developing cat contraceptives to control the U.S. cat population 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? 1. What did researchers at Texas A&M University recently announce? 2. Which animals are NOT mentioned in the passage as having been cloned? 3. Accord ing to the passage, why is human cloning unl ikely to happen in the near 4. What does the passage say about the pregnancy and birth in cat cloning? Keys: IA 2. B 3. C 4.B 5.C IV Speaking out MODEL 1 Why are people protesting against genetically modified foods? Susan: With so many people suffering from malnutrition around the world, why are people protesting against genetically mod if ied foods? Chris: Some people are protesting about genetically mod ified foods, but even more people are protesting the fact that processed foods containing these Susan: But why should they be labeled? Chris: Not everyone is sure that genetically modified foods are safe. They want to be certain that biotech foods have the sme composition as organic foods Susan: But there are more urgent problems in this world. Many people are dying of starvatIo Chris: But those who arent starving may want genetically modified foods to be labeled so they know what food s they should andd shouldnt eat Susan: You know. I heard of a genetically modified fish that grew to be ten times its normal size Chris: That sure sounds abnormal Susan: Yeah, it does sound a bit strange, but that fish could feed ten times as many eople Chris: You're right; genetically mod if ied food might help solve world hunger, But I think we have a right to know what we are eating MODEL Do you think the cloning of humans should be forbidden by law? Script Susan: After the cloning of Dolly the sheep I think human cloning is next John: Whoa. I have some reservations about it. There are stll many scientific problemsdeveloping cat contraceptives to control the U.S. cat population. 1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? 1. What did researchers at Texas A&M University recently announce? 2. Which animals are NOT mentioned in the passage as having been cloned? 3. According to the passage, why is human cloning unlikely to happen in the near future? 4. What does the passage say about the pregnancy and birth in cat cloning? Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.C IV. Speaking Out MODEL 1 Why are people protesting against genetically modified foods? Susan: With so many people suffering from malnutrition around the world, why are people protesting against genetically modified foods? Chris: Some people are protesting about genetically modified foods, but even more people are protesting the fact that processed foods containing these ingredients aren’t labeled. Susan: But why should they be labeled? Chris: Not everyone is sure that genetically modified foods are safe. They want to be certain that biotech foods have the sme composition as organic foods. Susan: But there are more urgent problems in this world. Many people are dying of starvation. Chris: But those who aren’t starving may want genetically modified foods to be labeled so they know what foods they should andd shouldn’t eat. Susan: You know, I heard of a genetically modified fish that grew to be ten times its normal size. Chris: That sure sounds abnormal. Susan: Yeah, it does sound a bit strange , but that fish could feed ten times as many people. Chris: You’re right; genetically modified food might help solve world hunger. But I think we have a right to know what we are eating. MODEL2 Do you think the cloning of humans should be forbidden by law? Script Susan: After the cloning of Dolly the sheep, I think human cloning is next. John: Whoa. I have some reservations about it. There are stll many scientific problems