2019 2020高中英语Module5CloningPeriodOne课件外研版选修6.ppt

Cloning Module 5 Among all the fast growing science and technology ， the research of human genes ， or biological engineering as people call it ， is drawing more and more attention now.Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people. The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with ， such as cancer and heart disease.Every year ， millions of people are murdered by these two killers.And to date ， doctors have not found an effective way to cure them.But if the gene technology is applied ， not only can these two diseases be cured completely ， bringing happiness and more living days to the patients ， but also the great amount of money people spend curing their diseases can be saved ， therefore it benefits the economy as well.In addition ， human lifespan( 寿命 ) can be prolonged. 话题导入 Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children.Some families ， with the English imperial( 皇帝的 ) family being a good example ， have hereditary( 遗传的 ) diseases.This means their children will for sure have the family disease ， which is a great trouble for these families.In the past ， doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases.But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly.The scientist just needs to find the wrong gene and correct it and a healthy child will be born. Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities.In the past few years ， scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep ； therefore these people predict that human babies will soon be cloned.But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities ， for most couples in the world can have babies in a very normal way.Of course ， the governments must take care to control gene technology. True