人教版 选修八Unit 2 Cloning listening and speaking
Unit 2 Cloning
Listening and speaking
Xiao Qing and Rachel Brown are talking about cloning.
Ⅰ. Listen to the text for the first time
and try to get the main idea.
Rachel’s ideas about cloning
cruel to animals It seems ___________________
It makes the animals_________________ do unnatural things It is a _________ dead end the species It weakens _________________
2. There were 627 experiments before Dolly was successfully cloned._______ × √ 3. Cloning may help cure serious illnesses. _______ 4. Dolly the sheep was “middle-aged” when less she was born. _______ √ 5. Cloning means that there is more variety in the species._______ ×
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Advice 2 What should we do before listening to the text?
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Ⅱ. Listen to the text for the second time and decide whether it is TRUE or FALSE. √ 1. Cloning will bring dead pets to life. ________ 276
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Write a short passage according to your opinion about cloning.
Main idea: Xiao Qing and Rachel Brown are discussing whether cloning is cruel to animals or not. about_________________________________
Advice 1 Generally speaking, where can we find the main idea of the whole passage?
bring people’s back to life It may__________ favourite pets ___________
It is always like that with a new science cures for serious illnesses It may provide _______________________
Role-play:
Let’s have a role-play together. Just imaging student A is a scientist working on cloning, while student B is what the scientist cloned. Please make a dialogue between them.
Advice3 While listening ,what should you do?
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Ⅲ. Listen to the tape again and then fill in the chart. Xiao Qing’s ideas about cloning doing a wonderful job Scientists are ____________________________
人教版高中英语选修8 Unit 2《Cloning》(Workbook Listening)课件
Listening task on page 57
Read the ten sentences on page 57 and then listen to the tape for the first time. Decide if they are facts or opinions.
1. F 5. F
people did before cloning was a possibility? BILLY: Yes, and she knows the cloning procedure. She’s read about the experiments in America. They offer chances for pets to produce their own stem cells. These stem cells will produce new pets at a very reasonable price.
CP: I know, and that’s why it’s important to
get our ideas sorted out now. So we
really have to think about the problems of human cloning. WQ: Yes. Now I see your point. We should do something about this. How about a meeting? What do you think?… (fade out)
the donor and the clone?
CP: Maybe. What if the donor and the clone are very close in age? Let us suppose they are both babies.
人教版高二英语选修8 Unit 2 Cloning 全单元教案
Unit 2 CloningThe First Period warming upAims1. Talk about cloning2. Practice expressing and supporting an opinionContentsTask one: Looking and speakingIn pairs, look at the pictures and discuss which ones are natural clones and which ones are man-made. Explain how they differ.A.Dolly the sheepB. A strawberry plantC.TwinsD. Identical dogsTask two: Questions about cloningWhat is a clone?How is a clone produced?What benefits can humans gain from cloning?What problems may arise when humans are cloned?Task three: Free talkIn pairs, discuss what you understand about cloning, then list the questions you want to find out. Share your lists with one another.1. Should we clone human?2. Could cloning replace sex as the means of creating new human life?3. Could a parent clone a child who is dying of a terminal illness?The Second Period ReadingAims:1. Help the Ss to know how to describe cloning and how to catch the details of the text.2. Activate the Ss to show their opinions about the cloning and enable the Ss to write and article on this debate.Contents:Leading in by revision.Task one: Fast readingWhat is a clone?Show the following.1. Cloning means making a copy of an animal or a plant. (F. e xact… another)2. Gardeners can make a lot of money by cloning plants.(T.)3. Cloning animals is as complicated as cloning plants.(F. more than)4. Dolly the sheep was the first successful clone of a mammal. (T.)5. Natural clones happen in animals as well as in plants.