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新编英语教程Book4Unit10

UnitTen

Lead-in

1.MovieClip

2.Quotes

1.MovieClip

Watchthemovieclipandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.WhatcantheRePetdo?

Itcanclonepetsforpeopleaftertheirpetsdie.

2.Whydoesthemanworryaboutthecloningofhisdaughter’sdog?

Becausehedoesn’tknowwhetheritwillbesafeforherdaughtertostaywithalargeclonedanimalwithsharpteeth.

Discussion:

Ifyourpetdogorcatdied,wouldyoucloneit?

Whyorwhynot?

（Thisisanopenquestion.）

Script

（FromTheSixthDay）

-Hey,buddy,wakeup.Wakeup.We’rehere.WoodlandMall.

-Oh,Iwasasleep.

-WelcometoWoodlandMall.Over1,200retailoutletstoserveyou.Foodcourt,groundlevel.MegaplexTheater,16thlevel.

-Stopthecloning.SaynotoRePet.Stopthecloning.SaynotoRePet.Stopthecloning.Itsavedyoursoul,man.Goddoesn’twantyoutogointhere.

-ThenGodshouldn’thavekilledmydog.

-Atheist.

-Wecancloneyourfour-leggedlovedoneinjustafewshorthours.Howcanwedoit?

Itallbeginswiththegrowingof“blanks”.AnimaldronesstrippedofcharacteristicDNAinembryonictanksattheRePetfactory.Instagetwo,yourpet’sDNAisextractedfromalockoffuroradropofblood,andtheninfusedonacellularlevelintotheblank.Inthefinalstage,usingRePet’scerebralsyncordingprocess,allyourpetsthoughts,memoriesandinstinctsarepainlesslytransplantedviatheopticnerve.

-Stillcan’tmakeupyourmind,huh?

Youlostadog,right?

-Yes,mydaughter’s.

-Whataheartbreak.

-Whatdidyousaywashisnameagain?

-Oliver.

-Well,Oliver’sinluck,becausewe’rehavingaspecialthisweek,20percentoff.

-WhendidOliverdie?

-Sometimethismorning.

-Oh,that’sperfect.Wecandoapost-mortemsyncording,butyougottoactfastbecausethere’sa12-hourwindowondeceasedbrains.

-Ihaveaproblemwiththewholeidea.Supposethecloneshavenosoulorthey’redangerous?

-Clonepetsareeverybitassafeasrealpets.Plus,they’reinsured.

-Ifit’ssosafe,thenwhyisitagainstthelawtoclonehumanbeings?

-Becausethehumanbrainismuchtoocomplicatedtosyncord.Yourememberthatexperimenttheydid?

That’swhyitdidn’twork.Nowit’sillegaltoeventry.Butwithpets,it’satotallyproventechnology.YourRePetOliverwillbeexactlythesamedog.He’llknowallthetricksyoutaughthim…wherethebonesareburied…Hewon’tevenknowhe’saclone.AnddidImention…they’reinsured.

-Idon’tcareaboutinsurance.IcareifIcantrustmydaughterwithalargeanimalwithsharpteeth.

-Wecanmakehimsmaller,ifyouwant.Withsofterteeth.

-Youcan?

-Wecanevencolor-coordinatehimtomatchyourdecoratingscheme.

-Sim-Pals,thebestfriendmoneycanbuy.

-Letmethinkaboutthat.

-Who’sfuntobewith.Treatyourkids...

-Look,Imightbeback.

2.Quotes

Readthefollowingquotesandtellyourclassmateswhichoneisyourfavorite.Stateyourreasons.

Themostexcitingphrasetohearinscience,theonethatheraldsthemostdiscoveries,isnot“Eureka!

”（Ifoundit!

）but“That’sfunny...” 

—IsaacAsimov

Afactisasimplestatementthateveryonebelieves. Itisinnocent,unlessfoundguilty. Ahypothesisisanovelsuggestionthatnoonewantstobelieve. Itisguilty,untilfoundeffective. 

—EdwardTeller

ResearchiswhatI’mdoingwhenIdon’tknowwhatI’mdoing. 

—WernherVonBraun

Sciencedoesnotknowitsdebttoimagination. 

—RalphWaldoEmerson

Allofthebiggesttechnologicalinventionscreatedbyman—theairplane,theautomobile,thecomputer—sayslittleabouthisintelligence,butspeaksvolumesabouthislaziness. 

—MarkKennedy

Moderntechnology

Owesecology

Anapology.

—AlanM.Eddison

Ithasbecomeappallinglyobviousthatourtechnologyhasexceededourhumanity. 

—AlbertEinstein

Onemachinecandotheworkoffiftyordinarymen. Nomachinecandotheworkofoneextraordinaryman. 

—ElbertHubbard

Technologicalprogresshasmerelyprovideduswithmoreefficientmeansforgoingbackwards. 

—AldousHuxley

Text

I.TextI

1.Pre-ReadingQuestions

2.TheMainIdea

3.BackgroundNote

4.Text

5.CommentsontheText

6.Exercises

II.TextII

1.Text

2.Comprehension

TextI

1.Pre-ReadingQuestions

YouprobablyhavealreadyheardofDolly,theworld’sfirstclonedsheepin1997,andyoumayalsohaveseenfilmsdepictingthehorribleclonedanimals/humansthatbroughtdevastatingeffectstotheworld.AccordingtoCollinsCOBUILDEnglishDictionary,thewordabductisdefinedas“Ifsomeoneisabductedbyanotherperson,heorsheistakenawayillegally,usuallyusingforce.”Whenthiswordiscombinedwithcloning,whatdoesitconjureinyourmind?

