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Unit4CloningandEthics

PassageA:

NotNow,Dr.Miracle

Teachingsteps:

Lead-inactivity10’

Backgroundinformation5’

Textanalysis40’

Languagepoints10’

Summaryofthetext10’

Exercises13’

Assignment2’

I.Lead-inactivity

Discussthefollowingquestionswithingroups,andthenonerepresentativeofeachgroupwillbeaskedtoanswerthequestions.

1）Doyouwantacloneofyourself?

Andcanyouexplain?

2）Whatwouldyousaytoyourcloneifyouhadone?

Doyouthinkyoutwowouldalwaysagreewitheachother,orwouldyouseeeachotherasenemies?

3）WhatdoyouthinkwouldhappenifsomegreatpeoplelikeEinsteinandBeethovenwerecloned?

4）Whatkindsofpeopleareinfavorofcarryingonwiththecloningscience?

5）Forwhatreasonsdomostgovernmentsprohibitcloning?

6）Wordsoncloning:

eggcell卵细胞

surrogatemother代理妈妈

donoregg移植卵子

sperm精子

fertility繁殖力

gene基因

deformed畸形的

immorality不道德

II.BackgroundInformation:

1）Vatican

VaticanistheresidenceofthepopeatRome.Since1929,theVaticanCityhasbeenanindependentstate（108.7acres/44hectares）,withthepopeasitsabsoluteruler.

2）Raelian

TheRaelianReligion,foundedbyRael（aFrenchjournalistformerlycalledClaudeVorilhon）in1973,believesthatlifeonearthwascreatedbyextraterrestrials,andsupportshumancloning.

3）Mozart’sRequiem

Mozart'sunfinishedRequiemhaslongbeenshroudedinmystery.MozartundertookthecommissionforanAustriannobleman,littleknowingthathewastowritearequiemforhimself.Inevitably,thesecrecysurroundingtheanonymouscommission,thecircumstancesofMozart'sdeath,theunfinishedstateofthework,anditscompletionunderthedirectionofMozart'swidow,Constanze,haveprecipitatedtwocenturiesofromanticspeculationandscholarlycontroversy.

III.Textanalysis

Textoutline:

PartI（Paras.1-4）:

SeverinoAntinoriandhiscloningplan.

PartII（Paras.5-11）:

Differentopinionsonhumancloning.

1.Scienceisnotready.（Paras.5&6）

2.Cloningwillnotstop.（Paras.7&8）

3.Regulation（管理）isbetterthanprohibition.（Paras.9-11）

TextStudy

GeneralReading:

FindingoutOpinions.

Attitude

Reasons

Dr.Antinori

for

Usingcloningtocombatinfertility

Cloningrepresentstheonlyhopeofsomecouples.

Itisonlyamatteroftimeforpeopletoacceptit.

Theworldwillembracethefirstclonedbaby.

Religiousleaders

against

Itisaninsultofhumandignity

Author

againtst

Tobegincloningpeoplenowissimplyawasteoftime,moneyandenergybeforemostbasicquestionshavebeenanswered

Theworldwillnotembraceanunhealthyordeformedorthesolesurvivorofhundredsofpregnancies.

Raelians

for

Cloningisthekeytoachievingimmortality.

UsefulExpressions

GiveproperEnglishforthefollowing.

人工授精术

IVFtreatment

激起了轩然大波

Createquiteastir

对人类尊严的侮辱

Insulttohumandignity

自愿接受试验

Volunteerforexperiments

把生殖学推向极致

pushreproductivebiologytothelimits

对他的克隆计划群起而攻之

lineuptoattackhiscloningplan

利用克隆来解决不孕问题

usingcloningtocombatinfertility

处于极度困难时期

bestuckinthedarkages

以一种不可接受的代价

atanunacceptableprice

导致流产或堕胎

resultinmiscarriagesorabortions

达到永恒

achieveimmortality

极度冒险

takeonehellofarisk

DetailedReading:

ReadingforDetails.

PartI（1-4）:

SeverinoAntinoriandhiscloningplan.

Task1:

GettingtoknowDr.Antinori.

Dr.Miracle

Name:

SeverinoAntinori

Nationality:

Italian

Religion:

Catholic

Occupation:

doctor

Professionalskill:

Fertilitytreatment

Hobby:

watchingfootball

Ambition:

clonepeopletocreatebabies

Task2:

DescribereactionstoAntinori’scloningplanofthefollowingpeople.

SomeUSscientistsroundedonhimorjoinedinhisplan.

Religiousleaderslineduptoattackhisplanasaninsulttohumandignity.

Somecouplesvolunteeredfortheexperiments.

Task3:

DoreadingcomprehensionaboutPara.4

HowdidDr.Antinorigetknown?

--Byhelpinggrandmothersgivebirthusingdonoreggs.

Howdidhehelpmenwithpoorfertility?

--Hepioneeredtheuseofmicetonurturethespermofmenwithpoorfertility.

Whyisheseenasdangerous?

--Heispushingreproductivebiologytothelimits.

Task4:

CompletethefollowingparagraphbytranslatingtheChinesepartsintoEnglish.

Antinorishottofame（名声大噪）sevenyearsagohelpinggrandmothersgivebirthusingdonoreggs.Laterhepioneered（率先）theuseofmicetonurturethespermofmenwithpoorfertility.Heisclearlynoordinaryscientistbutashowman（爱出风头的人）whothrivesoncontroversy（靠争论而成名）andpushingreproductivebiologytothelimits（把…推向极致）.Andthatofcourseisonereasonwhyhe’sseenasbeingsodangerous（危险）.

