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选修8 Unit 2 Cloning-ReadingCLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING US?Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants 1. gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex and appearance 2. (produce) from the same original egg. The fact is 3. these are both examples of natural clones.Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce 3. ___________ (commence) quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task 4. ___________ (undertake). Many attempts to clone mammals failed. But at last the 5. ___________ (determine) and patience of the scientists paid 6. in 1996 with a ___________ (突破)- the cloning of Dolly the sheep. The procedure works like this: On the one hand, the whole 7. (science) world followed the progress of the first successful clone, Dolly the sheep. The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very 8. (encourage). Then came the disturbing news that Dolly 9. (become) seriously ill. Cloning scientists 10. (cast) down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate 11. a much older animal. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the 12. (long) of the life of the original sheep. 13. (sad) the same arbitrary fate affected other species, such as cloned mice. The questions that 14. (concern) all scientists were: "Would this be a major difficulty for all cloned animals? Would it happen forever? Could it 15. (solve) if corrections were made in their research procedure?"On the other hand, Dolly's appearance raised a storm of 16. (object) and had a great impact on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenly opened everybody's eyes to 17. possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even 18. (produce) human beings.Although at present human egg cells and embryos 19. (need) for cloning research are difficult to (获得), newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselves to ________ _________ ___________ (实现他们的野心). Religious leaders also raised (道德的) questions. Governments became nervous and more (保守的). Some began to reform their legal systems and 20. (forbid) research into human cloning, but other countries like China and the UK, continued to ___________ ___________ (积累证据) of the abundant medical aid that cloning could provide. However, scientists still wonder 21. ____________ cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS?The possibility of cloning fierce and extinct wild animals has always excited film makers. And they are not the only ones! The 1. (popular) of films such as Jurassic Park, 2. which a scientist clones several kinds of extinct dinosaurs, proves how the idea 3. (strike) a mixture of fear and excitement 4. ________ people's hearts. But in fact we are a long way 5. being able to clone extinct animals. Scientists are still experimenting 6. cloning mammals. This is because the cloning of mammals is still a new science and its story only began seriously in the 1950s as this list shows:1950s cloning of frogs 1996 first clone of a mammal: Dolly the sheep 1970s research using the embryos of mice 2000 cow gave birth to a bison1979 work on embryos of sheep and mice 2001 China's first cloned twin calves 1981 first experimental clones of mice 2002 first cloned cats1983 first experimental clones of cows 2005 first cloned dog________ ________ _______ _______ (不时) people suggest that extinct animals like dinosaurs, can 7. (possible) be brought back to life through cloning. Unfortunately, with what we know now, this is either impossible or 8. _____________ (suit). There are many reasons.◎The (最初的) requirement is that you need perfect DNA (which gives information for how cells are to grow).◎All efforts of cloning an animal will be ______ _______ (徒劳) if there is not enough diversity in the group 9. (overcome) illnesses. Diversity in a group means 10. (have) animals with their genes arranged in different ways. The advantage is that 11. there is a new illness some of these animals may die, but others will survive and pass 12. the ability 13. (resist) that disease to the next generation. The great drawback to cloning a group of animals is that they would all have the same arrangement of genes and so might die of the same illness. Then none of them would 14. (leave) to continue the species. ◎It would be unfair to clone any extinct animals if they were to live in a zoo. A suitable habitat would be needed for them to lead a natural life.15. (base) on what we know now, you cannot clone animals that have been extinct longer than 10,000 years. Actually, dinosaurs disappeared 65,000,000years ago. So the chance of dinosaurs ever returning to the earth is (mere) a dream.