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Step4Secondreading—Understandingscientificterms
Askstudentstocircletheunfamiliarwordsorthingstheydonotunderstandwhilesecondreading.
Step5Thirdreading—Detailedinformation
Askstudentstoreadonlythearticlecarefully,andfinishthefollowingexercises:
.whatarethedifferentattitudestowardsthesuccessofcloningahumanembryo?
ontheonehand
ontheotherhand
Somepeopleconsiderthat
2.whoarethepersonsinthearticlerelatedtocloning?
persons
introductions
relationstocloning
Ianwilumt
aScottishscientistwhocreatedDolly,thefirstmammaltobeclonedsuccessfullyfromanadultcell
Hewasshockedwhenhearingsomescientistswereconsideringcloninghumanbeings.Heneverintendstocreatecopiesofhumans.Instead,hethinkstheeffortsofscientistsshouldbedirectedtowardscreatingnewcellsandorgansthatcouldbeusedtocurediseaseslikecancer.
Fayewilson
awomanof41yearsoldwhocannothaveababy.
Sheisdesperatetohaveababyofherown,achildthatisgeneticallyrelatedtoher.
SeverinoAntinori
anItaliandoctor,whoisoneoftheleadersinthecloningresearch
Hehasdeclaredthathewantstobethefirsttocloneahumanbeing.
chinesescientists
whohavefocusedtheireffortsoncloninganimalsandstemcellstobeusedinmedicalresearch
chinahassucceededinproducingclonesofcowsandgoats,andcontinuestoresearchthewaysinwhichcloningcanbenefitmankind.
Askstudentstoreadthetwoletterscarefully,andjudgewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse:
Paulinecarterthinks:
.thenaturewillpaybackifweinterferewithnature.
2.weshouldclonefewerbabiestoreduceEarth’spopulation.
3.theladywhocannothaveababycanadoptanorphan,butnothaveaclonedbaby.
colinejakethinks:
.thenewsthatthefirsthumanembryohasbeclonedsuccessfullyisveryterrible.
2.scientistshavesucceededinchallengingquestionsofmorality.
3.humancloningisagoodwaytosaveherdaughterwhohasdied.
Step6Furtherdiscussion
Understandingthescientifictermsandreinforcingthecomprehensionofthetext,studentsaregottoformgroupsoffourorsixtodiscussthefurtherquestions:
.Findthereasonswhypeoplearepro-oranti-cloninginthearticleandlettersandwritetheminthetablebelow
Pro-cloning
Anti-cloning
.producevaluabletissuesandorgansthatcouldbeusedtosavehumanlives
.mayproduceareal-lifeFrankenshtein’smonster
2.curediseaselikecancer
2.createmorediseaseintheanimalworld
3.helpthosewhoareunabletohavechildren
3.cloningshowsnorespectforhumanlife
4.helpthosewhowanttoclonetheirdeadchildren
4.humanlifewouldnolongerbeunique
5.weshouldbehavingfewerbabiesinordertoreduceEarth’spopulation,notcloningmore
2.Doyouthinkitwouldbeeasyfortheclonedbabytoaccepthis/hersocialidentityasa‘cloned’humanbeing?
3.whatwouldthepersonthathadtheoriginalcellfeelabouttheclonedbaby?
4.ThinkabouttherelationshipbetweenthetitleoftheunitScienceversusnatureandcloningtechnology.
Step7Homework
Thinkaboutthedifficultscientifictermsunderlinedbeforeuponthetextlearning
Reading—LanguagePoints
.Arecentannouncementbyscientiststhattheyhavesuccessfullyclonedthefirsthumanembryo…
announcement宣告,通知,声明
make/issueanannouncement发表声明
announce(vt.)宣告,通知,声明
announcesth.tosb.
announce/declare
announce指对公众或特定的一群关心的人进行宣布;
declare指官方的正式宣告
Everyonewassilentasheannouncedthewinnerofthecompetition.
Thispowerfulcountrydeclaredwaronthatsmallcountry.
2.ontheonehand,somescientistspointoutthatifyoucloneanembryo,youcan…
①ononehand…ontheotherhand…一方面…另一方面…(单独使用ontheotherhand时,hand不能省略,但与ontheonehand连用时,可省略)
ononehand,rapiddevelopmentoftheeconomywillimprovethelivingconditionsofthepeople.ontheotherhand,itwillspeedupenvironmentaldestruction.
athand在手边,在附近
byhand亲手,手工
inhand手头现有的,正在进行,在处理中
handinhand手拉手
Handsoff!
请勿动手!
不许干涉
Handsup!
举起手来!
②pointout指出
Hepointedoutmymistake.他指出我的错误。
pointto/pointat指着,指向某人或某物(两个词组可互换使用)Hepointedat/toapicture.
pointat对准,瞄准
Theypointedatherheadbutshewasnotafraid.
pointto表明,指向
Theevidencepointstohimasthecriminal.
Thehandsoftheclockpointedtohalfpastthree.
Thecompassneedlepointstothenorth.
3.…theymaybeontheirwaytoproducingareal-lifeFrankensrein’smonster.
onone’swaytodoingsth.“正在做某事的过程中”.to是介词,后接名词、代词或动名词短语
I’vejustheardawarning______theradiothatastormmaybe______itsway.
a.on,on
b.over,in
c.on,above
d.from,on
onone’swayto在去…的途中
bytheway顺便问问,顺便说说
bywayof途经
inaway在某种意义上,在某种程度上
inone’sway挡路
inthisway用这种方式
4.However,ingeneralthescientistswerepraisedfortheirwonderfulscientificbreakthrough.