PartII（Paras.5-11）:

Differentopinionsonhumancloning.

●Tocloneornottoclone?

●ProhibitionorRegulation?

Task1:

Listandexplainthereasonswhyweshould/nothavehumancloning.

Toclone:

Usingcloningtocombatinfertility/asafertilitytreatment.

Theonlyhopeofsomecouplestohaveachildcarryingtheirgenes.

Nottoclone:

Thecloningtechniqueisnotadvancedenough.

Shockingfailurerate,deformedbabies.

Eggsandembryoswillbewasted.

Difficultpregnancies,miscarriagesorabortions.

Reality:

Littleanyonecandotokeeptheclonersatbay.

NotjustAntinoriandhisteam.TheRaeliansbelievescloningisthekeytoachievingimmortality,eggdonorsandvolunteers.

Task2:

Consider:

Isitpossibletoprohibithumancloning?

Why?

Prohibitionisimpossible.

Implantingclonedhumanembryosisalreadyillegalinmanycountriesbutitwillneverbeprohibitedeverywhere.

Inanycase,theprohibitionofcloningismorelikelytodriveitundergroundthanstampitout.

Secrecyisalreadyaproblem.Antinoriandhisteamarerefusingtonamethecountrythey’llbeusingastheirbase.

Task3:

Makeyourchoice.

What’stheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage?

A.Theresearchoncloninghumansshouldbecarriedouttohelpinfertilecouples.

B.Regulationsshouldbemadetodirectthescienceofcloninghumansintotherighttrack.

C.Theresearchoncloninghumansshouldnotbeconductedsorecklessly.

D.Antinoriisagreatscientistwhopushesreproductivebiologytothelimits.

IV.Languagepoints

Words:

controversyn.（a）fierceargumentordisagreementaboutsomething,esp.whencarriedoninpublic争论，争议，论战

e.g.Thefirstclonedsheepgaverisetomuchcontroversy.

It’samatterofcontroversywhethercomputerswillonedaybeabletoreallythinklikehumans

deformv.tospoiltheformorappearanceof使变畸形

e.g.Iftheshoesaretootight,theywilldeformyoufeet.

Sittingincorrectlyforlongperiodsoftimecandeformyourspine.

embracev.toaccept（anaid）;tomakeuseof接受（观点）

e.g.NowadaysmoreandmoreWesternersembraceorientalculture.

Theyoungmantriestoembraceeveryopportunitytomakeanameforhimself.

excessiveadj.toomuch;toogreat;goingbeyondwhatisreasonableorright过多的，过度的

e.g.Excessivedrinkingmaycausedamagetotheliverandthebrain.

Anexcessivepricemayaffectourmarketshare.

stirn.（public）excitement轰动

e.g.Thecomingofthequeencausedagreatstirinthecity.

ThenewscausedastirofinterestontheStockExchange.

lineupto（causeto）moveintoarow,sidebysideoronebehindtheother（使）排成行或列

e.g.Thephotographerlinedupthefamilymembersforapicture.

Peoplewerelininguptheretogetafreesampleofthenewproduct.

underthesunonearth;intheworld全世界的，所有的

e.g.Theboyseemstohaveanopiniononeverysubjectunderthesun.

Youcannotdetectallthesinsunderthesun.

gofortolikeorbeattractedby喜欢，被…所吸引

e.g.Manyofthereadersusingourlibrarygoforromanceandmystery.

Theyoungtendtogoforadventureswhiletheelderlyprefersecurity.

V.Summary

Fillintheblanksaccordingtothecontentsofthepassage.

Thiseditorial（社论）fromthemagazineTheNewScientistprofiles（介绍）theunconventionalItaliandoctorSeverinoAntinoriwhohasannouncedplanstoofferhumancloningfacilitiesinhisprivatefertilityclinics.Antonoriisalreadyfamousforpreviouscontroversiessuchashelpinggrandmotherstohavebabies.Yetthistimeheisnotaloneinpromotingtheideaofhumancloning.USscientistsareworkingwithhimonthisproject,andareligiousgroup---theRaelians---havealsoannouncedtheirintentiontooffertheservice.Ofcourse,withsomanycouplesdesperatefor（极想得到）childrenyetunabletoconceivethroughtraditionalIVFtreatments,thereisnoshortageofvolunteers.

Thewriteracceptsthattryingtopreventcloningwouldprobablynotworkandthatsomeformofregulationisalmostinevitable.Thewriterremindsusthatcloningtechniquesarefarfromperfectandthatmostattemptstocloneanimalswouldendupinfailure.

Groupdiscussion:

talkabouttheprosandconsofcloning.

Pros:

Helpingcouplestohavebabiestheycannothaveotherwise;

Findingcurestofatalinjuriesanddiseases;

Enablingendangeredspeciestoincreasetheirpopulation;

Massivelyimprovingtheagriculturalindustry;

Cons:

Cloningisagainstnature;

Leadingtounforeseendisasters;

Possibleabusesofthecloningtechniques;

Causingethicalproblems;

VI.Exercises

VIII.Assignment

Reviewthelearnedpassage.

Writeashortparagraph（100-120words）withthetitle:

WhyWeShould（Not）UseCloning.

Previewlistenandtalk,writeandproduce&culturesalon

Unit4CloningandEthics

PassageB:

IHaveHisGenesButNotHisGenius

Teachingsteps:

Review:

10’

Lead-inactivity5’

Backgroundinformation5’

Textanalysis40’

Languagepoints10’

Summaryofthetext10’

Exercises8’

Assignment2’

I.Review

1.TheGreatWallisam________（奇迹）ofarchitecture.

2.Thecoming