(T)Task two: Careful readingRead the text again, try to answer the following questions and find out the main idea of each paragraph .Questions:1. What‟s the main idea of the text?2. How many years did the sheep that donated the somatic cell most probably live?3. Why did the Cloning of Dolly the sheep succeed?4. What does the word …straightforward‟ mean in the second paragraph?5. What is the writer‟s attitude toward cloning in this passage?The main idea of each paragraph:Para. 1 Cloning is a way of making an copy of another animal and plant.Para. 2 Cloning has two major uses.Para. 3 The problems of Dolly.Para. 4 The effect of Dolly.Para. 5 It is forbidden to clone human being.Task three: Notes for debating: Should we use cloning?Argument for cloning:Cloning will be beneficial to humansWe could use cloning to cure illnesses.Arguments against cloning:healthy risks form mutation of genesemotional risksagainst naturerisk of abuse of the technologyCloned animals get ill and die quite young;The Third Period Language PointsAims:1. Enable the Ss to grasp the words of cloning.Get the Ss to master some useful expressions.Contents:1. differ v.1) “To be dissimilar or unlike in nature, quality, amount, or form”eg：Ambition differs from greed.2) “To be of a different opinion; disagree”eg：The critic differed with the author on several facts.2. exact adj. “Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality”eg：an exact account; an exact replica; your exact words.3. commercial adj. 1) “Of or relating to commerce” 2) “Engaged in commerce‟eg：a commercial loan; a commercial attaché; a commercial trucker.4. straightforward adj. 1) “honest‟ 2) “easy to understand”eg: a ~ explanation; written in ~ language; a ~ problem in algebra5. procedure n.1) …A manner of proceeding; a way of performing or effecting something‟eg：complained to the manager, and by this procedure got the money back.2) “A series of steps taken to accomplish an end”6. undertake v.1) “To take upon oneself; decide or agree to do”eg：undertake a task.2) “To pledge or commit (oneself) to‟eg：undertake oneself to care for an elderly relative.7. breakthrough n.1) “An act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction.”2) …A military offensive that penetrates an enemy's lines of defense‟eg: a ~ in cancer research8. disturb v. “break the quiet, calm and peace‟eg: She opened the door quietly so as not to disturb the sleeping boy.Don‟t ~ the papers on my desk.9. arbitrary adj.1) “Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason”eg：stopped at the first motel we passed, an arbitrary choice; arbitrary division of the group into halves.2) “Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference”eg：The diet imposes overall calorie limits, but daily menus are arbitrary.10. altogether adv.1) “Entirely; completely; utterly”eg：lost the TV picture altogether; an altogether new approach.2) “With all included or counted; all told”eg：There were altogether 20 people at the dinner.11. objection n. “The act of objecting”eg: He has a strong ~ to getting up early.~s to the plan will be listened to sympathetically.12. media n. 媒体eg: The running for president drew the ~‟s attention.Now the press is an useful media.13. moral adj.1)“Of or concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness”eg：moral scrutiny; a moral quandary.2) “Teaching or exhibiting goodness or correctness of character”eg：a moral lesson.14. accumulate v. “To gather or pile up”eg: By buying ten books every month, he soon ~d a library.Dust soon ~s if the room is not swept.15. forbid v.1) “To command (someone) not to do something”eg：I forbid you to go.2) “To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit”eg：forbid smoking on trains.The Forth period Learning about language and Using languageAims:Let the Ss know more about the cloning.Improve the students‟ listening, reading and writing ability.Contents:Task one: gap fillingplete the sentences using suitable words or phrases from the prevision sections.2.Rewrite the sentences using words of similar meaning to replace the underlined words.e the words and phrases below to fill in the passage.Task two: reading and discussing1.Read the passage and answer the questions.2.In pairs, discuss which extinct animals described below (which died out less than 10,000 yearsago) are worth restoring by means of cloning.a. Auroch (1627)b. Dodo bird (1755)c. Great auk (1844)d. Quagga (1883)Task three: listening and writing1.Read the statements before listening. Tick those that you hear.2.Listen to the tape again and then work with a partner to fill in the chart on page 17.3.Whose idea do you agree with according to the listening materials? Get ready to write acomposition. Think about the reasons for your point of view. Use your own ideas as well as those in the text.。
人教英语选修八Unit2Cloning教案2
