5.She was not a ltogether pleased at the corrections he made to her work. 6.Grey decided to move to the countryside and his wife made no o bjections to it. 7.According to the constitution, it is compulsory for a citizen to u ndertake military service.
Unit 2 Cloning
Learning goals
• 1.To review the news words and grammar in this text • 2. To develop the Ss’ ding) • 3. To present basic information about cloning, especially its significance to human beings • 4. To foster the Ss’ writing ability to talk about cloning
The question whether human beings should be cloned was not discussed at the meeting. The phenomenon that people drew on the Great Wall really annoyed me.
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1.In many aspects natural clones, such as identical twins, do not d iffer greatly from manmade ones. 2.He was c ast down when the procedure he had used to produce a mammal clone ended in failure. ccumulate 3.Dust will a in a deserted house. 4.Her memory is so excellent that she could remember the e xact names of the side roads we passed on the way.
2. What is the writing style? A. Expositive (说明性的). B. Descriptive. C. Argumentative (议论性的).
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3. It can be inferred from the passage that a
Reading Skimming
D 1. The main idea of the text is ______ A. animal cloning is very valuable and can benefit the world. B. animal cloning could be misused by bad people so it must be forbidden. C. animal cloning is well developed because Dolly the sheep was born. D. animal cloning raised arguments and scientists are not sure about its future.
1.The fact that Dolly the sheep seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. 2.Then came the disturbing news Dolly had become seriously ill. that 3.会议上，是否应该克隆人这一问题没有被讨论。 4.在长城上乱画的现象使我很气愤。
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1. pprocedure : a way of doing sth., esp. the usual or correct way 2. uundertake : to make yourself responsible for sth, and start doing it 3. a attain : to reach a particular age, level or condition 4. fforbid : to order sb. not to do sth.; to order that sth. must not be done 5. o obtain : to get sth., esp. making an effort
Sentences
Questions
1.What do you know about clone? 2.Cloning is the new biotechnology and the one which causes the most heated discussion over its worth. Do you know how many kinds of animals have been cloned? Do you think it is possible to clone a human being?
1996 cloned sheep
cloned rabbit
2005 cloned dogs
3.The clones have no souls, would they be dangerous?
4.If clone is safe, why is that against the law to clone human beings?