Legal and Moral
Implications of Cloning
Unit 8
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,Vocabulary Exercises
Stage 4,Translating and Writing
Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and
discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Think about the pre-
reading questions before
listening and anticipate
what we are going to read.
2,Pre-reading questions for the
students
2.1.From a medical standpoint,what are
the positive and negative effects of human
cloning?
Hint:It’s a great progress in the medical
field,The cloned organs will save the
lives of some people who are seriously ill,
Yet before this technique is clinically
used,it still needs to be tested.
2.2,From a social and moral
standpoint,do you think cloning
would be a good thing for humans?
Hint,Perhaps it’s not acceptable,It
will cause a confused relationship
between a human clone and the
donor of its DNA,A disrespected
social class will appear.
Questions for thought
and discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer the
following questions.
Background information
cloning:the process of
making a genetically
identical organism through
nonsexual means.
Examples,Dolly,and the
sheep cloned in China,etc.
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully and
guess the meaning of the italicized
term in each sentence according to
the context and your own
experiences.
Comparing the following
words
a) machine machinery
b) fatal vital critical
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get the
main idea of the text.
Prepare to tell a story about the
symbols of American or Chinese
culture.
Reading-Centred
Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Text structure analysis
The essay focuses on one central theme,
the legal and moral implications of
cloning,One characteristic writing
technique that runs throughout the
reading passage is listing.
The essay lists a number of
questions about the legal and
moral implications that arise
from cloning,The whole passage
can be divided into 4 parts:
Background situation,It was science fiction coning to life,
With the success of cloning an adult mammal,a world with
human clones was suddenly within reach,Para.1
Responses to the general situation:
Responses from the governments:
Governments hurried to draft guide-
lines for an unknown future and
President Clinton ordered a national
commission to study the relative
issues,Some countries began examining
the moral implications of cloning other
species.( Para,2)
Responses from scientists
etc.,like the Theory of
Relativity,the splitting of
the atom,and the first
space flight,cloning has
generated a long list of
difficult puzzles for
scientists,politicians,and
philosophers.( Para,3)
A list of puzzles or questions,6 puzzles are listed.
Why would anyone want to clone a human being in
the first place? There are two broad categories of
situations in which people want to clone a human
being,Paras,4 & 5
Would a cloned human be identical to the original?
A cloned human is not identical to the original but
most of the physical differences between originals
and copies are so minor that detection of them
would require a sophisticated laboratory,The only
possible major difference is bearing children,This
is a question of wait-and-see,Paras,8-10
Will it be possible to clone the dead? In theory at
least it might be possible,Paras,6 & 7
What if parents decided to clone a child in order
to harvest organs? For human beings,it would be
psychologically harmful if a child sensed he was
born simply as an organ donor,but for nonfatal
organ transplants it seems acceptable,For
animals used as organ donors,it is OK provided
techniques are improved,Paras,11-13
How would a human clone refer to the donor of its
DNA? It sounds reasonable to refer to the donor as
“Most honored sir or madam”,But an editorial
director of one dictionary prefers,original” and
“copy”,Paras,14-16
What are the other implications of cloning for
society? Genetic engineering will create a new
(and disrespected) social class:,the clones”,
Whether or not they were humans will cause
debate,Paras,17 & 18
Conclusion,The list of questions could go on;
people are just beginning to wonder about the
future of the world after cloning,Para,19
Reading-Centred
Activities
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing (exercises 8
and 9 )
Language points to be explained
and practiced
(1)Word last week that…caught the
imagination of everyone,(Para,1)
Word spread fast that he had won the
Nobel prize.
(2) work for,(Para,1)
a,apply to
The rules of safe driving work for
everyone.
b,make efforts to achieve something
They worked for the complete abolition of
capitalist exploitation of men by men.
(3) come to life,(Para,1) be alive or vivid
When I mentioned out plans for a trip abroad,
the kids came to life at once.
(4) in the wake of,(Para,2) coming after or
following
Airport security was extra tight in the wake of
yesterday’s bomb attacks.
(5) in the first place…,in the second place…
(Para,4)
It was unwise to suggest that others should store
tinned food,In the first place few people would have
room to store much and in the second tinned food
should be treated with great care.
(6) in theory,(Para.7)
In theory and practice,human beings can be cloned.
(7) be identical to/with,(Para,8) be exactly the same
as
The tests are identical to those carried out last year.
(8) What if…,(Para,11) What would happen if…
What if we go and see a film tomorrow night?
(9) get around/round:(para,13) overcome; avoid or
find a satisfactory way of dealing with,
The administration got around this problem by
introducing a new law.
(10) under the name of,(Para,15) using a name
different from one’s own
I’ve come to collect my tickets—— I reserved
them by phone yesterday under the name of
Tremin.
compare,
a,in the name of sth,for the sake of
They acted in the name of democracy.
b,in the name of sb,representing a certain group
of people
Could you write a letter in the name of all the
young people in the village?
(11) regardless of,(Para,15) pay no attention to
He bought everything he liked regardless of price.
(12) be concerned about/over,(Para,18) give one’s
attention to or worry about
Why are you so concerned about the boy’s safety?
(13) puzzle over,(Para,18) think hard about,find
the answer by thinking hard
Why waste effort puzzling over his intentions?
If you don’t like his idea,don’t accept it.
Questions put forward by the students,
How did the world react to the first
successfully cloned sheep?
What are the two broad categories human
cloning situations often fall into?
According to the author,why are twins more
alike than clones?
Biologically speaking,what is the only
possible major difference between a clone
and the original?
Why do some parents want to save their
fatally ill child through cloning?
Could cloned animals be used as
organ donors?
How did Judith Martin suggest
referring to one’s DNA donors?
What is the gravest concern about
human cloning for society?