Unit 2 CloningThe Second Period ListeningTeaching goals1. Target languagea. 词汇和短语cloning, attitude, medicine, organsb. 重点句子I agree with...How would you do...?Do you think...?2. Ability goalsLet the students focus on the different attitude towards cloning technology.3. Learning ability goalsTeach the students how to get the specific information.Teaching important pointsListen to the materials about cloning and choose the correct answers.Teaching difficult pointsWork together with partners and show their own opinions.Teaching methodsListening and cooperative learning.Teaching aidsA tape recorder.Teaching procedures & waysStep I Revision1. Greetings2. RevisionStep Ⅱ Pre-listeningWork in groups to discuss how we should behave towards the human clones.T: Before human clones become part of our life, perhaps we should spend some time thinking about how we should behave towards them. Now, work in groups to discuss the following questions.Show the following.1. How would you treat human clones?2. Do you think they should have legal and political rights, such as getting married or voting?3. Do you think they are separate people or part of the original donor?Sample answers:1. I will treat them as normal people.2. Yes, I think they should have the legal and political rights.3. I think they are separate people.Step Ⅲ ListeningThe students are asked to read fast the questions and multiple answers to find out the listening points first, and then listen to the tape twice to choose the best answer.T: Please open your books at page 54. Before you listen to the tape, please read fast the questions and multiple answers to find out the listening points. Pay more attention to these important points while listening. While listening, you’d better make notes of the listening points.A few minutes later.T: Now, I’ll play the ta pe twice. Please listen carefully and pay more attention to the important points. You may make notes while listening. Notes taking are helpful for you to remember each of the important points. After listening twice, check the answers and explain some difficult listening points if necessary.Step Ⅳ Listening task (P57) (时间不足时改为作业)First, ask the students to read these sentences and then listen to the tape and decide if they are facts or opinions.T: Now turn to page 57, there’re 10 questions. You should for m the habit of going through the questions and the answers to get the important listening points. Yes? And make notes if necessary. OK?Play the recording and then check the answers with the class.Sample answers:Arguments for cloning pets:1. Favorite pets can live forever as clones.2. It is moral to clone pets for their owners.Arguments against cloning pets:1. Many people don’t agree with cloning.2. Some people think that cloning pets is selfish.HomeworkT: Boys and girls, today we have listened to some materials about cloning. I do hope you can listen to the materials again after class so that you can get very familiar with them. Besides, please preview the reading. Now class is over. Goodbye, everyone. Ss: Goodbye, sir / madam.。
新人教版高中英语选修8 Unit2 CLONING 听力及文稿 P54
What do you think of the idea of cloning babies? Why? Various answers are possible but each needs a reason to be considered correct. Do you think it is necessary to stop cloning experiments? Give your reasons. Various answers are possible but each needs a reason to be considered correct.
Why does Clare think people will want to buy cloned babies? Clare thinks people will want to buy cloned babies if they cannot have babies of their own. What problem does Clare think people haven’t thought of? People have not thought that there may be dishonest laboratories who will produce and sell cloned babies like a baby factory.
人教版高中英语选修8 Unit2 Listening and speaking 精品课件
Listening task (Workbook, Page 57). Discuss before listening
make the animals do unnatural things it is a “dead end”
weakens the species
Xiao Qing’s ideas about cloning
scientists are doing a wonderful job
may bring people’s favourite pets back to life
Unit2 ng Listening and speaking
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation or animal research, is the use of non-human animals in experiments.
Is experimenting with animals cruel or not?
Listen and see whether you agree with Xiao Qing or Rachel.
Listening (Page 17)
Read these statements before listening. Tick those that you hear. 1. Cloning will bring dead pets to life. 2. There were 627 experiments before Dolly
S1: We won’t know if cloning is safe for humans unless we try it on animals first.