选修8 Unit 2 Cloning-ReadingCLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING US?Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants 1. when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex and appearance 2. are produced (produce) from the same original egg. The fact is 3. that these are both examples of natural clones.Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce 3. commercial (commence) quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated. It is a difficult task 4. to undertake (undertake). Many attempts to clone mammals failed. But at last the 5.determination (determine) and patience of the scientists paid 6. off in 1996 with a breakthrough (突破)- the cloning of Dolly the sheep. The procedure works like this: On the one hand, the whole 7. scientific (science) world followed the progress of the first successful clone, Dolly the sheep. The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very 8. encouraging (encourage). Then came the disturbing news that Dolly 9. had become (become) seriously ill. Cloning scientists 10. were cast (cast) down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate 11. to a much older animal. Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the 12. length (long) of the life of the original sheep. 13. Sadly (sad) the same arbitrary fate affected other species, such as cloned mice. The questions that 14. concerned (concern) all scientists were: "Would this be a major difficulty for all cloned animals? Would it happen forever? Could it 15. be solved (solve) if corrections were made in their research procedure?"On the other hand, Dolly's appearance raised a storm of 16. objections (object) and had a great impact on the media and public imagination. It became controversial. It suddenly opened everybody's eyes to 17. the possibility of using cloning to cure serious illnesses and even 18. to produce (produce) human beings.Although at present human egg cells and embryos 19. needed (need) for cloning research are difficult to obtain (获得), newspapers wrote of evil leaders hoping to clone themselves to attain their ambitions (实现他们的野心). Religious leaders also raised moral (道德的) questions. Governments became nervous and more conservative (保守的). Some began to reform their legal systems and 20. forbade (forbid) research into human cloning, but other countries like China and the UK, continued to accumulate evidence (积累证据) of the abundant medical aid that cloning could provide. However, scientists still wonder 21. whether cloning will help or harm us and where it is leading us.THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS?The possibility of cloning fierce and extinct wild animals has always excited film makers. And they are not the only ones! The 1. popularity (popular) of films such as Jurassic Park, 2. in which a scientist clones several kinds of extinct dinosaurs, proves how the idea 3. struck (strike) a mixture of fear and excitement 4. into people's hearts. But in fact we are a long way 5. from being able to clone extinct animals. Scientists are still experimenting 6. with cloning mammals. This is because the cloning of mammals is still a new science and its story only began seriously in the 1950s as this list shows:1950s cloning of frogs 1996 first clone of a mammal: Dolly the sheep 1970s research using the embryos of mice 2000 cow gave birth to a bison1979 work on embryos of sheep and mice 2001 China's first cloned twin calves 1981 first experimental clones of mice 2002 first cloned cats1983 first experimental clones of cows 2005 first cloned dogFrom time to time (不时) people suggest that extinct animals like dinosaurs, can 7. possibly (possible) be brought back to life through cloning. Unfortunately, with what we know now, this is either impossible or 8.unsuitable (suit). There are many reasons.◎The initial (最初的) requirement is that you need perfect DNA (which gives information for how cells are to grow).◎All efforts of cloning an animal will be in vain (徒劳) if there is not enough diversity in the group 9. to overcome (overcome) illnesses. Diversity in a group means 10. having (have) animals with their genes arranged in different ways. The advantage is that 11. if there is a new illness some of these animals may die, but others will survive and pass 12. on the ability 13. to resist (resist) that disease to the next generation. The great drawback to cloning a group of animals is that they would all have the same arrangement of genes and so might die of the same illness. Then none of them would 14. be left (leave) to continue the species.◎It would be unfair to clone any extinct animals if they were to live in a zoo. Asuitable habitat would be needed for them to lead a natural life.15. Based (base) on what we know now, you cannot clone animals that have been extinct longer than 10,000 years. Actually, dinosaurs disappeared 65,000,000 years ago. So the chance of dinosaurs ever returning to the earth is merely (mere) a dream.。
