2014-2015学年高中英语 Unit 2 Cloning Listening and speaking课件 新人教版选修8.ppt

* 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. ① Cloning will bring dead pets to life. ② There were 627 experiments before Dolly was successfully clone ③ Cloning may produce medicine or even organs of a human body to cure serious illnesses. ④ Dolly was “middle-aged” when she was born. ⑤ 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 animals 1 scientists are doing 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 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 accept 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 very 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 animals or ever peo