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Unit 1 Women of achievement
Part II Reading
一、【学习目标】
1. Learn about cloning and its history.
2. Learn the use of key words and sentence structures in the text. 二、【自主预习】
Step I: Pre-reading (lead-in)
(1) Can you see any cloning happen in our daily life? (2) What benefits can humans gain from cloning? (3) What problems may arise when humans are cloned? Step II: Reading
1. Skim the text and match the topics with each paragraph:
Para1: A. It is forbidden to clone human beings. Para2: B. The problems of Dolly. Para3: C. What is cloning?
Para4: D. The effect of Dolly. Para5: E. Cloning has two major uses 2. Scan the text and choose the best answers. (1) The main idea of the text is _____.
A. cloning is very valuable and can benefit the world. B. cloning could be misused by bad people so it must be forbidden.
C. cloning is well developed because Dolly the sheep was born. D. cloning raised arguments and scientists are not sure about its future. (2) The cloning of Dolly the sheep succeeded because _____ A. it’s easier to clone a sheep than other animals
B. the scientists were determined and worked hard with patience C. the scientists were rewarded and got lots of money D. many other attempts to clone mammals failed
(3) Which of the following is not an advantage of cloning? A. Cloning can be used for medical purposes.
B. Large quantities of food can be produced by cloning. C. Cloning can help keep animals from becoming extinct. D. People can clone themselves at will.
(4) We can infer from the last three paragraphs that ____.
A. The normal development of Dolly had no effect on the cloning of other species. B. Dolly’s serious disease and final death disturbed the whole world.
C. Dolly successfully cloned a new lamb with the help of cloning scientists. D. There were arguments about animals cloning and concerns about the future of cloning.
(5) It can be inferred from the passage that a cloned animal _____.
A. usually lives as long as the original one B. usually lives longer than the original one
C. usually lives shorter than the original one D. is usually as healthy as the
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original one
(6) What’s the author’s attitude towards cloning?
A. negative B. positive C. neutral D. approval 3. Careful reading
Problems or dangers of cloning Advantages of cloning Animals may_______________________ of Medical cloning could older animals. ___________________ for serious degenerative(变质的）__________________________ in humans. Animal clones may __________________ Cloning plants can _______________ of than the donor animals. similar _______________________________. _________________________________ may Cloning plants can be _______________ want to clone themselves. for research on ___________________________. There are ____________________________ Cloning can to cloning human beings. ___________________.
三、 [基础知识]
I． 【Hide and Seek】
1. 制作完全相同的东西________________ 2. 两大主要用途______________________ 3. 从事一项任务______________________ 4. 得到回报__________________________ 5.
关
注
......
的
进
展
6. 感到沮丧__________________________
help save _____________________
7. 更适合于__________________________ 8. 令所有的科学家担心________________ 9. 修改，改进_________________________ 10. 打开了某人的眼界_________________ 11. 引起一阵强烈反对_________________ 12. 变得有争议_______________________ 13. 实现某人的抱负___________________ 14. 提出道德方面的问题_______________ 15. 改革法律制度_____________________ 16. 禁止人类克隆的研究_______________ 17. 收集证据_________________________ II. 课文重点句型精讲：
【教材原句】1.
(1). The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.
(2). The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. (3). Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become seriously ill.
(4). However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.
(5). The question that concerned all scientists were: “Would this be a major difficulty….”
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【结构归纳】 句1中的that 引导的是一个_________从句，说明主语的内容;句2和句3中的that引导的是一个___________ 从句，分别解释其前面的名词_________和___________;句4中的whether和where引导的是_________从句。它们都属于_____________从句。句5中的that引导的是一个_________从句。 【操练巩固】
(1). What the doctors really doubt is _________________________________ the serious illness.
(recover) 医生们真正感到怀疑的是我母亲能否从重病中恢复过来。
(2). Building a well-being and harmonious society is _________________________. (struggle)
我们一直努力奋斗的就是建设一个和谐的小康社会。
(3). She seems to care about which is __________________. (lie)她似乎关心哪个是问题所在了。
(4). What he wanted to know is ___________________________ I could finish writing
the report.
