8) union 7) mixture
10) started out beforehand 9)
, 12) catalog comment 11) 14) all the world 13theoretical
) opposed 15) 2) woke up 1) calls for 4) runs out of took up 3) 6) broke down sums ... up 5) 8) has grown into lashed out at 7)
1) The hillside facing the Pacific is dotted with colorful houses.
2) The present Labour government inherited a weak economy from the Conservative govern-
3The great historian Dr. Franklin lashed out at the racial discrimination that has
plagued the American Blacks for more than two hundred years.
4This blood test will show whether or not you're immune to the disease. 5Polite society will not tolerate such offensive behavior.
4. 1) I am not opposed to the idea of cloning humans. I believe that in principle it is far
less terrifying for a person to use his or her own genetic material to create an identical
twin than to use an atomic bomb to kill people.
2) Some people are wondering whether the advances in science have been good. They say
that the discovery of atomic energy let loose a power far more destructive than any
weapons people have invented since ancient times. They think that science has a great potential
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for doing evil unless we learn to harness it.
3) The young man was a genius and had a brilliant mind for business management. Soon
after he inherited from his father a local newspaper, he merged it with another. Today
his newspaper has grown into one of the best-known national news dailies. CollocationII.
she took up residence elsewhere? rather Would you 1)have coffee? 'd rather 2) I'll order tea. Or perhaps you
work for a living than become dependent on her husband. would rather She 3)she did not tell you the story. Yd rather 4)III. Usage
An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday, 1)
The reason (he gave) that he didn't notice the car till too late was unsatisfactory. 2)
Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends. 3)
Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that 4)
serious scientists thought was simply not going to happen anytime soon. Structure
1) True, the sentence is grammatically correct, but it does not read naturally.1.
It's true there has been a considerable increase in our living costs, but the quality of 2)
our life has improved significantly because our wages have doubled over the same
period.
3)True, Peter does not hold an MBA degree, but he is none the less a competent manager.
4) In my country, teenagers are not allowed to buy alcoholic drinks. True, but
we're not in your country, are we?
2. 1) What if the scheme does not work out?
2) What if some scientists ignore bioethics and start to clone human beings? 3) What if you can't get home before dark?
4) What if I did have a talk with your boss before he fired you ? Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A)
1. cloning 2. am opposed to
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offensive 4. 3. terrifying curiosity 6. 5. normally potential 8. 7. in principle immune 9. transplanting 10. identical 11. genius 12. (B)
producing 2. 1. on that/which 4. 3. of Despite 5. both 6. with 7. took 8. for 9. human 10. but 11. not 12. who 14. 13. by
of 15. opposition/condemnation 16. from 18. 17. what when
20. 19. with
II. Translatio
After Dolly was born, cloning could no longer be dismissed as science fiction. The ability
to create an identical twin of a lamb is but one step short of cloning humans, which many find
terrifying and offensive . However the technology holds great potential for medical application.
Scientists could cultivate a batch of cells and direct them to grow into whole organs or even
limbs that will be genetically identical to those of the patient, thus eliminating the problem
ofrejectioncausedbyimmune reaction when they are transplanted into his body. Or they
could take an organ from animals such as a pig that has been genetically altered so that it will
be tolerated by the recipient. Then the lives of thousands of patients who die every year before
a replacement heart, liver or kidney becomes available would be saved
Part III TextB
Comprehension Check 1. d 2. c 4. d3. b
I Appendix - 142 -5. b 6. cTranslation
(#JAL Appendix III)
Language Practice
1. prospect 2. enhance 4.3. necessarily condemn 6.5. vague overcome
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