外研版高中英语选修6 - Module5 - 导学案(4)

Module 5 Cloning Edited by Cathy

《美丽新世界》是非常著名的政治小说,被称为反乌托邦三部曲之一,另外两部为: 1920 俄国 扎米亚京 《我们》 1948 英国 奥威尔 《一九八四》 正面乌托邦三部曲：

1516 英国 莫尔 《乌托邦》 1601 意 康帕内拉《太阳城》 1619 德 安德里亚 《基督城》

Language points:

1. …it became a subject of much discussion… it was talked about much… 成为议论的中心

2. The reason why … is that…

The reason ______ he didn’t win the match is _____ he was too nervous. 3. violence n. (u)暴力， 暴力行为 violent adj. Too much violence on TV is bad for children.

do violence to 对…施暴 They do violence to prisoners. 首先就是人不再由人生出来。

其他短语： be born into/to 出生在……的家庭

弗兰克生在一个富有的家庭。____________________________________ be born with… 天生有……

他天生就有绘画的天赋。 _____________________________ be born to be/do sth. 天生适合做……

琼天生就是作歌手的料。_____________________________ 5. The second group, the Betas, also have good positions in society.

position此处表示―地位，等级‖。另外，position还可意为―位置；职务；姿势；处境；意见‖等。

我哥哥在一家外企找到一份好工作。__________________________________ What’s your position on this question? 你对这个问题意见如何？

From their ______ on the top of the TV Tower, visitors can have a better view of the city. （陕西2009）

A. stage B. position C. condition D. situation 6. likes and dislikes 好恶，爱憎

7. be happy with…: be satisfied with… 对……感到满意

经理对今年的销售额相当满意。______________________________________ 9. feel strong emotion 感受到强烈的感情

10. These questions have become more important than ever. 这些问题变得比以往更加重要。

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4. The first is that people are no longer born from human beings.

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A sample dialogue:

F = Frankenstein; C = Clerval

F: I’ve recently created a new life. But out of my expectation, it is ugly and disgusting.

C: What? A new life? You must be joking!

F: It’s true. The creature quite resembles a human being and is intelligent and has human emotions.

C: Incredible! What is it like?

F: Well, it is huge and strong, extremely ugly and terrifies all those who see it. C: But why did you create such a creature?

F: I firmly believe human beings were not made by god or anything supernatural. I’ve found the secret of life and put it into experiments. And now I’ve succeeded. C: Anyway, I wonder how you did it.

F: I made it by piecing bones and brains from dead bodies together and then gave it life by exhibiting it to electricity created by a thunderstorm. C: Do you love your creation?

F: Absolutely not. He is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. You can see the veins beneath his yellow skin. His hair is black and his teeth are white. But these things contrast horribly with his yellow eyes, his wrinkled yellow skin and black lips. I have tried to make it beautiful. Beautiful! I have worked for nearly two years with one aim only, to give life to a lifeless body. For this I have not slept and I have destroyed my health. I have wanted it more than anything in the world. But now I have finished and the beauty of dream disappeared, and horror and disgust filled my heart.

C: Then you feel regretful about what you did, right?

F: Yes. I wish I had not created this creature, I wish I was on the other side of the world, I wish I could disappear! C: Maybe you can destroy it.

F: No. I have not seen him for some days and do not know where he is. Would you like to go with me to find and destroy him? C: Sure. Let’s go! Writing

Sample version 1:

If I had the powers, I wouldn’t ban cloning, but I would only allow research to be done on certain animals. I would do this because scientists don’t know enough about cloning yet. For example, they don’t know why cloned animals die so quickly. Once they had done plenty of research and were able to create cloned animals easily and cheaply, then I would allow scientists to experiment

on humans. But I wouldn’t let them just clone people as they wished; they would only be able to use their knowledge and skills in certain situations — for example, for

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Module 5 Cloning Edited by Cathy

people who lost a child and weren’t able to have another. Sample version 2:

If I had the power, I would ban cloning for several reasons. Firstly, it is against nature and dangerous. Any living things have life and death recycle periods, which promote the evolution of life. The cloning technique is extremely risky right now. An abnormal baby would be a nightmare that comes true. And people are worried about the possibility that the genetic material used from the adult will continue to age so that the genes in a newborn baby clone could be 30 years old or more on the day of birth. Also monsters may be created by mistake. Secondly, people are afraid of that scientists will create thousands of copies of the same person. There are powerful leaders in every generation who will seek to abuse this technology for their own purposes. Going ahead with cloning technology makes this far more likely. What would happen if Hitler was cloned? That would mean more severe disasters and destruction upon human civilization. Thirdly, cloning will result in high emotional risks. Just think: a child grows up knowing her mother is her sister, her grandmother is her mother. Her father is her brother-in-law. Every time her mother looks at her she is seeing herself growing up. The family environment and relationship will be totally different. What kind …… 此处隐藏：4005字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……