22. embrace w to accept(an idea); make use of Nowadays more and more Westerners embrace oriental culture The child is encouraged to embrace every opportunity 23. sole a. being the only one; only Examples He is the sole owner of the basketball club The sole survivor of the accident was found in the water six hours later 24. jump the gun to take action too soon or before the proper time E: I know he's a suspect, but isn't it jumping the gun a bit to arrest him immediately? un by rushing out of the classroom before permission had been given 25 instinct a.(a)natural ability or tendency to act in a certain way, without having to learn or think about it Example Birds learn to fly by instinct B Sentence Explanation 1. Yet the vatican is no fan of his science Yet the roman Catholic Church opposes his practice. 2. The crash site was a scene of total destruction. (para. 8) 3. Many people have a hard job seeing the point of reproductive cloning Many people have difficulty in understanding the significance of reproductive cloning 4. Five years on from Dolly, the science of cloning is still stuck in the dark ages. Five years after Dolly was born, there is still no breakthrough in the science of cloning 5. In any case, the prohibition of cloning is more likely to drive it underground than stamp it In any case, the banning of cloning cannot prevent scientists from cloning It will only force them to continue their research secretly IlL. After-reading Tasks: 1. Do some exercises after the tex 2. Dictatic 3. Practice making sentences with the important words or expressions 4. Write a call for papers. P93 Passage b I Have His Genes But Not His Genius I. Pre-reading tasks4 22. embrace v. to accept (an idea); make use of Examples • Nowadays more and more Westerners embrace oriental culture. • The child is encouraged to embrace every opportunity. 23. sole a. being the only one; only Examples • He is the sole owner of the basketball club. • The sole survivor of the accident was found in the water six hours later. 24. jump the gun :to take action too soon or before the proper time Examples • I know he’s a suspect, but isn’t it jumping the gun a bit to arrest him immediately? • They jumped the gun by rushing out of the classroom before permission had been given. 25. instinct a. (a) natural ability or tendency to act in a certain way, without having to learn or think about it Examples • Birds learn to fly by instinct. • Crying is an instinct in humans. B. Sentence Explanation 1. Yet the Vatican is no fan of his science. Yet the Roman Catholic Church opposes his practice. 2. The crash site was a scene of total destruction. (para. 8) The place where the plane crashed was completely covered with wreckage. 3. Many people have a hard job seeing the point of reproductive cloning. Many people have difficulty in understanding the significance of reproductive cloning. 4. Five years on from Dolly, the science of cloning is still stuck in the dark ages. Five years after Dolly was born, there is still no breakthrough in the science of cloning. 5. In any case, the prohibition of cloning is more likely to drive it underground than stamp it out. In any case, the banning of cloning cannot prevent scientists from cloning. It will only force them to continue their research secretly. III. After-reading Tasks: 1. Do some exercises after the text. 2. Dictation. 3. Practice making sentences with the important words or expressions. 4. Write a call for papers. P93 Passage B I Have His Genes But Not His Genius I. Pre-reading Tasks