2015-2016高中英语 Module5 Listening and vocabulary课件 外研版选修6.pptVIP

* Sheep A was created in a laboratory by scientists. It is a cloned sheep or clone. Sheep B is the “parent” of sheep A. Scientists used the genes of Sheep B to create Sheep A. Both sheep have identical genes their genes are exactly the sarae. A gene—the part of a cell that controls how it develops Who do we get our genes from? 2. How many parents does a cloned animal have? 3. Where are cloned animals created? 4. In what way are Sheep A and Sheep B identical? They have identical genes, and so are identical in every way Answer the questions about the words and phrases in the box. to be against (cloning) argument beneficial to be for (cloning) nature 1. If you are for something, do you think it is a good idea? 2. If you are against something, do you think it is a good idea? 3. Do you often have arguments with people, in which you disagree about something? What kind of things do you argue about? 4. Do you think nature should be left alone, or is it better to make plants and animals the way we want them? 5. Do you think cloning may be beneficial/helpful to humans? Give at least one reason. Say which of the arguments below are for cloning and which are against cloning. 1. Cloning is against nature. 2. Cloning will be beneficial to humans. For example, if a couple can’t have children, cloning could help give them a child. 3. Cloned animals get ill and die quite young. 4. People are afraid that scientists will create thousands of copies of the same person. 5. Cloning is dangerous because scientists may create monsters by mistake. 6. We could use cloning to cure illnesses. Correct the wrong information in these sentences. 1. Dr Hugh Donaville works for a company that has already cloned a number of people. 2. A sheep called Dolly was cloned in 1998. 3. Dolly the sheep died in 2003. animals 1997 4. Donaville thinks scientists treated Dolly the sheep as a product. 5. Donaville says that if a child is very ill, scientists could clone it. The