新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第三册_Unit_8_Section_A_Legal_and_Moral_Implications_of_Cloning

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1. Saving lives… 2. Huge market…
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Ladies and gentlemen, before revolutionary breakthroughs, some will choose to see the darker side. They hesitate; they retreat and they run away; here, we, leaders of the industry will choose to see the brighter side, welcome the chance and embrace the challenge. Some will choose to see dangers and stop before anything should happen; we here, will choose to see the opportunities and move onward to save lives…
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Part III. The Puzzles (Paras. 8-10)
8. Would a cloned human be identical to the original?
No
Yes
in appearance
in personalities
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III. Summary
With the success of cloning an adult mammal, a world with human clones was suddenly _____ within _____. Governments hurried to _____________ reach draft guidelines for an unknown future. At the same time, cloning has generated a long list of _____________ for difficult puzzles scientists, politicians, and philosophers. Six puzzles or questions on the issue of cloning are listed. They are about the _____________ legal and moral implications of cloning. People are just beginning to wonder about the future of the world after cloning.
Event Response the success of cloning an adult mammal Para.1
1. President Clinton Paras. ordered… 2~3 2. Leaders in Europe began…
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Part IV. summary and expectation. (Paras. 19)
12. Is the list of questions finished?
No, it is just the beginning…
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2. Puzzles & Discussion
Puzzle 1 Why would anyone want to clone a human being in the first place? Para.4
Discussio Most experts consider… Para. 5 n Puzzle 2 Will it be possible to clone the dead? Para. 6 Discussio Perhaps, if the body is fresh, says n one expert … Para.7
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Part III. The Puzzles (Paras. 4-5)
5. What was the response from scientists and o t h e r s ? They had a long list of difficult puzzles about the appearance of D o l l y .
Lan Wilmut and his colleagues successfully cloned a sheep n a m e d D o l l y.
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Part I. The News (Para. 1)
2. What did the success mean?
Discussio Most experts agree that… Para.12 n Puzzle 4b What if cloned animals could be used as Para.13 organ donors?
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Puzzle 5
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8. Would a cloned human be identical to the original?
identical genes
Why?
identical people
(Paras. 8-10)
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They hurried to d r a f t guidelines.
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Part II. The Responses (Paras. 2-3)
4. What was the response from President Clinton?
He ordered to study the legal and moral implication of cloning.
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IV. Reproduction
Suppose you were the scientist who cloned the mammal and would persuade the board of a big biotech company to invest your program of human cloning. Explain the necessity and the potential benefit of c l o n i n g .
Because personality is heavily influenced by life experience and environment.
(Paras. 8-10)
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Part III. The Puzzles (Paras. 11-13)
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II. Understanding
Answer the questions from the text…
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Part I. The News (Para. 1)
1. What’s the news?
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Part III. The Puzzles (Paras. 17-18)
11. What are the other implications of cloning for society? Whether the cloned are human or not will cause debate ___________.
How would a human clone refer to the donor of its DNA?
Para.14
Discussio …Judith Martin, in her writings… Paras. n 15~16 Puzzle 6 What are the other implications Para.17 of cloning for society? Discussio …Specifically, some experts are Para.18 n concerned about…
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Part III. The Puzzles (Paras. 4-5)
6. Why would anyone want to clone a human being? provide transplants for a Parents want to ____________________ ________________________. dying child or to replace him clone themselves for Adults might want to ________________ various reasons _________________.
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3. Reiteration (Para.19)
Although the list of questions could go on, people just begin to wonder about the future of the world after cloning.
Text Study Notes to the Text Words and Expressions
Idea Sharing Writing
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9. What if parents decided to clone a child in order to harvest organs?
For the cloned child, it’d be psychologically harmful ____________________. For cloned animals, it’d be _____. OK
A world with human clones was suddenly within reach. Related News
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Part II. The Responses (Paras. 2-3)
3. WLeabharlann Baiduat was the response from governments?
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Puzzle 3
Would a cloned human be identical to the original?
Para. 8
Discussio Most of the physical differences Para.10 n between… Puzzle 4a What if parents decided to clone a child Para.11 in order to harvest organs?
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Part III. The Puzzles (Paras. 14-16)
10. How should a human clone refer to the donor of its DNA?
Mother ?
Father ?
the original
I. Structure Analysis
The Writing Model of the Text:
Event & Responses +Puzzles & Discussion+ Reiteration
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1. Event & Responses
Related News
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Part III. The Puzzles (Paras. 6-7)
7. Will it be possible to clone the dead?
Yes, if the body is fresh.
Related News