UnitTwoCloning

核心詞匯：vain虛榮的，自負的，徒勞的；attain獲得，到達水平;

moral道德的，倫理的；straightforward簡單的，直接的；owe欠；reasonable;

undertake著手，從事承擔；strike;forbid;compulsory必須做的，義務的，強

迫的；differ;breakthrough;decoration;retire;assumption假定，設想;resist抵

制,抵抗；merely僅，只，不過;exact;altogether;obtain獲得,贏得；object;

initial最初的，開始的；drawback缺點，不利條件;unable;commercial商業(yè)的,

貿易的；bother打擾，操心，煩擾;accumulate積累，聚集;regulation規(guī)則，規(guī)

章，法規(guī)；adore崇拜，愛慕，喜愛；abjection不贊成，反對，異議；

conservation保守的，守舊的；constitution憲法，章程；shortly立亥lj,不久；

拓展詞匯：decoration裝飾；retirement退休，B急居；assume假定，設想;

exactly;regulate管理，控制，為.…制定規(guī)章；

重點短語:castdown沮喪,不愉快；fromtimetotime不時，偶爾；in

favorof支持，贊成;bringbacktolife使復生，使復活;bebondtodosth一定

或注定做…；invain白費力氣，枉費心機；payoff得到好結果，取得成功,

償清；oone'sheart使…刻骨銘心；ingood/poorcondition狀況/

情況好/壞

重點句型：1)Thefactthatsheseemedtodevelopnormallywasvery

encouraging.2)ThencamethedisturbingnewsthatDollyhadbecome

seriouslyill.

主要語法：復習同位語從句(Revisetheappositive).

話題：Naturalclonesandman-madeclones;thehistoryofcloning;

controversyaboutcloning

功能：

1)接受與拒絕(Acceptanceandrefusal)

I'mhappytoacceptbut

IsupportBecause

Iagreewith/couldneveragreetobecause

Yourargumenthasconvincedmebecause

Doyouthinkitiswiseto?

Isitfairto?

Idon'tmindbut

Ican't/canacceptyourargumentbecause...

No,Ican'tagreewithbecause

Howcanyoubelievethat?

Iwouldliketoagreewithyoubut

No,thatisnotreasonablebecause

Idon'tcareforyourideasbecause

2)表揚與鼓勵(Praiseandencouragement)

Yourideassoundveryencouragingtome.

Thafsagoodidea.

Welldonetoyoufor

Cloningisacontroversialtopicwhichwillbecomemoreimportantasthe

yearspass.Sooneoftheaimsofthisunitisforstudentstobeabletoexamine

anddiscusssomeoftheissuesassociatedwithcloning.Inthisunitweexplain

howcloning.Someoftheissuesthatarisefromthisandwhetheritispossible

tocloneextinctanimals.

PeriodOneWarmingUp,Pre-reading,ReadingandComprehending

Emotion,attitudeandvalue:

1)Tomakestudentsrealizethebenefitofcloningandtheharmofcloning.

2)Todevelopstudents'senseofcooperativelearningandcompetition.

Importantanddifficultpoints:

1)Toenablethestudentstolearnaboutcloningandtodeveloptheirreading

ability.

2)Toenablestudentstotalkaboutwhatweshoulddotodealwithcloning

properly.

ThecentralpartofthisperiodisthereadingpassagewiththenameofCloning:

WhereIsItLeadingUs?Ittalksaboutwhatiscloning,theusesofcloningand

differentideasaboutcloning.TheaimofReadingistointroducestudentstothe

procedureofanimalcloningandthelifeofDollythesheep.Itisafactualpiece

ofwriting.Itexplainssomeofthereasonswhycloningisstillcontroversial.

Knowledgeandskills:

1)Toknowthemeaningsofthefollowingnewwordsandphrasesinthis

period:straightforward簡單的，直接的；owe欠；reasonable;undertake著手,

從事承擔;strike;forbid;compulsory必須做的,義務的，強迫的；differ;

breakthrough;decoration;retire;assumption假定，設想；resist抵制，抵抗;

merely僅，只，不過；exact;altogether;obtain獲得，贏得；object;initial最初

的，開始的；drawback缺點，不利條件；unable;commercial商業(yè)的，貿易的；

bother打擾，操心，煩擾；accumulate積累，聚集；regulation規(guī)則，規(guī)章，法

規(guī);adore崇拜，愛慕，喜愛；abjection不贊成，反對，異議;conservation保守

的，守舊的；constitution憲法，章程；shortly立刻，不久；castdown沮喪，不

愉快；fromtimetotime不時，偶爾；infavorof支持，贊成；bringbacktolife

使復生，使復活;bebondtodosth一定或注定做…;invain白費力氣,枉費

心機;payoff得到好結果，取得成功，償清；

2)Tolearnaboutsomefactsandviewsaboutcloning.