Foryourreference

Thisisanopenquestion.Exerciseyourimaginationanddiscusswithyourclassmates.

2.TheMainIdea

Readthetextrapidlyoncetogetthemainidea.Trytodividethetextintosensiblepartsandgetthemainidea（s）ofeachpart.

Foryourreference

Answers:

Part1（Paragraph1）:

Ashortlead.

Part2（Paragraph2）:

Theclaimoftheworld’sfirstclonedhumanstirredalotofcommotion.

Part3（Paragraphs3-6）:

Theclaimabductsthecloningdebatesandpushespeopletoatotalbanoncloning,whichmayharmthelegitimatemedicalresearchthatcouldcuremillionsofpatients.

Part4（Paragraphs7-9）:

Society’sreactiontotheclaim（demands,challenges）anditsimpactalreadyseen.

Part5（Paragraph10）:

Weshouldaddresstheproblemsconcerningcloningwithamorereasonableattitude,withnofearordistortion.

3.BackgroundNote

cloning

Cloning istheprocessofcreatinganidenticalcopyofanoriginal.A clone inthe biological sense,therefore,isasingle cell （like bacteria, lymphocytes, etc.）ormulti-cellular organism thatis genetically identicaltoanotherlivingorganism.Sometimesthiscanreferto“natural”clonesmadeeitherwhenanorganism reproducesasexually orwhentwogeneticallyidenticalindividualsareproducedbyaccident（aswith identicaltwins）,butincommonparlancethecloneisanidenticalcopybysomeconsciousdesign.

4.Text

AbductingtheCloningDebate

Wethinkofscienceasacleanandlogicalplacewhere,withtherightskillsandinstruments,youcanseetheworldinagrainofsand.Sowhathappenswhenyoucrosssciencewithacircusfullofclownsandtricksand

（1）gaudylights,whereeverythingisforsaleandnothingisforreal?

ThesciencecircuscomestotownwhenagroupliketheRaeliansclaimstobecloningchildren,announcingonearrivaljustintimetofilltheholidaynewsvacuum.Thenewscameasashockbutnotmuchofasurprise.Itwasonlyamatteroftimebeforeoneoftheteamsracingtoproducethefirsthumancloneeithersucceededorjustdecidedtoclaimithad.ChemistBrigitteBoisselier,presidentofthebiotechcompanyClonaid,isamemberoftheOrderofAngelsoftheRaelianreligiouscult,whoseprophetRaelsays4-ft.-tallgreenspacealiensvisitedhim30yearsagoinaFrenchvolcanoandrevealedthatallofusaredescendedfromtheclonestheyplantedhere25,000yearsago.WithherannouncementofamiraclebabynamedEveandthegroup’ssubsequentclaimofasecondclonedbirth,themostimportantdebateinmoralsandmedicineisdeliveredintosuchhandsto

（2）mangle.

Activistswhoarguepassionatelyovertheethicsofcloning,andresearchon（3）embryosingeneral,foundthemselvesunitedintheirdisgust.WhenhesawtheRaeliansonTV,saysArthurCaplan,directoroftheCenterfor

（1）BioethicsattheUniversityofPennsylvania,hethought,“Preposterousannouncementbykooks.”Buthealsofeltdespair,asdidmanyscientistswhobelievethattheonlywaythemostmorally（4）intricateresearchcanproceedisbykeepingitawayfrom（5）charlatans.“Iknewtheywouldhaveaverydamagingimpactonthecloningdebate.First,theywouldjustplainscarepeople,”Caplannotes.“TheRaeliansarenotthepictureyouwantinpeople’smindswhentheywritetheirCongressmanaboutcloning.”

（2）Andwritetheywill,asCongressreturnstowrestlewith（3）wheretoerectthe（6）guardrailsaroundnewreproductivetechnologies.Thereisanear（7）consensusforoutlawingwhattheRaeliansclaimtobedoing—cloningoneperson’scellsinordertogrowageneticreplica—onthegroundsthattherisksaretoogreatandthemoralcoststoohigh.Butsofar,nonationalbanhasbeenpassedbecauseafiercedebatestillsurroundsotherformsofresearchthatborrowsomeofthesametechniques.Supportersof“therapeuticcloning,”inwhichembryosareclonedtoharvesttheirstemcellsbutnevergrownintoababy,arguethattheseprimitivecells,whichcanturnintoanykindofcellinthebody,mayholdthesecrettocuresfor（4）Parkinson’s,（5）Alzheimer’sandotherdiseases.“Ofcourse,allsociety—fromscientiststopoliticians—isagainsthumanreproductivecloning,”assertsDr.RobertLanza,medicaldirectorofAdvancedCellTechnology,abiotechfirmin（6）Worcester,Mass.,thathasledthewayincloninghumanembryosfor（7）stem-cellresearch.“Noonewantstosee100copiesofMadonnaorMichaelJordan.Butitwouldbetragicifthisoutragespillsoverintolegitimatemedicalresearchthatcouldcuremillionsofpatients.”

Itisharderforthebiotechcompaniestoargueforcompromiseinaworldwheretheworstcasescenarioisgettingalltheattention.TheRaeliansaretothelabsofAmericawhatEnronwastothe（8）boardrooms,a（8）rebuketothe（9）premisethatsciencecanbeself-policing.“Ifyouallowembryocloninginresearchlabsbecauseofitssupposedgreatpotential,”arguesRepresentativeDaveWeldon,RepublicanfromFloridawhodidresearchin（9）moleculargeneticsingraduateschool,“you’regoingtohavealltheselabswithalltheseembry