综合英语Book IV Unit 13 Dolly’s False Legacy.pptVIP

(1)The notion of applying cloning to human beings is unthinkable. (2)Cloning poses a variety of problems to be resolved. --difference between a cloned baby and a child born --the relationship between the cloned baby and the original --the replacement of the cloned baby for the lost child --the discrepancy between the expectations of the parents and the realization of the expectations by the cloned baby --the uncertain justification of the application of cloning in medical treatment --the uncertainty of the effects of aging (3)There is much still to be learned about the biology associated with cloning. Language points A brief summary of the uses of the –ing participles as found in the text. 1) as the subject of a sentence or a clause e.g. cloning is a very inefficient procedure Copying is also suggested as means of … …aging is reversed… 2) as the direct object of a verb e.g. ..that would prevent copying of adults…but allow copying of infants? 3)as the object of a verbal phrase e.g. how would a teenager cope with looking at me …and seeing the physical future… 4)as the object of a preposition e.g… in making a copy of oneself… 5)as the object of a preposition which follows a noun e.g. …the morality of artificially reproducing life… …the notion of applying such treatment to humans 6)as an adjective e.g. a balding, aging man grieving parents A brief summary of the uses of the -ed participle as found the text 1)As an adjective which precedes the noun it qualifies e.g. a cloned child, the lost child, an inherited defect, these proposed uses of cloning. 2)as an adjective which follows the noun it qualifies e.g. a child born naturally, offspring produced by cloning Render sb. /sth. +complement e.g. The car accident ~d him disabled for life. Her lame excuse ~d al of us speechless. Perfect(v.)/perfect(adj.) Emerge from Distinct: clearly different in nature or quality.e.g. Rats and mice are distinct animals.// unique: existing