3)Tolearnhowtheinformationisorganized.

4)Todevelopthestudents'readingabilitybyskimmingandscanningthe

passage.

5)Todevelopthestudents'speakingabilitybytalkingaboutcloning.

Step1Warmingup

1.Somequestionsforstudentstounderstandthecloning:

1)Whatisaclone?

2)Howisacloneproduced?

3)Whatbenefitscanhumangainfromcloning?

4)Whatproblemsmayarisewhenhumansarecloned?

5)Shouldweclonehuman?

6)Couldcloningreplacesexasthemeansofcreatingnewhumanlife?

7)Couldaparentcloneachildwhoisdyingofaterminalillness?

2.Lookatthepicturesandtalkaboutthemorally.

Talkaboutthepicturesinthestudents5book

Cloninginbiologyistheprocessofsimilarproducingpopulationsof

geneticallyidenticalindividualsthatoccursinnaturewhenorganismssuch

asbacteria（細菌）,insectsorplantsreproduceasexually（無性的,無性生

殖的）.Cloninginbiotechnology（生物技術）referstoprocessesusedto

createcopiesofDNAfragments（裂變）（molecularcloning分子克隆）,

cells（cellcloning）,ororganisms（有機體）.Thetermalsoreferstothe

productionofmultiplecopies（拷貝基因）ofaproductsuchasdigital

mediaorsoftware.

CloningofanyDNAfragmentessentiallyinvolvesfoursteps:

1）fragmentation（分裂）——breakingapartastrand（一個DNA鏈）of

DNA.

2）Ligation（結扎）——gluingtogetherpiecesofDNAinadesired

sequence（數(shù)列,系列）.

3）Transfection（傳染）一insertingthenewlyformedpiecesofDNAinto

cells.

4）Screening/selection—selectingoutthecellsthatweresuccessfully

transfectedwiththenewDNA.

Picture1:ItisofDollythesheep.Sheisanexactcopyofthesheepthat

providedhergeneticinformation.Herlambwasproducedasanatural

birth.

Picture2:Itisastrawberryplantwhichisshownproducingrunnersina

naturalformofcloning.Thenewplantsthatgrowfromtherunnersare

exactcopies(ornaturalclones)oftheoriginalplant.

Picture3:Itisanotherwayofproducingaplantclone.Thecuttingthat

thegardeneristakingwillproduceanotherplantthatisanexactcopyof

theoriginalplant(man-madeclone).

Picture4:Itishumantwins.Theyareidenticalinsexandappearance

andaregoodexamplesofnaturalclones.Twinscarrythesamegenetic

information.Thefertilizedeggsplitintotwowhileinsidethemother,and

soproducedtwoidenticalhumanbabies.

Anaturalcloneisonethatoccursinnature.

Aman-madecloneisonethatisproducedthroughhumanintervention.

Step2Readingandcomprehending

Getstudentstocomprehendthepassagequicklyandaccuratelyand

meanwhilehelpthestudentsformagoodhabitofreading.

1.Fastreading(Trueorfalse).

1)Cloningmeansmakingacopyofananimaloraplant.()

2)Gardenerscanmakealotofmoneybycloningplants.()

3)Cloninganimalsisascomplicatedascloningplants.()

4)Dollythesheepwasthefirstsuccessfulcloneofaanimal.()

5)Naturalcloneshappeninanimalsaswellasinplants.()

(Suggestedanswers:FTFTT)

2.Carefulreading

1)Askstudentstoreadthetextagainandfindoutthemainideaofeach

paragraph.

Paragraph1:.

Paragraph2:.

Paragraph3:.

Paragraph4:.

Paragraph5:.

2)Showthefollowingexercisesforstudentstofindoutthecorrect

answers.

?Themainideaofthetextis.

A.animalcloningisveryvaluableandcanbenefittheworld.

B.animalcloningcouldbemisusedbybadpeoplesoitmustbe

forbidden.

C.animalcloningiswelldevelopedbecauseDollythesheepwasborn.

