Unit 4 Cloning and ethics Dolly the Sheep. Home 1996-2003
Unit 4 Cloning and Ethics
What might happen if the following are cloned? Einstein Dinosaur Einstein Ben Laden Hitler Napoleon Cheng Ji si Han
What might happen if the following are cloned? Einstein Dinosaur Einstein Hitler Napoleon Ben Laden Cheng Ji Si Han
Lead-in The news that a sheep in Scotland has been successfully cloned 1) got me wondering What good would it be to clone humans? What would i do with a clone of myself Then 2)it hit me that i could have my clone go into work for me while iwent out hiking, biking skiing, etc. I really could be in two places at once But wait a minute If that ' s what i would do with my clone how do i know that I'm not a clone myself? What if the 3)original me had himself cloned and sent the clone(that is, me) in to do his work for him? This explains a lot all those mysterious checks I find in my 4) bank statement every month(with my signature)but don'tremember writing. why my wife doesnt seem to notice when Ive been out of town all those traffic tickets I have to pay but swear I never received in the first plac why my friends say things like, " I thought I saw you out skiing last week, when I know i was at work why I keep getting fines for 5)overdue books at the library, when I only check out CDS the 6) unexplained charges to my credit card( the one with my picture on it)from London, Paris, New York I can only hope the original me never gets sentenced to prison
Lead-in The news that a sheep in Scotland has been successfully cloned 1) ____________. What good would it be to clone humans? What would I do with a clone of myself? Then 2) __________ that I could have my clone go into work for me while I went out hiking, biking, skiing, etc.! I really could be in two places at once. But wait a minute. If that’s what I would do with my clone, how do I know that I’m not a clone myself? What if the 3) __________ had himself cloned and sent the clone (that is, me) in to do his work for him? This explains a lot: — all those mysterious checks I find in my 4) _____________ every month (with my signature) but don’t remember writing, — why my wife doesn’t seem to notice when I’ve been out of town, — all those traffic tickets I have to pay but swear I never received in the first place, — why my friends say things like, “I thought I saw you out skiing last week,” when I know I was at work, — why I keep getting fines for 5) _____________ at the library, when I only check out CD’s, — the 6) ____________________ to my credit card ( the one with my picture on it ) from London, Paris, New York ... I can only hope the original me never gets sentenced to prison. got me wondering it hit me original me bank statement overdue books unexplained charges
What would you say to your clone if you had one? Do you think you two would always agree with each other, or would you see each other as enemies?
What would you say to your clone if you had one? Do you think you two would always agree with each other, or would you see each other as enemies?
Not now dr miracle Try to get the meaning of the following expressions before reading IVE treatment 试管授精 create a stir 激起了争议 insult to human dignity 对人的尊严的侮辱 volunteered for experiments 试验自愿者 pushing reproductive biology to the limit把繁衍生物学推向极致 line up to attack his cloning plan 排起长队攻击他的克隆计划 using cloning to combat infertility 利用克隆来解决不孕问题 be stuck in the dark ages 处于极度困难时期 at an unacceptable price 以一种不可接受的代价 result in miscarriages or abortions 导致流产或堕胎 achieving immortality 达到永恒 taking one hell of a risk 极度冒险 What can you see about the passage to be read according to the words above?
Not Now, Dr. Miracle Try to get the meaning of the following expressions before reading: IVE treatment create a stir insult to human dignity volunteered for experiments pushing reproductive biology to the limits line up to attack his cloning plan using cloning to combat infertility be stuck in the dark ages at an unacceptable price result in miscarriages or abortions achieving immortality taking one hell of a risk 试管授精 激起了争议 对人的尊严的侮辱 试验自愿者 把繁衍生物学推向极致 排起长队攻击他的克隆计划 利用克隆来解决不孕问题 处于极度困难时期 以一种不可接受的代价 导致流产或堕胎 达到永恒 极度冒险 What can you see about the passage to be read according to the words above？
Not now, Dr Miracle Read through the text and fill out the following table with proper info Attitude Reasons r -Using cloning to combat infertility AntinorlFor Cloning represents the only hope of some couples having a child carrying their genes it is only a matter f time for people to accept it. the world will embrace the first cloned baby Religiou Against an insult of human dignity leaders Author o begin cloning people now is simply a waste of time, Against money and energy before most basic questions have been answered the world will not embrace an unhealthy or deformed or the sole survivor of hundreds of pregnancies RaelianFor cloning is the key to achieving immortality
Not Now, Dr. Miracle Read through the text and fill out the following table with proper info. Attitude Reasons Dr. Antinori Religiou s leaders Author Raelian s For Against Against -Using cloning to combat infertility - Cloning represents the only hope of some couples having a child carrying their genes - it is only a matter f time for people to accept it. -the world will embrace the first cloned baby. an insult of human dignity To begin cloning people now is simply a waste of time, money and energy before most basic questions have been answered. - the world will not embrace an unhealthy or deformed or the sole survivor of hundreds of pregnancies For cloning is the key to achieving immortality
Further Reading Go through the text again and finish the exercises 2 and exercises 3
Further Reading Go through the text again, and finish the exercises 2 and exercises 3.
Answer the following questions with the inform obtain from the passage. 1. Why is Antinori called Dr Miracle? Reference By practicing the most advanced reproductive biological techniques to treat his patients, he has worked a lot of miracles. Now working on cloning, he is challenging the biological limits and striving for another miracle
Ex. 2 Answer the following questions with the information you obtain from the passage. 1. Why is Antinori called Dr Miracle? By practicing the most advanced reproductive biological techniques to treat his patients, he has worked a lot of miracles. Now working on cloning, he is challenging the biological limits and striving for another miracle. Reference
2. How do you understand the authors statement that "Dr Miracle and his colleagues are taking one hell of a risk? Reference This sentence actually means that with so many social and technical problems unsettled, the odds are against Antinori and his colleagues. If they fail, people may lose their confidence in cloning, and even science as a whole, which is rather catastrophIc
2. How do you understand the author’s statement that “Dr Miracle and his colleagues are taking one hell of a risk”? This sentence actually means that with so many social and technical problems unsettled, the odds are against Antinori and his colleagues. If they fail, people may lose their confidence in cloning, and even science as a whole, which is rather catastrophic. Reference
3. With so many problems unsolved, should the technology of cloning humans be prohibited by the government according to the passage? why? Reference No. The author thinks passing a ban on cloning humans will just drive it underground rather than putting an end to it, which is more dangerous
3. With so many problems unsolved, should the technology of cloning humans be prohibited by the government according to the passage? Why? No. The author thinks passing a ban on cloning humans will just drive it underground rather than putting an end to it, which is more dangerous. Reference
