高一英语外研选修6课件：5.1IntroductionVocabularyReading.pptx

Module 5　Cloning关于克隆的设想,中国明代的大作家吴承恩在《西游记》中已有精彩的描述——孙悟空经常在紧要关头拔一把猴毛变出一大群猴子,这当然是神话,但用今天的科学技术,能否实现这一梦想呢?让我们一起来看看科学家的“克隆”之路吧。The term cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity1.The copied material,which has the same genetic make-up as the original,is referred to as a clone.Researchers have cloned a wide range of biological materials,including genes,cells,tissues and even entire organisms,such as a sheep.Over the last 50 years,scientists have conducted cloning experiments in a wide range of animals using a variety of techniques.In 1979,researchers produced the first genetically identical mice by splitting mouse embryos in the test tube and then implanting the resulting embryos into the wombs of adult female mice.Shortly after that,researchers produced the first genetically identical cows,sheep and chickens by transferring2 the nucleus of a cell taken from an early embryo into an egg that had been emptied of its nucleus.It was not until 1996,however,that researchers succeeded in cloning the first mammal from a mature (somatic)cell taken from an adult animal.After 276 attempts,Scottish researchers finally produced Dolly,the lamb from the udder cell of a 6-year-old sheep.Two years later,researchers in Japan cloned eight calves from a single cow,but only four survived.Besides cattle and sheep,other mammals that have been cloned from somatic cells include:cat,deer,dog,horse,mule,ox,rabbit and rat.In addition,a rhesus monkey has been cloned by embryo splitting.单词注释1.entity n.独立存在物;实体2.transfer v.转移难句剖析It was not until 1996,however,that researchers succeeded in cloning the first mammal from a mature (somatic)cell taken from an adult animal.译文:然而,直到1996年,研究者才从成年动物的成熟细胞中成功克隆出第一个哺乳动物。这是not until的强调句型,去掉句首的It was和后面的that,该句子仍然完整。强调句中过去分词部分taken from an adult animal作名词cell的定语。定语。导读诱思1.What is cloning??2.When was the mammal cloned??答案:1.The term cloning describes a number of different processes th