四川省宜宾县蕨溪中学高中英语 Module5 Cloning Period 5 Cultural C

Period 5 Cultural Corner，Speaking and Writing
Teaching Goals：
1．To enable Ss to write an argument about cloning．
2．To help Ss learn how to talk about cloning．
3．To let Ss know more about the possible development of cloning．
Teaching Procedures：
Step 1．Revision
Check the answers to Grammar exercises on P91-92 and give Ss some instruction． Step 2．Cultural Corner
Purpose：To enable Ss to know about the possible development of cloning．1．Leading-in
Show Ss the picture and introduce one of the most famous twentieth century novels to them．Then ask some questions about the future in order to arouse
Ss'interest in it．
(1)Have you ever imagine your future?
(2)What can we see in the future?
(3)Can we create a robot for US to do everything for us?
2．Reading
(1)Skim the passage and finish the following exercises．
①The book was written in——by——．
②What is the novel about?
③Do you think the world described in the novel is possible?Why?
Suggested Answers 2
①1931，Aldous Huxley
②②It describes how the world government control people six hundred years
in the future．
③Various answers ale acceptable．
(2)Read the passage again and finish the following form．
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__________________________
①
______________________________ Ways to control people ②
______________________________ ③_______ Best：________work as：
________
：：_______haveSecondeach of
Information
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：：_______work asgroup Lowest
__________________________
①
___________________________ Reasons for controlling ②peple
Suggested Answers：．①People are cloned in factories
They are taught to like and dislike certain
②
． Ways to control people things and people ．They use soma to control t③hem leaders ： work as Best：Alphas
good positions ：：Betas have Information of each group Secondworkers ： Lowest ：Epsilons work as 1．They want to make people happy．
for controlling Reasons
They don．2people ．'t want people change the society
Listening
．3 Listen to the passage a．nd fill in each blank with each word
． (1)Brave New World became a subject of much______as soon as it first appeared (2)The novel describes a____future world that is becoming more and
more ． rfd________six hundred years in the future (3)Brave New％．n this
， (4)Its aim is for people to be happySO that there are no more___and____i
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world．But the world government uses several very_________methods to control people．
(5)The only reason why scientists have not created thousands of clones is that thev have___________learnt how to do this．
(6)As small children，each cloned group is___to____and___certain things and
people．
(7)In this way，the government__________that people are happy with their position in society and will not try to____________________things．
(8)The government also keeps people happy with_________a drug called soma
____________________________makes people
happy．
(9)If we can completely____people，is that a_______________thing?
(10)If we can give people drugs to____them_______unhappy，is that good or bad?
(11)If we do this，do we just stop them____，SO that they have no_______?
(12)Do we want____，sometimes _____ human beings，or do we want a____，“safe”society?
Suggested Answers：
(1)discussion (2)terrifying；possible (3)takes plac'e (4)violence；powerful (5)identical；not yet (6)taught；like；dislike (7)makes sure；change (8)the use of；that (9)control；good (10)stop；feeling (11)feeling；real emotions (12)real；dangerous；controlled
4．Discussion
Ask Ss to discuss the question：Do you like the world described in this novel?
Suggested Answer：
Various answers are acceptable．
Step 3．Speaking and Writing
1．Let Ss read the passage on P48 and answer the questions．
(1)Is cloning allowed everywhere in the world?
(2)Why has cloning become common in many societies?
(3)Would you want to clone yourself?
Suggested Answers：
(1)No，it isn't．Only a few countries ban it．／Most countries encourage it．
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(2)Because they think it is beneficial to society． (3)Various answers are acceptable． Let Ss discuss if they are for or against cloning．2． Ask Ss to make a draft according to the following information．3．告诉他你们班同学下的表格，给一家英
文报社编辑写一封信，假如你是Tom，请你根据以
对克隆的不同观点，并表达自己的看法。

赞成的理由反对的理由你的观点
(1)克隆技术可挽救濒危动
物 (1)克隆人容易提前衰老或死 ?
(2)可再造人体器官用来移
植， (2)克隆人的出现会使社会混为老年人和病人带来福乱
音
：One Possible Version Recently in my class there is a heated debate about“To clone
or not to clone”．The
students for cloning say that cloning can help the wildlife in danger，and we can have more and more wildlife in the world，and it can help the old and the sick，for example，some cloned organs can be tranplanted in their bodies．
However，the students against it say that cloning can speed up the rate of growing old and death．What's worse，cloning Can make our society confused．There would be two or more of you，two and more of your parents and SO on．
In my opinion，cloning is new technology，SO socientists should do their best
to make full use of it to help human beings．
Step 4．Homework
1．Finish the writing task．
2．Finish the rest of the exercises in the Workbook．
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