新课标人教版选修八Book8-Unit2-Reading

ReadingNaturalcloneisonethatoccursinanaturalformofcloningwithouthumanhelp.Man-madecloneisonethatproducedthroughhumanintervention(介入).Inpairs,lookatthesepicturesanddiscusswhichonesarenaturalclonesandwhichonesareman-made.Explainhowtheydiffer.DiscussionAstrawberryplantGrowingnewplantsTwinsDollythesheepShewasclonedwhiletheotherswerebornnaturally.Dollywasa______sheep.clonedHowdoesDollydifferfromothersheep?•Preview:•ⅠFindthewordsorexpressionsforeachofthefollowingmeaningsfromthetext.•A._object_refuse,beagainst•B._complicated_madeupofmanyparts•C._breakthrough__developmentordiscovery•D._procedure__orderofdoingsomething•E._commercial_buyingorsellingofgoods•F._exact__thesame,precise•H._obtain_gain,get•I._merely_only;simply•J._forbid________useforceagainst•K._bother_trouble,disturb••ⅡMarkthephrasesinthetextandwritethemdown.•1用来生产与原型完全相同的动植物的方法•awayofmakinganexactcopyofanotheranimalorplant•2在性别和相貌上insexandappearance3生产大量的供商用的植物producecommercialquantitiesofplants•4克隆植物Cloningplants5得到回报payoff•6从—取出remove7一方面onetheonehand•8坏消息thedisturbingnews9病地很严重becomeseriouslyill•10沮丧的castdown11适合，更容易发生在beappropriateto•12同样无法控制的命运thesamearbitraryfate13另一方面ontheotherhand•14引起强烈的反对raiseastormofobjections•15对—媒体和公众的想象力产生极大的影响•haveagreatimpactthemediaandpublicimagination•16打开人们的眼界openeveryone’seyesto•17实现他们的野心attaintheirambitions•18提出道德问题raisemoralquestions•19收集证据accumulateevidence•ⅢTranslation:•1Cloningplantsisstraightforwardwhilecloninganimalsisverycomplicated.克隆植物简单，但是克隆动物就比较复杂了••2Butatlastthedeterminationandpatienceofthescientistspaidoffin1996withabreakthrough—thecloningofDollythesheep.•但是，科学家的决心和耐心最终得到了回报，这就是1996年具有突破性的克隆羊“多莉”的诞生。•3Thefactthatsheseemedtodevelopnormallywasveryencouraging.•多莉看来是在正常的成长着，这很令人鼓舞。•4ThencamethedisturbingnewsthatDollyhadbecomeseriouslyill.•接着传来了多莉病重的坏消息。•5CloningscientistswerecastdowntofindthatDolly'sillnessesweremoreappropriatetoamucholderanimal.•研究克隆的科学教发现多利得的病更容易发生在年老的羊身上。这让他们很沮丧。•6Ontheotherhand,Dolly'sappearanceraisedastormofobjectionsandhadagreatimpactonthemediaandpublicimagination.•另一方面，多莉的出生引起了一阵强烈的反对,对媒体和公众的想象力也产生了巨大的影响。•ⅣConcludethemainideaofeachpartsortheycanmatchthetopicswitheachparagraph:Para.1Cloningisawayofmakinganexactcopyofanotheranimalorplant.Para.2Cloninghavetwomajoruses.Para.3TheproblemsofDollyPara.4TheeffectofDollyPara.5Itisforbiddentoclonehumanbeing.•Reading：•Carefulreading•ⅠReadthepassagecarefullyandchoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.•1).Themainideaofthepassageis___________•A.animalcloningisveryvaluableandcanbenefittheworld.•B.animalcloningcouldbemisusedbybadpeoplesoitmustbeforbidden.•C.animalcloningiswelldevelopedbecauseDollythesheepwasborn.•D.animalcloningraisedargumentsandscientistsarenotsureaboutitsfuture.•2).Inthesecondparagraph,theword“straightforward”means____.•A.uncomplicatedB.honestC.frankD.difficult••3).Wecaninferfromthelastthreeparagraphsthat___.•A.ThenormaldevelopmentofDollyhadnoeffectonthecloningofotherspecies.•B.Dolly’sseriousdiseaseandfinaldeathdisturbedthewholeworld.•C.Dollysuccessfullyclonedanewlambwiththehelpofcloningscientists.•D.Therewereargumentsaboutanimalcloningandconcernsaboutthefutureofcloning.•4).Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethataclonedanimal__________•A.usuallylivesaslongastheoriginalone.•B.usuallyliveslongerthantheoriginalone.•C.usuallydiesearlierthantheoriginalone.•D.isusuallyashealthyastheoriginalone.•5).Whataboutthewriter’sattitudetowardcloninginthispassage?•A.Thewriterisagainstcloning.•B.Thewriterisinfavorofcloning.•C.Thewriterdoesnotstateanypersonalopinionaboutcloning.•D.Thewriterisinagreementwithcloning.•ⅡReadthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.1Whatarethetwomajorusesofcloning?Thefirstuseistoproducecommercialquantitiesofplants.Thesecondistoresearchonnewplantsspeciesanddomedicalresearchonanimals.2Whyisiteasiertomakecommercialplantclonesthananimalclones?Cloningplantsisstraightforward,butthecloningofanimalsisverycomplicated.•3Whatwasthefirstclonefromanadultanimal?Atwhatagedidthisclonedie?ThefirstclonefromanadultanimalwasDollythesheep.Shediedin2003.•4Whyiscloningcontroversialinsomecountries?Cloningiscontroversialinsomecountriesformoralandreligiousreasons.•ⅢWhatdoyouthingiswriter’spointofviewinthisradingpassage?Isitinfavorofcloningoragainstit?•Ithinkthewriteris(impartial〈无偏见的〉/for/against)because.impartialheorshedoesnotstateanypersonalopinionaboutcloningtheauthordoesnotstateanypersonalopinionaboutcloning.A.Objective(befair)B.Negative(beagainstit)C.Positive(beinfavorofit)Thewriter’sattitudetowardscloningBecause_________________________________________________________________•Post---reading=Discussion按照下列要点连成一篇短文•1Whatiscloningandwhat’sthedifferencebetweencloninganimalsandplants?•2WhywerecloningscientistssocastdownforDollyandwhatinfluencedidtheDolly’sappearancehave?•3Areyouinfavoroforagainstcloninghumanbeing?Showyouropinions.•Asweallknow,cloningisawayofmakinganexactcopyofanotheranimalorplant.Cloningplantsisstraightforwardwhilecloninganimalsisverycomplicated.Fortunately,itwasthankstothedeterminationandpatienceofthescientiststhatthefirstclonedanimalDollyth