D.animalcloningraisedargumentsandscientistsarenotsureaboutits

future.

@WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutcloningisNOTtrue?

A.Cloningissomethingthathasbeendevelopedquiterecently.

B.Twinsthatlookexactlythesameareoriginallyfromthesameegg.

C.Cloningisusedbygardenerstomakemoremoney.

D.Animalcloningismuchmoredifficultthanplantcloning.

@ThelambisthecloneofthecellfromsheepBbecause.

A.itprovidestheeggcellB.itgivesbirthtothelamb

C.itprovidesthenucleus（核）D.itisafemalesheep

@Anoriginalsheepmostprobablylivesyears.

A.3B.6C.9D.13

@WhichofthefollowingisNOTaproblemordangerofcloning

mentionedinthetext.

A.Evilleadersmaywanttoclonethemselves.

B.Animalclonesmaydeveloptheillnessofolderanimalsandmaydie

youngerthanthedonor（供體）animals.

C.Therearemoralobjectionstocloninghumanbeings.

D.Toomuchcloningmayleadtothedestructionofthebalanceofnature.

@Whichofthefollowingisnotanadvantageofcloning?

A.Cloningcanbeusedformedicalpurpose.

B.Largequantitiesoffoodcanbeproducedbycloning.

C.Famouspersonswhohavepassedawaycanbecloned.

D.Cloningcanhelpkeepanimalsfromextinct.

0Wecaninferfromthelastthreeparagraphsthat.

A.ThenormaldevelopmentofDollyhadnoeffectonthecloningof

otherspecies.

B.Dolly5sseriousillnessandfinaldeathdisturbedeveryoneintheworld.

C.Dollsuccessfullyclonedanewlambwiththehelpofcloning

scientists.

D.Therewereargumentsaboutanimalcloningandconcernsaboutthe

futureofcloning.

?Whatisthewriter'sattitudetowardsthecloninginthispassage?

A.Thewriterisagainstcloning.

B.Thewriterisinfavorofcloning.

C.Thewriterdoesnotstateanypersonalopinionaboutcloning.

D.Thewriterisinagreementwithcloning.

@WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?

A.ThebirthofDollythesheepisrelatedtofoursheep.

B.Itisverycomplicatedtocloneanimalsbecauseanimalshavemore

economicvalue.

C.Somegovernmentswillpermitresearchintohumancloningwiththe

aimofmedicalaid.

D.Apileofidenticaltwinsisanunnaturalclonethoughtheyhavethe

samesexandappearance.

?Whatdoyouthinkisthewriter'spointofviewinthepassage?

A.UnprejudicedB.Favorable

C.OpposedD.Pessimistic

OItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat.

A.theprocedureofarealcloneisaccurateenoughatfirst

B.aclonedanimalusuallydiesearlierthantheoriginalone

C.cloningwillcometoanendbecauseofsomanyproblems

D.Dollythesheepwasthecopyofthesheepthatprovidedtheeggcell

(Suggestedanswers:DACDDCDCCAB)

3)根據(jù)課文內容填空.

ThemeaningofItisawayofmakinga(n)1______copyofanother

cloninganimalorplant.

2____________Producingquantitiesofplantsforcommerce.

Cloningplantsisvery3______.

Researchonnewplantspeciesandmedicalresearch

onanimals.Cloninganimalsishardtoundertake.

AbreakthroughofThescientistssuccessfullycloned4______.

cloning

5_______raisedThenewsthatDollywasseriouslyill6_____the

bycloningDollyworld,whichmadecloningscientistscastdown.

thesheepDollylivedsixandahalfyears,halfthelengthof

thelifeofthe7______sheep.

Dolly5sappearanceledtomanyobjectionsandhada

great8_____onthemediaandpublicimagination.

DifferentattitudesSome9______hopedtoclonethemselvestoattain

tocloningtheirambitions.

Somegovernmentsforbaderesearchintohuman

cloning,andsomecountriesthoughtitpossibleto

usecloningfor10______purposes.

Step3Languagestudy

1.differfrom:不同于,與.…不同；differwidely大不相同,相差很大;

differabout/over/onsth在某方面不同或有分歧；differencebetweenA

andB:A和B的不同之處；makea/no/somedifference(tosb/sth)對某人

有/沒有/有些影響；

Wedifferfromthemonthisissue.我們在這個問題上與他們意見不一.

Theydifferwidelyintheiropinions.

