disagreeandareafraidthat,ifmankindtoyswithnatureinthisway,wemaybeonourwaytoproducingareal-lifeFrankenstein’smonster.Languagepoints另一方面,包括一些科学家在内的很多人则持不同意见,他们担心人类如果如此戏弄自然,可能将制造出一个现实生活中的弗兰肯斯坦怪物。on(the)onehand,ontheotherhand一方面……，另一方面……如：Ontheonehand,rapiddevelopmentoftheeconomywillimprovethelivingconditionsofthepeople.Ontheotherhanditwillspeedupenvironmentaldestruction.一方面经济的迅速发展会改善人们的生活状况,另一方面它会加速环境的破坏。短语toywith的意思是“玩弄，摆弄”Heaccusedtheyoungmanoftoyingwithhisdaughter’sfeelings.他指责那个年轻人玩弄他女儿的感情。Shejusttoyedwithherfood,asshewasn’treallyhungry.她只是把食物拨弄着玩儿，因为她并不饿。短语oneone’swaytodoingsth的意思是“正在做某事的过程中”，to是介词，后接名词或者动名词。如：Heisonhiswaytobecomingafamoussinger.他离成为一名著名歌手已经不远了。2.clonevt./n.克隆ThesheepDollywasclonedfromadultcells.ItwasIanWilmutwhoclonedthesheepDolly.ItwasthefirstclonedmammalintheWorld.Cloninghumanbeingshascausedethicalproblems.ThiscomputerisjustanIBMclone.名词:仿制品3.normal正常的;普通的；正规的;标准的，智力正常的，精神健全的Weepingisanormalresponsetopain.Itisn’tanormalform.正