Homework,
review the text
Implications of Cloning
Unit 8
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,Vocabulary Exercises
Stage 4,Translating and Writing
Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and
discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Think about the pre-
reading questions before
listening and anticipate
what we are going to read.
2,Pre-reading questions for the
students
2.1.From a medical standpoint,what are
the positive and negative effects of human
cloning?
Hint:It’s a great progress in the medical
field,The cloned organs will save the
lives of some people who are seriously ill,
Yet before this technique is clinically
used,it still needs to be tested.
2.2,From a social and moral
standpoint,do you think cloning
would be a good thing for humans?
Hint,Perhaps it’s not acceptable,It
will cause a confused relationship
between a human clone and the
donor of its DNA,A disrespected
social class will appear.
Questions for thought
and discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer the
following questions.
Background information
cloning:the process of
making a genetically
identical organism through
nonsexual means.
Examples,Dolly,and the
sheep cloned in China,etc.
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully and
guess the meaning of the italicized
term in each sentence according to
the context and your own
experiences.
Comparing the following
words
a) machine machinery
b) fatal vital critical
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get the
main idea of the text.
Prepare to tell a story about the
symbols of American or Chinese
culture.
Reading-Centred
Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Text structure analysis
The essay focuses on one central theme,
the legal and moral implications of
cloning,One characteristic writing
technique that runs throughout the
reading passage is listing.
The essay lists a number of
questions about the legal and
moral implications that arise
from cloning,The whole passage
can be divided into 4 parts:
Background situation,It was science fiction coning to life,
With the success of cloning an adult mammal,a world with
human clones was suddenly within reach,Para.1
Responses to the general situation:
Responses from the governments:
Governments hurried to draft guide-
lines for an unknown future and
President Clinton ordered a national
commission to study the relative
issues,Some countries began examining
the moral implications of cloning other
species.( Para,2)
Responses from scientists
etc.,like the Theory of
Relativity,the splitting of
the atom,and the first
space flight,cloning has
generated a long list of
difficult puzzles for
scientists,politicians,and
philosophers.( Para,3)
A list of puzzles or questions,6 puzzles are listed.
Why would anyone want to clone a human being in
the first place? There are two broad categories of
situations in which people want to clone a human
being,Paras,4 & 5
Would a cloned human be identical to the original?
A cloned human is not identical to the original but
most of the physical differences between originals
and copies are so minor that detection of them
would require a sophisticated laboratory,The only
possible major difference is bearing children,This
is a question of wait-and-see,Paras,8-10
Will it be possible to clone the dead? In theory at
least it might be possible,Paras,6 & 7
What if parents decided to clone a child in order
to harvest organs? For human beings,it would be
psychologically harmful if a child sensed he was
born simply as an organ donor,but for nonfatal
organ transplants it seems acceptable,For
animals used as organ donors,it is OK provided
techniques are improved,Paras,11-13
How would a human clone refer to the donor of its
DNA? It sounds reasonable to refer to the donor as
“Most honored sir or madam”,But an editorial
director of one dictionary prefers,original” and
“copy”,Paras,14-16
What are the other implications of cloning for
society? Genetic engineering will create a new
(and disrespected) social class:,the clones”,
Whether or not they were humans will cause
debate,Paras,17 & 18
Conclusion,The list of questions could go on;
people are just beginning to wonder about the
future of the world after cloning,Para,19
Reading-Centred
Activities
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing (exercises 8
and 9 )
Language points to be explained
and practiced
(1)Word last week that…caught the
imagination of everyone,(Para,1)
Word spread fast that he had won the
Nobel prize.
(2) work for,(Para,1)
a,apply to
The rules of safe driving work for
everyone.
b,make efforts to achieve something
They worked for the complete abolition of
capitalist exploitation of men by men.
(3) come to life,(Para,1) be alive or vivid
When I mentioned out plans for a trip abroad,
the kids came to life at once.
(4) in the wake of,(Para,2) coming after or
following
Airport security was extra tight in the wake of
yesterday’s bomb attacks.
(5) in the first place…,in the second place…
(Para,4)
It was unwise to suggest that others should store
tinned food,In the first place few people would have
room to store much and in the second tinned food
should be treated with great care.
(6) in theory,(Para.7)
In theory and practice,human beings can be cloned.
(7) be identical to/with,(Para,8) be exactly the same
as
The tests are identical to those carried out last year.
(8) What if…,(Para,11) What would happen if…
What if we go and see a film tomorrow night?
(9) get around/round:(para,13) overcome; avoid or
find a satisfactory way of dealing with,
The administration got around this problem by
introducing a new law.
(10) under the name of,(Para,15) using a name
different from one’s own
I’ve come to collect my tickets—— I reserved
them by phone yesterday under the name of
Tremin.
compare,
a,in the name of sth,for the sake of
They acted in the name of democracy.
b,in the name of sb,representing a certain group
of people
Could you write a letter in the name of all the
young people in the village?
(11) regardless of,(Para,15) pay no attention to
He bought everything he liked regardless of price.
(12) be concerned about/over,(Para,18) give one’s
attention to or worry about
Why are you so concerned about the boy’s safety?
(13) puzzle over,(Para,18) think hard about,find
the answer by thinking hard
Why waste effort puzzling over his intentions?
If you don’t like his idea,don’t accept it.
Questions put forward by the students,
How did the world react to the first
successfully cloned sheep?
What are the two broad categories human
cloning situations often fall into?
According to the author,why are twins more
alike than clones?
Biologically speaking,what is the only
possible major difference between a clone
and the original?
Why do some parents want to save their
fatally ill child through cloning?
Could cloned animals be used as
organ donors?
How did Judith Martin suggest
referring to one’s DNA donors?
What is the gravest concern about
human cloning for society?
Homework,
review the text