Wedifferonmanythings.

Canyoutellthedifferencebetweenanapeandamonkey?

Flowersmakenodifferencetothisroom.這個房間有沒有花沒有什么

區(qū)別.

Thetwoboxesdifferincolor(顏色不同)butnotinsize,(differ)

2.exact:精確地，準確的，嚴謹?shù)模瑖栏竦模?/p>

Itwasdifficulttotellherexactage.

Thescholarisanexactthinker.這位學者思維嚴謹.

Tellmeexactlywhereheis.

Doyoumeanthatwearestuckhere?

——Exactly,mydear.一點沒錯，親愛的.

Canyoutellmetheroutethattheytook?

A.realB.trueC.exactD.special

3.undertake:著手，從事，承擔;undertaketodosth答應做某事；

Weundertookatriptothewest.我們至ij西部做了一次旅行.

HeundertooktofinishthejobbyFriday.

Icannotundertakethatyouwillmakeaprofit.我不能保證你會獲禾ij.

Asweareverybusythesedays,wemightthoseurgentworkfor

thetomebeing.A.undertakeB.agreeC.employD.

charge

4.payfor還款，因?…而受到懲罰，為……而付出代價;payback償還,

報復，報答；

Didthisplanpayoff?你的計劃成功了嗎？

Yourhardworkwillpayoff.你的努力工作會得到回報.

Howcanwepayyoubackforyourgreathelp?

rilpayhimbackforwhathedidtome!他這樣對我，我一定要向他報

復.

--LingFenwonthefirstprizeintheinternationalEnglishcomposition.

-Oh,really?I'mgladthathereffortsatlast.

A.workedB.gotbackC.paidoffD.turnedout

5.alltogether:一道，一起;altogether:完全地，徹底地，總^而言之；

Er,letmesee,it'sthreedollarsaltogether.

Iforgotitaltogether(thoroughly).

Thehousestillneededalotofwork,butthekitchenwasfinished.

A.insteadB.altogetherC.atonceD.atleast

6.impact:影響，作用，沖擊，撞擊;haveanimpacton=haveaneffect/

influenceon/upon對.…有影響；

Thebookmadeagreatimpactonitsreaders.

Anybodywhowantstohaveanimpactonsocietymuststartfrom

himselforherself.任何人要想影響社會，必須從自己開始.

Itisobvioushowbadmovieswillimpactonchildren.壞電影會怎樣影

響兒童是顯而易見的.

Listeningtothemusichasacalminginfluenceonher.

Warningsaboutthedangersofsmokingseemtohavelittleimpacton(沒

起多大作用)thisagegroup.(impact)

7.obtain:獲得,得到；achieve:多指成就,目標，幸福的取得;gain:是

指通過努力取得對自己有益處或有價值的東西；

Wherecangetenoughinformation?

Howardhadfailedtoobtainascholarship.

Theygainedthevictoryafterabloodybattle.

浴血奮戰(zhàn)后他們取得了勝利.

Noonecangreatachievementsunlessheconcentratesonwhathe

isdoing.

A.attainB.attractC.applyD.require

8.forbid:禁止，不準；forbidsbtodosth禁止某人做某事；

Thelawforbidstheuseofchemicalfertilizers.

Lackoftimeforbidsanyfurtherdiscussionatthepoint.

由于時間不夠，現(xiàn)在不能深入討論這個問題.

9.infavorof贊成,支持;insb'sfavor對某人有利；dosbafavor/doa

favorforsb幫某人一個忙;owesbafavor欠某人情分；

Onthewhole,Tminfavoroftheproposal.

總的說來，我贊成這個建議.

Areyouinfavoroftheplan?

Themajorityspokeagainsttheplan,whilehespokeatthemeeting

_____it.

A.inconnectionwithB.insearchofC.intermsofD.infavorof

10.owe:寸巴...歸功于；欠債；owingto=becauseof二dueto=asa

resultof二onaccountof由于，因為；

Iowethelandlordonehundreddollars二oweonehundreddollarstothe

landlord.

Heoweshissuccessmoretoluckthantoability.

Owingtotherain,thematchwascancelled.

Herabsencewasduetothestorm.

Billcannotcometothemeetingonaccountofillness.

Whenaskedaboutthesecretofhissuccess,hesaidthatheowedhis

successto(把他的成功歸功于)hiswifeandhischildren,(owe)

11.bother:打擾,操心，煩惱;

Ican'tbotherhimwithmylittleaffairs.