人教版高中英语选修8 Unit2 Listening 精品教案
Unit2 Listening精品教案The Second PeriodTeaching goals1. Target languagea. 词汇和短语cloning, attitude, medicine, organsb. 重点句子I agree with...How would you do...?Do you think...?2. Ability goalsLet the students focus on the different attitude towards cloning technology.3. Learning ability goalsTeach the students how to get the specific information.Teaching important pointsListen to the materials about cloning and choose the correct answers.Teaching difficult pointsWork together with partners and show their own opinions.Teaching methodsListening and cooperative learning.Teaching aidsA tape recorder.Teaching procedures & waysStep I Revision1. Greetings2. RevisionStep Ⅱ Pre-listeningWork in groups to discuss how we should behave towards the human clones.T: Before human clones become part of our life, perhaps we should spend some time thinking about how we should behave towards them. Now, work in groups to discussthe following questions.Show the following.1. How would you treat human clones?2. Do you think they should have legal and political rights, such as getting married or voting?3. Do you think they are separate people or part of the original donor?Sample answers:1. I will treat them as normal people.2. Yes, I think they should have the legal and political rights.3. I think they are separate people.Step Ⅲ ListeningThe students are asked to read fast the questions and multiple answers to find out the listening points first, and then listen to the tape twice to choose the best answer.T: Please open your books at page 54. Before you listen to the tape, please read fast the questions and multiple answers to find out the listening points. Pay more attention to these important points while listening. While listening, you’d better make notes of the listening points.A few minutes later.T: Now, I’ll play the ta pe twice. Please listen carefully and pay more attention to the important points. You may make notes while listening. Notes taking are helpful for you to remember each of the important points. After listening twice, check the answers and explain some difficult listening points if necessary.Step Ⅳ Listening task (P57) (时间不足时改为作业)First, ask the students to read these sentences and then listen to the tape and decide if they are facts or opinions.T: Now turn to page 57, there’re 10 questions. You should form the habit of going through the questions and the answers to get the important listening points. Yes? And make notes if necessary. OK?Play the recording and then check the answers with the class.Sample answers:。
人教版高中英语选修8 Unit 2《Cloning》(Listening and speaking)课件
2 may bring back extinct animals
3 problems because it is a new science
Mary’s ideas about cloning
4 clone born at age of “mother”
5 weakens the species
XQ: What do you mean by that? The scientists are doing a wonderful job and soon they may be able to bring back extinct animals or ever people’s favourite pets back to life.
medicines or even organs for serious illnesses. MB: Yes, I’ve heard all that. I agree with it but I don’t agree with the methods. I don’t think cloning is good for animals. XQ: Why not?
XQ: Are you sure? I never thought of that! MB: And it also weakens the species.
Clones mean there is less variety in the species and so illnesses will become more common and the animals may die out.
Your argument has convinced me because… I would like to agree with you but… I don’t care for your ideas because… No, that is not reasonable because…. That’s a great idea! Your ideas sound very encouraging to me.
新人教版选修八Unit2 Listening,Speaking and Writing教案
Unit 2 CloningListening, Speaking and WritingTeaching Goals:1.Activate the Ss to show their opinions about the cloning2. Enable the Ss to write an article on this debate.3.Let the Ss focus on the different attitude towards cloning technology4. Teach Ss how to get specific information.Target Language:Debate, issue, competition, in charge, topic, argument, reply to , summarize, profitable, donate, existence, embryo, justified, transfer, ethicallyI suggest that medical cloning is very important of curing serious illnesses that at present have no cure.I would like to suggest that medical cloning is not as simple as issue as my colleague claims. Cloning, attitude, medicine, organI agree with …How would you do…?Do you think …?Teaching important & difficult points:How to organize the debating materialsHow to write a short composition of the debateHow to write a reportTeaching methodsTask-based teaching methodListening and cooperative learningTeaching aidsA computer and a projectorA tape recorderStep1.Revision1.Greetings2.Check the homework and ask the Ss to speak out their opinion about the medical cloning Step 2 Listening1.Pre-listeningWork in groups to discuss how we should behave towards the human clones.“Before human clones become p art of our life, perhaps we should spend some time thinking abouthow we should behave towards them. Now, work in groups to discuss the following questions.1.How would you treat human clones?2.Do you think they should have legal and political rights, such as getting married or voting?3.Do you think they are separate people or part of the donors?2 While Listening (P54)The Ss are asked to read fast the question and multiple answers to find out the listening points first, and then listen to the tape twice to choose the best answer.“Please open your books at page 54. Before you listen to the tape, please read fast the questions and multiple answers to find out the listening points. Pay more attention to these important points while listening. While listening, yo u’d better make notes of the listening points.A few minutes later.