新视野大学英语第三版第二册第八单元ection A课件pptppt.ppt

Listen to a short passage concerning animal medical research and fill in the missing information.
Wesley Smith is a lawyer allied with the
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• As your best friend and family member • Take good care of them even they were sick • Never abandoned or ignored when they are
getting older…
Short answer questions
• To relieve the eternal suffering of people; • To understand the process and test new
therapies; • Most experiments on human beings will fail; • To accelerate the process of medical research; • The research of simulated effects on computer
2. Should animals be treated in the same way as human beings? Should scientific experiments use animals to develop medicines to help and heal human beings? What do you think about the experiments on animals?
Section A Animals or children? – A scientist’s choice
Contents
Warming-up activities Text study Language application Summary
Section A Animals or children? – A scientist’s choice
1. How did the American treat animals?
• To spend thousands of millions of dollars every year;
• On animal food, health care, equipment and toys;
• Care so deeply for them; • Brave the disaster to stay with them… • Animal welfare organizations provide
Section A
Animals or children ? – A scientist’s choice
Objectives
To talk about animal research To further understand the text To apply the phrases and patterns To master the essay writing skill
group. He has written extensively about
science and _e_th__ic_s__.
Mister Smith points to the Silver Spring Monkey
Case as an example of h_a_r_m__f_u_l policy. Last
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Unit 8 Section A
Animals or children ? – A scientist’s choice
FOREIGH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERTISY
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8 UNIT
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Cultural background
Animal research
Questions Previewing
1. What is the animal research? And why?
Tips
2. Why did animal rights activists ban on animal testing?
services…
2. What is PETA?
•An animal rights organization; •For the ethical treatment of animals; •The headquarters in Norfolk,Virginia; •To save and improve the lives of millions of animals; •The largest animal rights group in the world…
Listen to a short passage concerning animal medical research and fill in the missing information.
The American Veterinary Medical Association is an organization of doctors who care for animals. The A.V.M.A. agrees with some _p_o_s_it_i_o_n_s__ taken by animal rights groups. But the association also says it cannot accept policies that conflict with what it calls _r_e_s_p_o_n_s_ib_l_e__ animal use for human purposes.
Tips
3. Why did physician scientists conduct the animal experiments?
Tips
Cultural background
Animal research
1. What is the animal research? And why?
• To use animals in experiments; • To research the new drugs; • To improve the success rate of surgeries; • To keep the people healthy and happy; • To help the patients and dying people …
is of little value …
Section A Animals or children? – A scientist’s choice
Text study
Main idea & structure Language focus Critical thinking
The text is an _a__r_g_u__m__e_n_t_a__ti_v_e__e__s_s_a__y_, the purpose of which is to convince readers by using good _r_e_a__s_o__n_s__ and strong _e__v_i_d_e__n_c_e__. The author, through writing this essay, argues for his rightfulness of doing _a__n_i_m__a_l__r_e_s_e__a_r_c_h__.
Cultural background
Animal research
2. Why did animal rights activists ban on animal testing?
• Cruel and inhumane, animals should be free;
• Unreliable, diห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ferent between people and animals;
He noted the _s_u_ff_e_r_in_g__ of victims of Alzheimer's disease. This disease __s_t_ri_k_e_s_ mainly older people. It steals their ability to think and care for themselves. Animals are often used in research on such _b__ra_i_n_d_i_s_e_a_s_e___.
Listen to a short passage concerning animal medical research and fill in the missing information.
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
PETA disapproves of the use of animals for _m_e_d_i_c_a_l _r_es__ea_r_c_h_. But many research scientists say this position could prevent development of treatments and cures for serious and _d_e_a_d_ly__d_is_e_a_s_e_s__.
Warming-up activities
Lead-in Pre-reading activities Cultural background
Short answer questions
1. Did you have a pet before? How did you treat your pet?
year, he wrote on the subject for the online publication of the National Review. His article was called "A Monkey for Your Grandmother."
Listen to a short passage concerning animal medical research and fill in the missing information.
— Albert Einstein
I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
—Abraham Lincoln
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8 UNIT Human rights vs. animal rights
•Cursed, cruel and non-humanitarian experiment •To help and heal human beings •To help people get rid of pain •To develop the medical research…
Listen to a talk about animal protection and discuss the questions. 1. How did the American treat animals? 2. What is PETA?
• Computers can also be programmed ; • Break the ecological balance.
Cultural background
Animal research
3. Why did physician scientists conduct the animal experiments?