Don'tbotheraboutthattriflingmatter.別為了那件小事煩惱.

Wehadalotofbotherfindingavacantapartment.

我們費了不少周折找到一套空閑的公寓.

——Youareluckythatsheisverythoughtfulanddevotedtoyou.

——Infact,Idon'twanttoherwithmyproblemsallthetime.

A.honorB.helpC.affectD.bother

12.beboundto一定，注定；

Ifyouworkhard,you511beboundtosucceed.

Youhavedonesomuchthatyouareboundtopasstheexam.

IbelieveYaoMingisthebestplayerintheworldandheistowin

thegame.

A.fixedB.boundC.impossibleD.like

13.agreeto同意，贊成；agreetodosth同意做某事；agreewith可表示

同意某人或某人的意見，想法，分析，解釋等；還可表示“食物，天氣,

工作等對?…某人適宜”，“與???一致”;agreeto主要表示同意另外一方

提出的建議，安排，計劃等；agreeon/upon主要指雙方通過協(xié)商而取得

一致的意見和達成協(xié)議.

Tomydisappointment,myfatherdoesn'tagreetobuymeanewbike.

Theyagreedwiththisidea.

Theweatherdoesnotagreewithme.

Hardworkdoesnotagreewithme.

Averbmustagreewithitssubjectinpersonandnumber.

Doyouthinkhewillagreeto(accept)mysuggestion?

Thetwosidesfailedtoagreeoneverypointbutcametoan

accommodationo

雙方并非在每一點上意見都一致，但已達成和解.

Bynomeanswillsheagreeto/isshegoingtoagreeto/isshetoagree

to(她會同意)movetoanewplacefarawayfromherworkplace.

Step4Listening,readingaloudandunderlining

Askstudentstoreadthepassagealoudtothetapeandletthempay

attentiontothepronunciationofeachwordandthepausewithineach

sentence.Tellthemtopickoutalltheusefulexpressionsorcollocations

fromthepassagewhilereadingandcopythemdownintheirnotebooks

afterclassashomework.

Collocations:quantitiesof,payoff,ontheonehand,ontheotherhand,

beappropriateto,haveagreatimpacton,atpresent,etc.

Step5Homework

1.Readthetextcarefullyafterclassandlearntheusefulnewwordsand

expressionsinthisunitbyheart.

2.Trytofindsomedataaboutcloningontheinternet,andshowyour

classinthenewperiodandtalkaboutthem.

Reflectionafterteaching:

PeriodTwoReading,speakingandwriting

Theteachingmaterialsofthisperiodcontainfourparts:

ThefirstpassageTheReturnoftheDinosaurs?onpage15ismainly

talksaboutthepossibilityofcloningfierceandextinctwildanimals,which

alwaysinterestsfilmmakersandteenagers.Theconclusionofthispassage

is:thechanceofdinosaurseverreturningtotheearthismerelyadream.

ThesecondoneisReadingTaskonPage58,whichasksthestudentsto

readapassageaboutadebateandfillinthechart.

ThethirdoneisSpeakingTaskonPage60,whichasksstudentsto

organizeadebateanddelivertheirspeechtoencouragethemtospeak

activelyinclassanddeveloptheirspeakingandlisteningability.

TheforthoneisWritingTaskonPage61toaskstudentstowritean

articleonadebate.

Knowledgeandskills:

1)Toenablestudentstoknowthechanceofcloningdinosaursandsome

informationaboutextinctanimals.

2)Togetthestudentstolearnthefollowingusefulnewwordsand

expressions:strike,initial,vain,drawback劣勢，缺點，merely僅僅,

decoration,adore崇拜，敬佩，hatch孵蛋，reasonable,strike...intoone's

heart使.…亥lj骨銘，iLsinvain,ingood/poorcondition,bother,beboundto

dosth,fromtimetotime,bringsth/sbbacktolife使...復活，resist.

3)Togetstudentstounderstandandusethefollowingimportantand

usefulsentencepatterns.

4)Tohelpthestudentsdeveloptheirspeakingandlisteningability.

5)Tohelpthestudentslearnhowtowriteanarticleonadebate.

Emotionandvalue:

1)Todevelopthestudents5senseofscience.

2)Todevelopthestudents5senseofcooperationwithotherstosolve

problems.

教學重難點：

1)Theunderstandingofthereadingpassage.

