牛津高中英语模块5 Unit3 Reading

句子结构分析：本句是个主从复合句， point out是谓语，在其后that引导的 宾语从句中，if you clone an embryo 是条件状语从句，两个破折号中间的 such as bone or lung tissue是插入语， that could be used to save human lives是定语从句，修饰先行词human tissues 。
Begin by reading the first and last Step 1 paragraphs for an idea of what the article is about.
Step 2
Circle any words you do not know. Question things that you do not understand or that do not appear to make sense. Read through the article a few times, and make sense of the scientific terms upon further readings.
including some scientists, disagree and
are afraid that, if mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to producing a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.
克隆 胚胎 组织
organ (line 4)
cell (line 9)
器官
细胞
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Read the article carefully, and finish the following exercises:
Decide whether the following are true or false. F 1. People all over the world are happy about the idea of cloning human beings. F 2. Dolly, the first cloned mammal, is exactly the same as other sheep. T 3. According to the article, the scientist who created Dolly does not agree with cloning human beings.
1. produce valuable 1. human life tissues and organs becomes like a crop that could be used to be harvested or a to save human lives product for sale
2. help
2. toy with 玩弄，摆弄 He accused the young man of toying with his daughter’s feelings. 他指责那个年轻人玩弄他女儿的感情。 She just toyed with her food, as she wasn’t really hungry. 她只是把食物摆弄着玩儿，因为她并 不饿。
另一方面, 包括一些科学家在内的很多人
则持不同意见, 他们担心如果人们如此戏 弄自然, 我们可能将制造出一个现实生活 中的弗兰肯斯坦怪物。 on (the) one hand, on the other hand 一方面……，另一方面…… 如：
On the one hand, rapid development of the
Lead-in Reading
Discussion
Reading strategy
Skimming Scaning Detailed reading
Language points
Check previewing work: Answer the following questions. 1. What is cloning? Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or animal using its cells.
2. What was the name of the first
cloned mammal? Dolly 3. Is Pauline Carter pro-or anti-cloning? Anti-cloning.
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Go through the reading strategy, and find out how to work out the meaning of these scientific terms.
be having fewer babies in order to reduce Earth’s population, not cloning more 返回目录
3.
4.
5. should
Discussion
Do you think there should be laws to prohibit
名词: 仿制品
4. I don’t want to adopt someone else’s
child if I had the chance, I would have a cloned baby right now. 我不想领养别人的孩子— 如果我有这 么一个机会，我会立即要一个克隆婴 儿。
adopt “ 收养，领养”。 如： He adopted the orphan. 他收养了那孤儿。 此外，adopt还有 “采纳，采用”的 意 思。如： Can a school adopt the policy prohibiting the use of mobile phones on campus? 学校能采纳禁止在学校
3. The result of something that has happened consequences 4. The material that makes up different parts of the body tissue 5. cut and gather a crop harvest 6. the state of feeling nervous and worried anxiety 7. what someone plans to do intention
human cloning? Why or why not? Group A Group B There should , for… There shouldn’t, for… 1. …… 1. …… 2. …… 2. …… 3. …… reasons: 3. …… reasons:
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1. On the other hand, many people,
T4. Cloning can be used to cure diseases because it can produce new tissues and
organs. F 5. Cloning human being6s is not legal in many countries, so no scientists want to clone human beings. F 6. Both Colin Jake and Pauline Carter are against cloning humans.
What are the different attitudes towards
the success of cloning a human embryo? Valuable tissues and organs can be produced and be used to save human lives. Human beings may be on the way to producing a real-life monster. Cloning human embryos with the intention to destroy them shows no respect for human life.
3. clone vt./ n.克隆 It was Ian Wilmut who cloned the sheep Dolly. The sheep Dolly was cloned from adult cells. Cloning human beings has caused ethical problems. This computer is just an IBM clone.
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Step 3
Read through the passage and find out the main idea. The reading passage is about how cloning is being researched and the different attitudes towards it.
Find the reasons why people are for or against human cloning in the article and letters. Write them in the table below.
For human cloning Against human cloning
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Understanding scientific terms Circle the unfamiliar words or things you do not understand while second reading.
clone (line 1)
embryo (line 2) tissue (line 4)
those who are unable to have children 3. help those who want to clone their dead children
2.
produce a real-life Frankstein’s monster lead to more diseases in the animal world shows no respect for human life
economy will improve the living conditions
of the people. On the other hand it will
speed up environmental destruction.
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。
领养孩子
采用新技术
adopt a child adopt a new technique adopt an idea/ opinion
采纳意见
There are many English words ________ adopted from foreign countries.
长难句分析： 1. On the one hand, some scientists point out that if you clone an embryo, you can produce valuable human tissues — such as bone or lung tissue — that could be used to save human lives. (P42) 一方面，一些科学家指出如果克隆人 类胚胎，你就可以制造出宝贵的人体 组织——如骨组织或肺组织——他可 以用来拯救人类的生命。
Match the words with their correct meanings.
tissue intention anxiety adopt consequence harvest transform 1. completely change something so that it transform is better 2. become the parents of somebody else’s child adopt