Unit Four 大学体验英语第三册电子教案.docVIP

Unit Four Cloning and Ethics Learning Objectives First listen to and then talk about cloning issues Read about the ethical issue of cloning Write about why cloning should or should not be banned Practice reading skills: propositional meaning Practice translating skills: conversion Learn and practice paragraph development by space Learn to write a call for papers Visit Culture Salon about the history and method of cloning Passage A Not Now, Dr. Miracle I. Pre-reading Tasks A. Introductory Questions 1. What kind of people are in favor of carrying on with the cloning science? 2. For what reasons do most governments prohibit cloning? B. Introductory Remarks This editorial from the magazine The New Scientist profiles the unconventional Italian doctor Severino Antinori who has announced plans to offer human cloning facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori is already famous for previous controversies such as helping grandmothers to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in promoting the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a religious group --- the Raelians ---have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so many couples desperate for children yet unable to conceive through traditional IVF treatments, there is no shortage of volunteers. The writer accepts that trying to prevent cloning would probably not work and that some form of regulations is almost inevitable. The writer reminds us that cloning techniques are far from perfect and that most attempts to clone animals would end up in failure. II. While-reading Activities Language Points 1. miracle n. an unusual and mysterious event that cannot be explained by the laws of nature Examples The Great Wall is a miracle of architecture. A car ran over the child, but by a miracle, he was unhurt. 2. string n. 1) a series of related or similar events 2) (a) narrow cord used to tie, fasten, etc. Examples The curious boy asked a str