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 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 older animals. Medical cloning could _______________ ____ for serious degenerative变质的）__________________________ in humans. Animal clones may __________________ than the donor animals. Cloning plants can _______________ of similar _______________________________. _________________________________ may want to clone themselves. Cloning plants can be _______________ for research on ___________________________. There are ____________________________ to cloning human beings. Cloning can help save ___________________. 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__________________________ 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.” 【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 Supe