Book8 Unit2 CloningPeriod 1 Reading在英语教学中“阅读理解能力”是学生从阅读中获取信息的能力以及对文章理解的速度和准确性的关键因素。
培养学生的阅读能力是课文阅读教学的主要目标，同时还要注意培养学生在阅读过程中获取和处理信息的能力，让学生学会利用相关的英语知识去解读英语阅读材料。
本节课是一节阅读课，设计过程如下：导入引出克隆这一话题 --- 通过略读掌握段落大意，文章结构( read for structure )--- 通过精读了解文章细节信息( read for information )--- 通过对细节的推理学会猜测词义和推断作者立场态度 ( read for reference ) --- 通过整合信息，以高考语法填空的题型小结课文内容( read for consolidation ) ---独立思考后合作讨论( read for critical thinking ) --- 课后作业(写作拓展)。
教材里本单元内容，语言技能和语言知识都是围绕“克隆”这一中心话题设计的。
具体涉及“什么是克隆” , “克隆羊多利是如何诞生的”，“克隆的利与弊”等。
教师可在充分利用教材资源的基础上，结合学生的实际情况设计教学活动，旨在帮助学生有效地掌握阅读技巧，形成有效地学习方法和阅读策略，同时了解说明文篇章结构和写作特点，为下一步进行议论文的写作教学做好准备。
目标聚焦一、知识点初步理解、掌握克隆意为无性繁殖，克隆技术即为无性繁殖技术。
学习课文中关于克隆这一新生物技术的有关知识，学习分析课文中的长难句子，初步感知课文中出现的的本单元要学的语法现象。
二、能力点1、能理解文章主旨大意，获取信息、处理信息、进行推理判断和表达的能力。
2、形成分析篇章结构的能力，提升逻辑思维能力3、学会增加语言的输出量，提高语言表达能力。
4、能利用上下文猜测生词词义三、兴趣点 1、利用已获取的信息发表自己对进行人类克隆问题的看法。
English learning Plan of Senior 2（导学案）The wish words of teacher's（教师寄语）：Relax! Be patient and enjoy yourself. Learning foreign languages should be fun. (放松点！要有耐性，并让自己快乐！学习外语应该是乐趣无穷的。
）㈠Teaching aims(学习目标)1.Knowledge aims（知识目标）⑴To learn about cloning by reading.⑵.To master and understand some structures and complex sentences.2.Ability aims（技能目标）⑴. Read passages by using different reading skills (skimming﹑scanning﹑careful reading) .⑵. Express own opinions about cloning in form of debate..3.Emotion aims（情感目标）⑴Be interested in science technology (cloning).⑵. Learn to team up with others.㈡Special and difficult Points(学习重难点)1. Learn different reading skills(Skimming, scanning﹠careful reading).2 Learn more about cloning.3. Describe cloning in your own words.㈢The procedure of learning （学习过程）Before class (课前预习胸有成竹)【自主预习】㈠学法指导⑴通读本篇文章，查字典，猜生词，记短语，勾出文中复合句以及难句。
人教版英语选修8课文原文及课文译文Unit 1 Aland of diversity 第一单元一个多元文化的国土ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California. NATIVE AMERCANSIn the 18th century California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century, when they fought against the native people and took their land. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In 1821, the people of Me某ico gained their independence from Spain. California then became part of Me某ico. In 1846 the United States declared war on Me某ico, and after the war won by the USA, Me某ico had to give California to the USA. However, thereis still a strong Spanish influence in the state. That is why today over 40 of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language. RUSSIANSIn the early 1800s, Russian hunters, who had originally gone to Alaska, began settling in California. Today there are about 25,000 Russian-Americans living in and around San Francisco. GOLD MINERSAlthough Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s. Today, Chinese-Americans live in all parts of California, although a large percentage have chosen to stay in the \Other immigrants such as Italians, mainly fishermen but also wine makers, arrived in California in the late 19th century. In 1911 immigrants from Denmark established a town of their own, which today still keeps up their Danish culture. By the 1920s the film industry was well established in Hollywood, California. The industry boom attracted Europeans including many Jewish people. Today California has the second largest Jewish population in the United States.Japanese farmers began arriving in California at the beginning of the 20th century, and since the 1980s a lot more have settled there. People from Africa have been living in California since the 1800s, when they moved north from Me某ico. However, even more arrived between 1942 and 1945to work in the ship and aircraft industries. MOST RECENT ARRIVALSCalifornia. THE FUTUREPeople from different parts of the world, attracted by the climate and the lifestyle, still immigrate to California. It is believed that before long the mi某 of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mi某ture of many races and cultures.加利福尼亚加利福尼亚是美国的第三大州，而且是人口最多的州。
