Unit 3Unit 3

My understanding of the text

The reading passage is made up of a newspaper article about cloning and two readers’ letters. We will be given information about how cloning is being researched and the different attitudes towards it.

learning difficulties

deficient in knowledge of cloning

unfamiliar scientific terms

the ability to debate

pre-reading

fast-reading

detailed-reading

debate

title-understandingbrain-stormingreading strategy

make sense of scientific termsthree questions in A1

comprehension exercisemain idea of each paragraph

analysis of last two letters

listening and consolidation

rules offered to follow

Title understandingTitle understanding

How can you understand the word copy?

A. model

B. clone

C. similarity

D. imitation

cloned pigs

Do you think it would be a good idea to clone humans some day?

Why or why not?

Reading articles related to scienceReading articles related to scienceProblemsProblems SolutionsSolutions The way of readingThe way of reading

difficult or unfamiliar words

be prepared to work out…

1)Begin by reading … 2)scan the body circle unknown words question things

3)read through the article a few times

Reading strategyReading strategy

Fast readingFast reading

1.Does the article give an anti-or pro-

cloning point of view, or both? 2.What was the name of the first

cloned mammal? 3.Is Pauline Carter pro-or anti-cloning?

Both

Dolly

Anti-cloning.

Scientific termsScientific terms

A cell is the smallest unit of life.

A stem cell is a further developed cell.

A e______ is the beginning of a baby in a mother’s body.

mbryo

1. The two cells are combined and become one cell.

2. The cell grows into an embryo which is put into the body of another female sheep. 3. A sheep is delivered.

Scientific termsScientific terms

Dolly’s genetic mother is a sheep. Ian just created her, so he isn’t Dolly’s father g_________ though he is called Dolly Father.

enetically

Scientific termsScientific terms

ComprehensionComprehension

1.The passage is mainly about_______. A. what cloning is B. the advantage of cloning C. arguments about cloning human embryos D. the disadvantage of cloning2.We can learn from the two letters_______. A. both of the writers are pro-cloning. B. both of the writers are anti-cloning. C. neither of the writers are against cloning. D. both of the writers are not for cloning human embryos

Main ideaMain idea

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

Para 5

Para 6

An announcement about the first cloned human embryo caused much debate.

The first cloned mammal was Dolly.

Ian Wilmut is shocked that some scientists are considering cloning human beings.

A woman wants to have a cloned baby.

Cloning human embryos is illegal in many countries, but some scientists still want to clone human beings.

Chinese scientists continue to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.

detailed readingdetailed reading

On the one hand On the other hand

Much debate

Some scientists

If…can produce…

save human lives

many people,including…

If...interfere with…

produce a monster

point out disagree & fear

detailed readingdetailed reading

Cloning:Cloning:

Dolly the sheep:Dolly the sheep:

The world’s The world’s attitudes:attitudes:

producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells

the first mammal born in 1996 died in early 2003

Note-making:Note-making:

1)be angry ( create more diseases…) 2)be praised for their breakthrough

detailed readingdetailed reading

To deliver a _______human baby, some scientists are already pushing_____ with research though______ human embryos is illegal in many countries. An Italian doctor is one of the ______ in the kind of research. It’s_______ that he wants to be the first to clone a human being. In China, scientists have _______their efforts on cloning ________stem cells but also animals. China has________ to produce clones of cows and goats and went on _____ their research on ways that cloning can be of benefit_____ mankind.

cloned ahead

cloning leaders

declared

focusednot only

managed with

to

Listening:Listening:

detailed readingdetailed reading

Read the article and the two letters asRead the article and the two letters as well to find the reasons why people arewell to find the reasons why people are pro- or anti-cloningpro- or anti-cloning to complete a table. to complete a table.

Getting information:Getting information:

Pro-cloning Anti-cloning

produce valuable tissues and organs that …

produce a real-life Frankenstein’s monster

cure diseases like cancerhelp those who are unable to …

help those who want to …

create more disease … cloning shows no respect for …be no longer unique

having fewer babies to reduce …, not cloning more.

ClozeCloze

An announcement that scientists have cloned the first human embryo has led____ much debate made many people________. On the one hand, it is pointed out _____cloning an embryo can produce valuable tissues and organs to save human lives. On the other hand, many people fear that mankind’s __________ with nature may contribute to ________ a real-life monster. Cloning is an _____ copy of a plant or an animal. Dolly the sheep is a good_______ of cloning. Her birth made many people angry because they thought cloning would ______ more disease in the animal world.

to shocked

that

interfering producing

exact example

create

But the Scottish scientist’s intention was to ______ new tissues and organs to_____ diseases like cancer not to create copies of humans. ________, it’s good news for a 41-year-old saleswoman, who was ____________ to have a baby of her own. While cloning is______ in many countries, some scientists are already doing research to_______ a cloned human baby, and an Italian doctor, one of the leaders in the research, wants to be the_____ to clone a human being. In China scientists are making ______to clone animals as well as_____. They have __________ produced clones of cows and goats and go on with their research to________ mankind.

create cure

However

illegal desperate

deliver

first

efforts successfully cells

benefit

A debateA debate

Rules to follow:Rules to follow:

1.Think of as many reasons as possible to support1.Think of as many reasons as possible to support your ideas.your ideas.

2.Present at least three reasons.2.Present at least three reasons.

3.The group who can give the most 3.The group who can give the most convincing reasons will win the debate.convincing reasons will win the debate.

A debateA debate

It is good to clone human embryos.

for against

Your reasons

Homework: Homework: Write a letter to the editor and express your opinions about cloning human embryos.

In Mary.W. Shelly’s novel, Frankenstein

made a monster , but eventually he was killed by it.