高中英语 Unit 2 Cloning Listening练习 新人教版选修8(1)

Using Language
IS CLONING CRUEL?
Xiao Qing (XQ) and Rachel Brown (RB) are discussing whether cloning is cruel to animals or not.
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RB: Xiao Qing, do you think cloning’s _____?
XQ: What do you mean by that? The scientists are doing a __________ job. Soon they may be able to bring people’s favourite _____ back to life!
RB: Yes, I know. But doesn’t it seem cruel to you that it took ___ experiments before Dolly was ___________ cloned? Think of all those live _____ and eggs that died in order for Dolly to be _____. I don’t approve of that!
XQ: But, Rachel, be __________. Isn’t it always like that with a _____ science? This is the way people learn to do things ______.
RB: I suppose so — but they also make the animals do such _________ things. One poor cow was made to give birth to a bison. What was the poor creature to think _______ it saw its baby?
XQ: I don’t quite understand ____ so many people are ________ cloning. I think the scientists _____ a bit of encouragement. Think of the _______. Cloning may help medical science to produce cures for serious ________.
RB: Yes, I know and I agree with that. I t’s just that I don’t agree with the ________.
XQ: Why not?
RB: Well, I think it’s a dead _____. Dolly the sheep was “middle-aged” when she was born _______ her DNA came from a middle-aged “mother”. ________ your grandmother would mean a new baby started life as an _____ lady!
XQ: Really? I ______ thought of that.
RB: And it ________ the species. Cloning means that there’s _____ variety in the species. So the animals may not be able to ______ a particular illness and they might _____ out.
XQ: Oh dear! And that was just what you and I were trying to ______. In spite of all these, don’t you think scie ntists would still be able to ____ the problems? Wo rkbook-Listening
IS HUMAN CLON ING A GOOD IDEA?
Wang Qiao (WQ) is talking to Clare Peters (CP) about human cloning.
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WQ: What do you think about ________ cloning, Clare?
CP: I don’t know what to think. But I _______ it’ll come one of these days. I think there are ______ problems that nobody has t hought of _____.
WQ: What do you mean by that?
CP: Well, a clone will be an _____ copy of the original donor. Right?
WQ: Yes, so ______?
CP: Well, wha t’s the ___________ between the clone and his original donor? WQ: I suppose they must be ___ one person. The clone is the ______ as his original
donor.
CP: Let’s suppose that you take a baby to a laboratory to be ______. Does it matter if the laboratory _______ you the real baby and one clone or two ______?
WQ: Yes, it does. But how could this _______ happen?
CP: Well, the scientists may get _________.
WQ: My goodness. Surely they would _____ if there is an age-gap between the ______ and the clone?
CP: Maybe. What if the donor and the clone are very _____ in age? Let us suppose they are _____ babies.
WQ: OK.
CP: Let’s suppose that the laboratory wanted to use the ____ baby to make more clones. Perhaps they know parents ____ would like to ____ a cloned baby. Perhaps this family is ______ to have children of their own. So the laboratory keeps the real baby and _____ the clones as they grow.
WQ: But that’s a baby _______! That’s not moral at all!
CP: I know, and that’s why it’s __________ to get our ideas sorted ____ now. So we really have to ______ about the problems of human cloning.
WQ: Yes. Now I ____ your point. We should do something about this. How about a class _________? What do you think? …
Workbook-Listening Task
A DISCUSSION ABOUT CLONING
Billy (B) and Frank (F) are having a discussion about cloning pets.
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B: You know, Frank, I _____ with cloning. My mum has a pet _____ and she is devoted to her. I think if anything _________ to this pet she would be very ______. So we want to keep my mother happy by keeping her pet _____ forever!
F: What’s this all about? A little dog! Surely you can make your mother happy ______ in another w ay! Does she know what people did before cloning was a _________? B: Yes, and she knows the cl oning procedure. She’s _____ about the experiments in America. They offer ________ for pets to produce their own stem cells. These stem cells will _______ new pets at a very reasonable price.
F: Reasonable price! Surely it will be very _________.
B: Well, my mother is ______ money to go to America with the dog just ______ it dies. If she goes to the laboratory, we’ll all ______ a week in America. If we’re lucky, we’ll be able to _______ after a few months with a ____ dog.
F: Now I understand. You just want a holiday ____ to America, and getting a new dog is just an ______.
B: Yes and why not?
F: You are encouraging your mother to ____ her dog, so she will want to clone it when it ____ old. Then you will take _________ of that to have a good holiday. Don’t you think about the ______ problems of cloning?
B: No, I don’t. It’s _____ by me, if I can make my mother happy and e njoy _______ as well. That’s moral too!
F: You know what they say about ______ dogs in Western countries. People keep dogs
_______ of having a real baby. Is that the _____ with your mother?
B: Certainly not! She has me _____ a ll. But I have to be _____ from her when I study abroad for my Master’s _______. She’ll need her small dog then!
F: I see. Now I know _____ I don’t agree with cloning.
B: Now you know why I ____.。