研究生公共英语阅读A Unit 10.ppt

Unit Ten How to Build a Body Part Josh Fischman Lead-in Classroom Discussion Do you know something about organ donation, organ transplantation and clone technique? Background information Style? A piece of expository writing. The methods? Analogy Classification Development of the essay Para. 2 Stem cells: features The most immature human cells ever discovered Taken from embryos before they had decided upon their career path in the body If scientists could only figure out how to give them just the right kick in just the right direction, each could become a liver, a heart, a brain or a bone. Para. 2 If scientists could only figure out how to give them…or a bone. If scientists could finally discover the right way to direct the cells, they could develop into a liver, a heart, a brain or a bone as being expected. Para. 3 What obstacles did the doctors face? Some governments, esp. US congress Some lawmakers Why was the US congress so skittish about research on stem cells? Abort(堕胎); miscarry(流产); deliver(分娩,助产)---related to childbirth (Para. 3) Abort: means to give birth too early to a dead child Miscarry: means to have a miscarry Deliver: means to give birth to or to assist (a woman) in giving birth I’m afraid she has miscarried because of the accident. She delivered a baby boy this morning. The doctor had to abort the baby. Indeed last week 70 lawmakers asked in a firmly worded letter that the ….(Para.3) In fact, last week 70 lawmakers demanded in a letter, which expressed in stiff words that the Federal Government prohibit all such word by official decree(法令, 政令). ask demand or make a request ban, syn. forbid; interdict; prohibit Para. 4 What methods did the doctors use to overcome the obstacles or to sidestep the stem-cell controversy? Making clever use of ordinary cells You can see four examples given in para.4. Growing a new thumb Growing half of chest wall Growing bladder Growing patches of skin Para. 5 How have scientist