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1、Listening Speaking Is cloning cruel Listen and see whether you agree with Xiao Qing or Mary 1 Read these statements before listening Tick those that you hear Cloning will bring dead pets to life There were 627 experiments before Dolly was successfully clone Cloning may produce medicine or even organ
2、s of a human body to cure serious illnesses Dolly was middle aged when she was born So your grandmother would be able to start her life all over again and live to an old age 2 Listen to the tape again Mary s ideas about cloning Xiao Qing s ideas about cloning 1 cruel to animals1 scientists are doing
3、 a wonderful job 2 makes them do unnatural things 2 may bring back extinct animals 3 it is a dead end 3 problems because it is a new science Mary s ideas about cloning Xiao Qing s ideas about cloning 4 clone born at age of mother 4 scientists need encouragement 5 weakens the species 5 it may provide
4、 medicine for illnesses 3 Whose ideas do you agree with Get ready to have a class discussion Think about the reasons for your point of view Use your own ideas as well as those in the text These words and phrases on page 18 may be useful for you during the discussion That s a good idea I cannot accep
5、t your argument because I support because No I can t agree with because I agree with because How can you believe that Your argument has convinced me because I would like to agree with you but I don t care for your ideas because No that is not reasonable because That s a great idea Your ideas sound v
6、ery encouraging to me Listening Text IS CLONING CRUEL Xiao Qing and Mary Brown are discussing whether cloning is cruel to the animals MB Xiao Qing do you think cloning is cruel XQ What do you mean by that The scientists are doing a wonderful job and soon they may be able to bring back extinct animal
7、s or ever people s favourite pets back to life MB Yes Qing I know But doesn t that seem strange to you Is it worth it It took 276 experiments before Dolly was successfully cloned Think of all those live cells and eggs that died in order for Dolly to be born I don t approve of that XQ But Mary be rea
8、sonable Isn t it always like that with a new science This is the way you learn to do things better It s just that this one deals with living things MB I suppose so but they make the animals do unnatural things One poor cow was made to give birth to a bison What was the poor creature to think when is
9、 saw its baby XQ I don t quite understand why so many people are against cloning I think the scientists need a little encouragement They have done some amazing things and think of the benefits Producing animals that are an exact copy of the original may help medical science produce medicines or even
10、 organs for serious illnesses MB Yes I ve heard all that I agree with it but I don t agree with the methods I don t think cloning is good for animals XQ Why not MB Well I think it s a dead end Dolly the sheep was middle aged when she was born because her DNA came from a middle aged mother Cloning yo
11、ur grandmother would mean the new baby started life as an old lady XQ Are you sure I never thought of that MB And it also weakens the species Clones mean there is less variety in the species and so illnesses will become more common and the animals may die out XQ Oh dear And that was just what you an
12、d I were trying to avoid I see I shall have to look at this whole cloning questing again Listening on P54 1 How would you treat human clones 2 Do you think they should have legal and political rights such as getting married or voting 3 Do you think they are separate people or part of the original do
13、nor 1 Discuss these questions 1 Clare thinks human cloning will come soon 2 The clone is the same as the original donor 3 Parents who are unable to have their own children may want to buy cloned babies 2 Tick the correct ones 4 Clare believes human cloning will cause unexpected problems 5 Wang Qiao
14、thinks it is moral to clone babies for parents who cannot have children Answer key for Exercise 3 B C A Listening text IS HUMAN CLONING A GOOD IDEA Wang Qiao is talking to Clare Peters about human cloning WQ What do you think about human cloning Clare CP I don t know what to think But I suppose it l
15、l come one of these days I think there are many problems that nobody has thought of yet WQ What do you mean by that CP Well a clone will be an exact copy of the original donor Right WQ Yes so what CP Well what s the relationship between the clone and his original donor WQ I suppose they must be like
16、 one person The clone is the same as his original donor CP Let s suppose that you take a baby to a laboratory to be cloned Does it matter if the laboratory returns you the real baby and one clone or two clones WQ Yes it does But how could this possible happen CP Well the scientists may get confused WQ My goodness Surely they would notice if there is an age gap between the donor and the clone CP Maybe What if the donor and the clone are very close in age Let us suppose they are both babies WQ OK
