Unit 3

Science Versus Nature

Welcome to the unit

I’m the world’s

first cloned

mammal Dolly.

1996

Dolly and its creator

The Scottish scientist

Ian Wilmut

the world’s

first cloned

mule

Idaho Gem

I was born on

4 May 2003,

look! I’m

growing

stronger now.

My name is Cc, I was

born in in the USA

December 2002.

scientists created me

with a cell taken from

my mother Rainbow.

Our names are Noel, Engel, Star, Joy,

and Mary. Can you recognize each of us?

Two cloned calves on 5 July

1998 in Japan.

My name is Andi,

I’m the first genet

ically modified m

onkey. in the US

A

the cloned deer

dog Snuppy created

by Korean and Ame

rican scientists

Look! I’m having

a birthday party.

Keke and Shuangshuang in China.

cloned rabbits bo

rn in Guangxi Un

iversity.

1.Do you think human beings

should be cloned? Why or why

not?

Discussion:

2. If you had a cloned brother or

sister who looked exactly like

you, how would you feel?

Reading

Anti-cloning.

answer the following questions.

1.Does the article give an anti-or

pro-cloning point of view, or both?

2.What was the name of the first

cloned mammal?

3.Is Pauline Carter pro-or anti-

cloning of human?

Both

Dolly

2. Who are the persons in the 2. Who are the persons in the article related to cloning?article related to cloning?

Ian Wilmut

Faye Wilson

Severino Antinori

Chinese scientists

Pauline Carter

Colin Jake

Ian Wilmut, a Scottish scientist who created Dolly and was shocked when hearing some scientists were considering cloning human beings. He never intends to create copy of humans. Instead, he thinks the efforts of scientists should be directed towards creating new cells and organs that could eventually be used to cure diseases like cancer.

Faye Wilson, a woman of 41 years old who cannot have a baby. She is desperate to have a baby of his own, a child that is genetically related to her.

Severino Antinori, an Italian doctor, is one of the leaders in the cloning research. He has declared that he wants to be the first to clone a human being.

main idea of each paragraph

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

Para 5

Para 6

An announcement about the first cloned human embryo caused much debate.The first cloned mammal was Dolly. Ian Wilmut is shocked that some scientists are considering cloning human beings.A woman wants to have a cloned baby.Cloning human embryos is illegal in many countries, but some scientists still want to clone human beings.Chinese scientists continue to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.

Read fast and decide T or F.

1. People all over the world are happy

about the idea of cloning human

beings.

2. Dolly, the first cloned

mammal, is exactly the same as other

sheep. 3. According to

the article, the scientist who created

Dolly does not agree with cloning

human beings.

F

F

T

4. Cloning can be used to cure diseases

because it can produce new tissues and

organs.

5. Colin Jake is against cloning humans,

just like Pauline Carter.

6. Cloning human beings is illegal in

many countries, so no scientists want to

clone human beings.

F

F

T

Find the reasons why people are pro-

or anti-cloning in the article and

letters and write them down.

Pro-cloning Anti-cloning

produce valuable

tissues and organs

that could be used

to save human lives

may produce a

real-life

Frankenstein’s

monster

Pro-cloning Anti-cloning

cure diseases like

cancerhelp those who are

unable to have

children

help those who

want to clone their

dead children

create more diseases

in the animal world

cloning shows no respect for human life

human life would no

longer be unique

Pro-cloning Anti-cloning

we should be

having fewer

babies in order to

reduce Earth’s

population, not

cloning more

Fill in the blanks with the words in the

box.

consequences immoral

successfully right humans

younger Italian cloning cell laws

Dear Editor,

I

read your article about human

_______with great concern. I first heard

of cloning animals from a single

____when I went to a seminar about

Dolly the sheep, who was

___________cloned in 1996, in Britain.

At the time I thought that the whole

concept of cloning was________.

cloning

cell

successfully

immoral

Why do some people think they have

the _____ to go against nature? Who

will be responsible for the possible

negative____________? If we interfere

with nature, we might create problems.

It seems that I was correct — your

article says that Dolly died at a much

________age than a non-cloned sheep.

right

consequences

younger

Also I can’t accept the idea of cloning

_______. We have no right to experim

ent with human life. I believe that stric

t_____ should be put in place and gove

rnments should do more to stop huma

n cloning. For example, the work of th

e ______doctor, Severino Antinori, mu

st be stopped.

humans

Italian

laws

If I were the President of Italy, I would

think about taking away his license.

Yours faithfully,

Wanglin

Language points

1. On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and fear that if mankind interferes with nature in this way, they would be on their way to producing a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.

另一方面 , 包括一些科学家在内的很多人则持不同意见 , 他们担心如果人们用这种方式干涉自然 , 那就可能离制造出一个现实生活中的弗兰肯斯坦怪物不远了。

on (the) one hand, on the other hand 一方面……，另一方面…… 如：On the one hand, rapid development of th

e economy will improve the living conditi

ons of the people. On the other hand it wi

ll speed up environmental destruction.

一方面经济的迅速发展会改善人们的生活状况 ,

另一方面它会加速环境的破坏。

2. I don’t want to adopt someone else’s

child and I don’t want to use another

woman’s egg —I want a child that is ge

netically related to me.

我不想领养别人的孩子 , 我也不想借用别的女人的卵子——我想要一个跟我在基因上有关联的孩子。

1 ） adopt “ 收养，领养”。 如： He adopted the orphan.

他收养了那孤儿。此外， adopt 还有 “采纳，采用”的意思。如：Can a school adopt the policy prohibiting

the use of mobile phones on campus?

学校能采纳禁止在学校使用手机的政策吗 ?

2) be related to “ 与……关联， 与……有联系” 如：In his essay, the author writes about how

art is related to culture.

作者在论文里阐述了艺术与文化的联系。

3. Most of the time it turns out that hum

ans are not really profiting when they da

mage the environment. 在多数情况下的结果是 , 人类在破坏环境之际并没有真正收益。turn out+ 形容词 / 不定式 / 从句，意为 “结果是 , 证明是”。 如：

It was a difficult time, but eventually things turned out fine.那是一段艰难的时期 , 但最终情况却不坏。That guy turned out to be my friend’s brother. 结果那个家伙是我朋友的弟弟。To my surprise, it turned out that I was wrong.令我惊奇的是 , 结果证明我错了。