①ingeneral一般说来,从总体上看,大体上
Ingeneral,redisthemostpopularcolourthisseason.
inageneralway一般,通常
asageneralrule在一般情况下
②praise表扬,赞扬,表彰
winhighpraise受到高度赞扬
inpraiseof赞扬(某人)
beyondallpraises赞美不尽的,赞不绝口的
beloudinsb.’spraise对某人极力称赞
praisesb.forsth.因某事而赞美/称赞某人
(练习)Hegaveaspeechinpraiseofschoollife.
他做了一个赞美学校生活的演讲。
Heishighlypraisedforhisresearchongenes.
他的基因研究受到了高度赞扬。
5.However,somepeopleconsiderthatcloninghumanembryoswiththeintentionofdestroyingthemshowsnorespectforhumanlife.
withtheintentionof为了,以…为目的或意图
HehasdecidedtogoabroadtostudywiththeintentionofimprovinghisEnglishandfindingabetterjobwhenhereturns.
intention目的,打算,意图
(词组)withoutintention无意地
makeone’sintensionclear说清楚自己的目的
state/announceone’sintention声明自己的意图
Ibeganreadingwiththe___b___offinishingthebook,butIneverdid.
a.interview
b.intention
c.application
d.consideration
6.Idon’twanttoadoptsomeoneelse’schildandIdon’twanttouseanotherwoman’segg—Iwantachildthatisgenericallyrelatedtome.
①adopt收养,领养;
采用,采纳(议案、意见等)
canyouadoptmynewidea?
Theyadoptedaneighbour’sboy.
adoptmeasures/newmethods/anidea采取措施/采用新办法/采纳意见
adoptaresolution通过一项议案
anadoptedson养子
adoptedwords外来词
adopt/adapt
adopt收养,领养;
采用,采纳(议案、意见等);
adapt使适合,使适应adapt…to…;
改编adapt…for…
Shehadtoadaptherselftolocalconditions.她必须使自己适应当地的情况。
ThisEnglishnovelwasadaptedforthestage.这部小说被改编成了剧本。
Thecoupledecidedto_____aboybecausetheyhadthreegirls.
a.adapt
b.adopt
c.receive
b.keep
②berelatedto与…有关联;
与…有联系
canyourelatewhathappenedinyourchildhoodtoyourpresentstateofmind?
relate和…相关,把…与…关联起来
relation关系,联系,家属,亲属
relative有关系的,相对的;
亲戚,亲属
7.whilecloninghumanembryosisillegalinmanycountries,somescientistsarealreadypushingaheadwithresearchsoastodeliveraclonedhumanbaby.
①while当…的时候,和…同时(while引导的从句要表示一段时间)
johncameinwhileIwastypingaletter.当我正在用打字机打一封信时,约翰进来了。
然而,虽然,尽管
whilehewashatedbyothers,Ilikedhim.他虽受人恨,但我却喜欢他。
______Englishcanbedifficulttolearn,itisaveryusefultoolforcommunication.
a.Because
b.As
c.once
d.while
②pushaheadwith推进,推行,毅然继续做某事
Itishardtopushaheadwithsuchanunpopularpolicy.
这样一个不得人心的政策很难推行下去的。
pushahead/forward/onwithsth.毅然继续做某事
pushsth.forward提出某事,迫使他人考虑或注意某事
pushsb./sth.over使某人/某物倒下;
推倒某人/某物
③deliver在这里“接生,使分娩”之意
Herbabywasdeliveredbyanexperienceddoctor.
该词还有“投递,传送,释放,表达,解救”等意思
deliversb.fromdanger
救某人脱险
deliversth.tosb.
把某物交付给某人
deliveramessage/aletter
传话/送信
deliveraspeech
发表演说
bedeliveredof
生下孩子
8.chinahassucceededinproducingclonesofcowsandgoats,andcontinuestoresearchwaysinwhichcloningcanbenefitmankind.
①succeedindoingsth.成功地做某事(反义词组)failtodosth.
Afterpracticingmore,hesucceededinpassingthedrivingtest.
success
successful
successfully
②benefit利益,好处;
救济金
beofbenefitto对…有裨益
forthebenefitof…为了…的利益
Itissaidyogaisofgreatbenefittohumanhealth.
有益于
benefitsb./sth.有益于某人/某物
benefitfrom/by从…中获益
Suchfoolishbehaviorwillnotbenefityou.
weallbenefitedfromhersuccess.
9.wecouldproduceamonster,orevenasuperhumanracethatcouldonedayendupreplacingus.
endup以…而告终,后接现在分词;
endupwith/in/as后接名词
Atfirstherefusedtoacceptanyresponsibilitybutheendedupapologizing.
Thepartyendedupwithasong.
Ifyoucontinuetosteal,youwillendupinprison.
0.Humanlifewouldnolongerbeunique;
itwouldjustbeaproductforsale.
forsale待售,出售的
Thelandisnowforsaleatthatpricetoanyone.
现将那块地按该价出售,任何人都可购买。
onsale(英)出售,(美)廉价出售
Tomatosoupthatisusuallysoldattwelvecentsabowlisnowonsalefortencents.
1.Iwouldliketocommentonyourarticle‘Theperfectcopy’.
comment评论,评注
makecommentsonsb./sth.同commenton/upon/aboutsb./sth.评论某人(某事)
Hemadeseveralcommentsonthebook.
wewouldliketheaudiencetocommentonournewplay.
2.Afterall,scientistshavebeenchallengingquestionsofmoralityforcenturies.
afterall毕竟,终究,别忘了
weallthoughthathewouldfail,buthesucceededafterall.
我们都认为他要失败,可他还是成功了。
aboveall首要,特别是
firstofall首先,首要的是
inall总共,总计
not…atall一点儿也不
allthesame仍然,还是
notatall一点也不,不用客气
allthebest万事如意
allthetime一直
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