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Unit 8 Section A;Our topic today is “Cloning”. Cloning, as its name implies, is the genetic term for producing an exact copy of an animal or plant by developing artificially a cell from it. But the birth of Dolly, a mammal clone, is like setting the cat among the pigeons. ;Background Information;Idaho Gem;Cc;Noel, Angel, Star, Joy, Mary;DNA donor;3. What’s the difference?;The combination of genes is a fundamental basis for human variation and diversity. ;Why did the birth of Dolly become the focus of world opinion? ;Discussion;PROS: Produce animals with desirable traits. Increase the efficiency of the livestock production. Offset losses of among endangered species populations. Enable better research for finding cures to many diseases. Provide children for parents who would like a child but cant have one for various reasons. Provide parents with an opportunity to clone a child who has died. ;CONS: Decline in genetic diversity. Taking nature into our own hands. Religious and moral reasons. Physical problems, such as birth defects. Possibility of mental and emotional problems of the clone. ;Watch and Discuss;;;Structure of Text;This part is about the world’s strong and immediate responses in the wake of Wilmut’s announcement.;;;;;;;implication n. (Title) something that is suggested;He was just plain stupid to give up this opportunity.;;;;;;;;;;;;;1. The human cloning situation falls into two broad categories. 2. Parents could clone a 2nd child who resembled their 1st child. 3. The differences are so minor that detection of them becomes very hard.; 4. The concern is the deliberate altering of genes to create human beings. 5. The Europeans debated whether the unfamiliar inhabitants were human.;implication The Theory of Relativity genetic engineering in theory guideline; the splitting of the atom under the name of… personality characteristics draft (vt.) be comparable to / with;give birth to succeed in doing