cloning-where is it leading us模块八第二单元阅读.pptVIP

14. What can we know from the text? A. Twins are the result of natural clones. B. Cloning will benefit all of us. C. It is more difficult to make animal clones than commercial plant clones. D. Dolly the sheep was the first cloned animal in the world. C 15. The writer’s reaction towards cloning is ____. A. Positive B. Negative C. neutral 16. What is the writing style? A. Expositive (说明性的) B. Descriptive C. Argumentative (议论性的) D. Narrative 1). Cloning means making a copy of an animal or a plant. 2). Gardeners can make a lot of money by cloning plants. 3). Cloning animals is as complicated as cloning plants. F T F IV. Write the letter “T” if the statement is true. Write “F” if it is false. T T 4). Dolly the sheep was the first successful clone of a mammal. 5). Natural clones happen in animals as well as in plants. Look at these pictures, and discuss this question with your partner. Is cloning people a good thing or a bad thing? * 人教课标版 高二 选修 8 Unit 2 In pairs, look at these pictures and discuss which ones are natural clones and which ones are man-made. Think about how they differ. Dolly the sheep It’s the most famous sheep in the world. Do you know how Dolly is different from other sheep? She was cloned while the others were born naturally. It is the copy of another sheep. What can you see in the picture? I can see a strawberry plant producing runners in a natural form of cloning. Who cut the stem off the plant? A gardener. And the gardener is going to put it into a pot to produce another plant. He is actually making a copy of the plant. What do you know about twins? There are twins of the same sex and those of different sexes. The twins here are identical in sex and appearance and are good examples of natural clones. They carry the same genetic information. The fertilized egg has split into two while inside the mother, and so produced two identical human babies. Are the following clones the same? If not, what is the diffe