2)Thefollowingkeywordsandexpressions:bother,beboundto,from

timetotime,bringsbtolife,resist.

3)Theimportantsentencepattern:Besidesthat,thereisalsoafierce

debateoverthequestionwhetherhumanexperimentsshouldbeallowed.

4)Teachingthestudentshowtowriteanarticleonadebate.

Step1Revision

Checkthehomeworkofthelastperiod.

Step2Lead-in

1)HaveyouseenthefilmJurassicPark?

2)Doyoulikedinosaurs?

3)Doyouthinkitispossibletobringthedinosaursbacktolife?

Step2Skimming

Skimthepassageandanswerthequestions:Isitpossibletobringthe

dinosaursbacktolifebycloning?Why?

(Suggestedanswers:Itisimpossible,becausebasedonwhatweknow

now,youcannotcloneanimalsthathavebeenextinctlongerthan

10,000yearsanddinosaursdisappeared65,000,000yearsago.)

Step3Scanning

Askstudentstoscanthepassageanddothefollowingexercises.

1)Whyshouldn'tyoucloneanextinctanimalunlessthereisenough

diversityinthegroup?.

2)Whyisitwrongtocloneanextinctanimalifitwouldliveinazoo?

3)Thewriterofthetext.

A.isexcitedbythepossibilityofcloningfierceandextinctanimals.

B.believesthatextinctanimalscanbebroughtbacktolifebycloning.

C.thinksitimpossibleorunsuitabletocloneextinctanimalslike

dinosaurs.

D.dreamsofdinosaursreturningtotheearth.

4)Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Micewereclonedin1981.

B.Dollythesheepwasthefirstclonedanimal.

C.Thenameoftheclonedcowis“Bison”.

D.Chinawassuccessfulincloningtwincalves.

5)Thereasonwhyagroupofclonedanimalsalldieofthesameillness

donotinclude.

A.theyhavethesamearrangementofgenes

B.thereisn'tenoughdiversityinthegroupforthemtoovercomeillness.

C.theillnessistooseriousforallkindsofanimals.

D.theirarrangementofgenescannotresistthatnewdisease.

6)Wecaninferfromthetextthat.

A.scientistsareexperiencingtoclonedinosaurs.

B.dinosaurswillneverreturntotheearth.

C.clonedanimalswillonlyliveinthezoo

D.theDNAofdinosaurscanonlysurvive10,000years.

Trueorfalse:

1)Scientistsarestillexperimentingwithcloningmammalsbecausethey

thinkitcanmakemoney.()

2)Diversityinagrouphelpspreventanimalsfromdyingofthesame

illness.()

3)Zoosareappropriatetoclonedanimals.()

4)Scientistscanonlycloneanimalsextinct10,000yearsago.()

Step4Languagestudy

1.fromtimetotime:有時，不時，偶爾；相似的短語：attimes,now

andthen,onceinawhile.

Hewentfishingfromtimetotime.

Fromtimetotime,duringthenight,therewasamoan(口申吟)fromthe

sickman.

Everyonemaymakemistakesattimes.

Iliketogototheoperanowandthen.

--Doyouoftengofishingatweekends?

-Notoften.Ionlygofishing.

A.atonetimeB.allthetime

C.atatimeD.fromtimetotime

2.bringbacktolife:使復生，使復活；相似的短語：bringback帶回,

使回想起，使恢復；bringdown使下降，使降低；bringin吸收，引入;

bringout顯示出來,弄清楚,出版;bringup提出,撫養(yǎng),嘔吐；

It'sbeyondmortalpowertobringadeadmanbacktolife.

要死人復活非凡人能力之所為.

Pleasebringbackthebooktomorrow.

Thesearemattersthatyoucanbringupincommittee.

3.vain:虛榮的啟負的;invain:徒勞，白費力氣；

Sheisavaingirl.

Sheisvainofhervoice.

Dayafterdayshewaitedinvainforhimtotelephoneher.

日復一日，她徒勞地等待他的電話.

Wetriedtopersuadehimtogiveupsmoking.Hejustwouldn't

listen.A.invainB.inparticularC.inallD.indetail

4.resistdoingsth:抵抗，對抗；

Thenationwasunabletoresisttheinvasion.

Ahealthybodyresistsdisease.

Asthecoatwasabargainatsuchalowprice,Icouldn'tresistthe

temptationtobuyit.因為價格實在便宜，所以我抵不住誘惑買了下來.