“Now, I’ll play the tape twice. Please listen carefully and pay more attention to the important points. You may make notes while listening. Notes taking are helpful for you to remember each oft the important points. After listening twice, check the answers and explain some difficult listening points if necessary.3 Listening task (p57)First asks the Ss to read these sentences and then listen to the tape and decide if they are facts or opinions.“Now turn to page 57, there’re 10 questions. You should form the habit of going through the questions and the answers to get the important listening pints. Yes? And make notes if necessary. Ok?Play the recording and check the answers with the class.Sample answers:Arguments for cloning pets:1.Favorite pets can live forever as clones.2.It is moral to clone pets for their owners.Arguments against cloning pets:1.many people don’t agree with cloning2.some people think that cloning pets is selfishStep 3 Speaking task“Just now, we learned how to organize a debate, now it’s our turn to continue the debate. The topic of our debate is “should we clone?” Now choose the team you agree with.”Divide the whole class into four groups, two agree and two disagree.T o begin this debate, I’ll give you some information about clone. You can choose what you need. During the speech, you can make notes so that you do not forget what you want to say. In our debate the person who speaks last must summarize your ideas. Here are some tips for you.Show the followingCenter on the subjectOrganize main ideas that support your point of viewList your own ideaMake a conclusionShow the followingWhy should we use cloning?Notes for debating:Argument for cloning:1)Cloning will be b eneficial to humans, For example, if a couple can’t have children, cloningcould help give them a child;2)We could use cloning to cure illnesses.Arguments against cloning1)healthy risks form mutation of genes2)emotional risks3)against nature4)risk of abuse of the technology5)Cloned animals get ill and die quite young;6)People are afraid of that scientists will create sands of copies of the same person7)Cloning is dangerous because scientist may create monsters by mistakes.Step 4 WritingImagine that you are the reporter on a local newspaper and you have been asked to write an article on this debate. To do this you must mention both sides of the argument. Remember to make a large main heading and then a small heading below it. Write around 250 words. Organize your writing in this way:Paragraph1: the topic of the debate and who wonParagraph2: the ideas of the winning sideParagraph3: the ideas of the other sideParagraph4: conclusion and your reaction to the debate, together with any idea you feel they left out.A sample version:Should Medical Cloning be AllowedA Debate at Xinhua Middle SchoolYesterday there was a very exciting debate at Xinhua Middle School about whether medical cloning should be allowed or not .After a lively discussion a vote was taken and the side arguing for medical cloning won.The arguments for medical cloning were very strongly put by the team supporting the motion. They argued that serious illnesses and people who w losing their ability to move or think could be helped by medical cloning. They explained that the procedures would be safe, quick and with no problems for the patients. They quoted that 67% of American citizens are for it to support their idea. Their arguments were very convincing.The arguments put by the team opposing medical cloning were less strong. They argued in two ways. The first reason was that the procedures were not yet secure. Their second reason was that it took many tries and many potential animals had to be killed to produce one useable embryo for resear ch. They explained that man European countries don’t allow medical cloning research because of this. They quoted Pope John Paul Ⅱ. But their arguments were not so convincing.At the end of the debate the audience we left with a feeling of hope. They realized that diseases that seem terrible today may be able to be cured soon. Many people were excited and happy when they left they Hall .The writer of this article was among them!。
高中英语 Unit 2 Cloning Workbook Listening课件 新
WQ: I suppose they must be like one person. The clone is the same as his original donor.
CP: Let’s suppose that you take a baby to a laboratory to be cloned. Does it matter if the laboratory returns you the real baby and one clone or two clones?
2. Now listen to a discussion on human cloning. Read these statements before you listen to the tape. Tick the correct ones.
1. Clare thinks human cloning will come soon.
Listening on page 54
Before human clones become part of our life, perhaps we should spend more time thinking about how we should behave towards them. In pairs discuss these questions.
1 What problems does Clare think people haven’t thought of? 2 Why does Wang Qiao think that no one could confuse a donor with his / her clone/ 3 Why does Clare think people will want to buy cloned babies?
人教版高中英语选修8 unit2 Cloning全单元课件
＊B. was the exact copy of the sheep that provides
the nucleus. C. looked like the sheep that gave birth to it.
D. had the characteristics of all three sheep.
NO. The first four are man-made clones, the rest two are natural clones.
Prபைடு நூலகம்-reading ( 3ms )
In this class we’ll learn a passage about cloning, but before we come to the text, can you guess how a clone is produced? The cloning of plants is simple and relatively easy. It can be done by taking cuttings (man-made cloning ) or letting the plant produce its own runners (natural cloning). The cloning of animals is more complicated. It was not achieved until 1996 and is fully explained in the passage we’ll learn today.
4. What is people’s fear about human cloning? Which of the following is wrong? A. Cloned Hitlers would do harm to the world. B. Cloned people may be killed at will for medical aid. C. A woman would have difficulty recognizing her real husband. ＊ D. Men will die out because a woman can give birth to a baby without a husband.