[英语学习]unit8--CLONING.ppt

A Clone Is Born Table of Contents 1. Background Information 2. Questions Answers 3. Language Points 4. Exercises I. Background Information A Clone --- Sheep Dolly A Fantastic Breakthrough in the Biological Field Cloning is as important ( encouraging) as sending men to the outer space if not more significant than that. Dolly---The First Cloned Animal Dolly, the first cloned animal, was born on July 5th, 1996 and was introduced to the public on February 23rd of the next year. It was said to be an exact genetic copy of its mother, which was the critical point in global cloning research. The Process of Cloning Dolly Useful Expressions Dolly’s End On February 14th, 2003, Dolly died of pneumonia at the age of seven. After death, Dolly was made into a specimen. The man in the picture was Dr. Ian Wilmut of the Roslin Institute in Roslin, Scotland, who first cloned the large animal “Dolly” using DNA from another adult sheep. The Cloning Research in China As is described in the first picture, Fufu, one of the cloned cows in China, got pregnant. In the second picture, Xingxing, Fufu’s daughter was born in Shandong Province, on March 31st, 2004. Human Cloning Apparently in reaction to Dolly, President Clinton ordered a widespread ban on the federal funding of human Cloning in the US. Research continues in other countries. For example, South Korean Scientists even claimed that at the end of 1998 they had already taken the first step. Why was the cloned sheep named Dolly ? She was created out of the genetic material from an udder cell of a six-year-old sheep. Dolly Parton was distinguished physically for the size of her breast in the entertaining circle, but not the other two (waist and seat). Her Story---The Dolly. net Biography Dolly Parton, 60 yrs old, was born in 1946 to a rural share-cropping couple, Lee and Avie Lee Parton.? She was the fourth of twelve children born to the couple in Sevier county, Tennessee, the heart of the Great Smoky Moun