Shecouldn'tresistlaughingathiminthoseclothes.

看到他穿那樣的衣服，她忍不住笑了起來.

Hetriedtorunawayfromthepoliceandwaschargedwitharrest.

A.controllingB.resistingC.winningD.losing

5.passonsthtosb:把某物傳給某人；相關短語：passaway去世，逝

世;passby走過，經(jīng)過，忽視;passdown把….傳給后世;passthrough經(jīng)

過，通過；

Folkmusichasbeenpasseddownfromonegenerationtoanother.

民間音樂是一代一代地流傳下來的.

6.condition:狀況，條件，情況；ingoodcondition狀況良好，身體健

ft;onconditionthat:如果,在….條件下，條件是…；

What'sthepatient'scondition?

Findoutwhattheconditionsofthecontactare.

弄清楚合同的條件是什么？

Thecarisingoodcondition.

Youcanusethebicycleonconditionthatyoureturnittomorrow.

rilcomeonconditionthatJoanisinvitedtoo.

FromtheironthetopoftheTVTower,visitorscanhaveabetter

viewofthecity.

A.stageB.positionC.conditionD.situation

Step5ReadingTask

AskstudentstoturntoPage58.Firstaskthemtheiropinionsabout

debate,whetherthey'veseenanyTVdebate(forexample:college

student'sdebate,onechairmanortwo,fourmemberseachgroup)

1)Whatisthedefinitionofdebate?

(Suggestedanswers:Adebateisanactivitystudentscandiscusstwo

sidesofanissues.Thereisachairpersontochargeit.)

2)Whatistheprocessofadebate?

(Suggestedanswers:Theleadingdebaterwhosupportsthetopicfirst,

thenanotheronewhodisagreeswiththetopicspeaks,andthenother

peopletaketurnstogiveafreediscussion.Towardstheendofthedebate,

thelastspeakerofeachsidewillsummarizetheargumentsthathavebeen

madetosupporttheirpointsofview.)

Turntopage60,pleasereadtheexampleofdebate.Firstreadthetopic

carefullyanddiscussthequestionsaboutmedicalcloningwiththeir

partnersbyfollowingthequestions:

TeamA:1)Whatistheirargument?2)Tworeasonsformedicalcloning.

3)Doyouagreewiththem?Why?

TeamB:1)What'stheirargument?2)Tworeasonsagainstmedical

cloning?3)Doyouagreewiththem?Why?

Step6SpeakingTask

Tellthestudentstopreparethedebate:Shouldweclone?

Beforethedebate,givethemsomeinformationforthemtochoose.

Duringthespeech,theycanmakenotessothattheydonotforgetwhat

theywanttosay.Inthedebatethepersonwhospeakslastmustsummarize

his/herideas.Showthefollowingtipstothestudents:

Centeronthetopic.

Organizemainideasthatsupportyourpointofview.

Listyourownideas.

Makeaconclusion.___________________________________________

Showthefollowinginformationtostudents.Theycanrefertothe

informationduringthedebate:

Argumentsforcloning:

1)Cloningwillbebeneficialtohumans.Forexample,ifacouplecan't

havechildren,cloningcouldhelpgivethemachild.

2)Wecouldusecloningtocureillness.

Argumentsagainstcloning:

1)Againstnature;

2)Riskofabuseofthetechnology;

3)Clonedanimalsgetillanddiequiteyoung;

4)Cloningisdangerousbecausescientistsmaycreatemonstersby

mistake.

Step7Writing

Askstudentstoimaginethattheyarethereportersonlocalnewspaper

andtheyhavebeenaskedtowriteanarticleonthisdebate.Todothisthey

mustmentionbothsidesoftheargument.Remembertomakealargemain

headingandthenasmallheadingbelowit.Writearound250words.

Organizetheirwritinginthisway:

Paragraph1:Thetopicofthedebateandwhowon.

Paragraph2:Theideasofthewinningside

Paragraph3:Theideasoftheotherside

Paragraph4:Conclusionandyourreactiontothedebate,togetherwith

anyideasyoufeeltheyleftout

Iftimeislimited,youcanaskstudentstofinishthewritingafterclass.

Asampleversion:

ShouldMedicalCloningAllowed

ADebateatXinhuaMiddleSchool

yesterdaytherewasaveryexcitingdebateatXinhuaMiddleSchool

aboutwhethermedicalcloningshouldbeallowedornot.Afteralively

discussio