他想要知道的是我究竟什么时候能写完这篇报道。
(5). You have no idea ___________________________ during the last few months, which
has
affected me for a long time. (go) 你不知道在过去的几个月我经历了什么，这些影响了我很长时间。
(6). If it were not for the fact _______________________, she would attend tonight’s
Super Girls’
Voice. 要不是因为她生病的事实，她会参加今晚的超级女声的。
(7). Is there any doubt _________________________? (attend) 他明天将出席会议，有疑问吗？
(8). What he said suggested _______________________________________. (content) 他所说的表明他对结果不满意。
(9). We haven’t settled the question of _______________________________ for him
to study
abroad. (be) 我们还没有解决他是否有必要出国学习的问题。
(10). Scientists study __________________________ to make computers. (work) 科学家们为制作电脑而研究人脑是如何运作的。
【教材原句】2. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. 【结构归纳】
While作并列连词用，意思是_________,表前后意义上的对比或转折。 【操练巩固】
(1) Some people waste food _________________________.有些人浪费食物，而有些人却
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吃不饱。
(2) There’s plenty of rain in the southeast _______________________ in the
northwest.
东南部雨量充足，而西北部则很少下雨。
【教材原句】3. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the length of the life of the original sheep. 【结构归纳】
half the length ...sheep作six and a half years的_________语, 表达倍数的结构为 _____+_____+______+_______+_________.倍数表达的其他形式有: ________________________; ________________________. 【操练巩固】
这台电脑的价格是三年前价格的三倍。
① This computer is three times _________________________________ of three years ago.
② This computer is three times _________________________________ of three years ago.
③ This computer is three times _________________________________ of three years ago.
④ The price of this computer is three times ________________________ of three years ago.
【教材原句】4. Although at present human egg cells and embryos needed for cloning research are difficult to obtain, newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselves to attain their ambitions. 【结构归纳】
(1) 本句是一个主从复合句，although引导________________.
(2) Needed for cloning research为_______分词作human egg cells and embryos的_____语。
(3) hoping to clone themselves to attain their ambitions为_______分词作leaders的_____语。
(4) ...are difficult to obtain是不定式的主动表被动意义的结构，形式为_________________。 【操练巩固】
(1) I don’t think he is pleasant ________________(work) with. (2) For some boys, English is not easy _____________(learn) well.
(3) Of all the feelings, bodily pain is the most difficult ___________ (explain).
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【教材原句】【书本语法部分P14】5. Did she die young because she was a clone? 【结构归纳】
Young为________词，在句中作_________语。形容词（短语）或形容词化的分词作状语，
说
明原因、时间或主语所处境况或起补充说明作用。 【操练巩固】
(1) _______________________________, he went to a farmer’s cottage to ask for
something to eat.
他又渴又饥，来到一家农舍要点吃的。
(1) For a moment she just stood there, ____________________________what has just
happened.
她在那儿呆呆地站了一会儿，不敢相信刚才发生的事情。
(2) ______________, she asked me to go with her. 由于害怕，她要我跟她一起去。
四、【课内达标】
1. Cloning plants is straightforward ____________________________________________ . （complicated）克隆植物简单然而克隆动物就非常复杂了。
2. The fact ___________________________________ normally was very discouraging. (develop)
她似乎发育正常，这个事实令人鼓舞。
3. Then _________________________________ that Dolly had become seriously ill. (disturbing)
接着传来多莉病重的扰人消息。 4.
Altogether
Dolly
lived
six
and
a
half
years,
_____________________________________the life of the original sheep. (length) 多莉总共只存活了六年半，这是它的原型羊寿命的一半。
5. On the other hand, Dolly’s appearance ___________________ and _______________________
the media and public imagination. (raise, impact)
另一方面多莉的出现引起了一阵强烈的反对，对媒体和公众的想象力也产生了极大的影响。
6. Newspapers wrote of some ___________________________________ clone themselves to attain their ambitions. (evil)报纸上写到有些邪恶的头目希望把自己克隆出来以实现他们的野心。
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