1、1. What kind of people are in favor of carrying on with the cloning science?Infertile people who cannot have babies otherwise, people suffering fatal diseases, and some religious people seeking immortality.Reference:2. For what reasons do most governments prohibit cloning?Most governments prohibit c

2、loning mainly because it is against nature and causes ethical problems. Besides, the failure rate of cloning is very high.Reference:Not Now, Dr. MiracleSeverino Antinori is a rich Italian doctor with a string of private fertility clinics to his name. He likes watching football and claims the Catholi

3、c faith. Yet the Vatican is no fan of his science.In his clinics, Antinori already offers every IVF treatment under the sun, but still there are couples he cannot help. So now the man Italians call Dr. Miracle is offering to clone his patients to create the babies they so desperately want.And of cou

4、rse its created quite a stir, with other scientists rounding on Antinori as religious leaders line up to attack his cloning plan as an insult to human dignity. Yet its an ambition Antinori has expressed many times before. Whats new is that finally it seems to be building a head of steam. Like-minded

5、 scientists from the US have joined Antinori in his cloning adventure. At a conference in Rome last week they claimed hundreds of couples have already volunteered for the experiments. Antinori shot to fame seven years ago helping grandmothers give birth using donor eggs. Later he pioneered the use o

6、f mice to nurture the sperm of men with poor fertility. He is clearly no ordinary scientist but a showman who thrives on controversy and pushing reproductive biology to the limits. And that of course is one reason why hes seen as being so dangerous. However, his idea of using cloning to combat infer

7、tility is not as mad as it sounds. Many people have a hard job seeing the point of reproductive cloning. But for some couples, cloning represents the only hope of having a child carrying their genes, and scientists like Antinori are probably right to say that much of our opposition to cloning as a f

8、ertility treatment is irrational. In future we may want to change our minds and allow it in special circumstances. But only when the science is ready. And thats the real problem. Five years on from Dolly, the science of cloning is still stuck in the dark ages. The failure rate is a shocking 97 perce

9、nt and deformed babies all too common. Even when cloning works, nobody understands why. So forget the complex moral arguments. To begin cloning people now, before even the most basic questions have been answered, is simply a waste of time and energy. This is not to say that Antinori will fail, only

10、that if he succeeds it is likely to be at an unacceptably high price. Hundreds of eggs and embryos will be wasted and lots of women will go through difficult pregnancies resulting in miscarriages or abortions. A few years from now techniques will have improved and the wasteful loss wont be as excess

11、ive. But right now there seems to be little anyone can do to keep the cloners at bay. And its not just Antinori and his team who are eager to go. A religious group called the Raelians believes cloning is the key to achieving immortality, and it, too, claims to have the necessary egg donors and volun

12、teers willing to be implanted with cloned embryos. So what about tougher laws? Implanting cloned human embryos is already illegal in many countries but it will never be prohibited everywhere. In any case, the prohibition of cloning is more likely to drive it underground than stamp it out. Secrecy is

13、 already a problem. Antinori and his team are refusing to name the country theyll be using as their base. Like it or not, the research is going ahead. Sooner or later we are going to have to decide whether regulation is safer than prohibition. Antinori would go for regulation, of course. He believes

14、 it is only a matter of time before we lose our hang-ups about reproductive cloning and accept it as just another IVF technique. Once the first baby is born and it cries, he said last week, theworld will embrace it. But the world will never embrace the first cloned baby if it is unhealthy or deforme

15、d or the sole survivor of hundreds of pregnancies. In jumping the gun, Dr. Miracle and his colleagues are taking one hell of a risk. If their instincts are wrong, the backlash against cloning and indeed science as a whole could be catastrophic. Yet the Roman Catholic Church opposes his practice. Man

16、y people have difficulty in understanding the significance of reproductive cloning. Five years after Dolly was born, there is still no breakthrough in the science of cloning. In any case, the banning of cloning cannot prevent scientists from cloning. It will only force them to continue their researc

17、h secretly.Ex. 2Work in groups of four and make a dialogue between a couple and two scientists. The couple desperately want a baby and try to persuade the scientists, who have been studying cloning for many years but are strongly against the idea, to try human cloning. The information from the passa

18、ge is provided for your reference.The science of cloning is still stuck in the dark ages. (Line 23) The failure rate is a shocking 97 percent and deformed babies all too common. (Line 24) Implanting cloned human embryos is already illegal in many countries. (Line 39)In jumping the gun, Dr. Miracle a

19、nd his colleagues are taking one hell of a risk. (Line 48)The backlash against cloning and indeed science as a whole could be catastrophic. (Line 49)Hundreds of couples have already volunteered for the experiments. (Line 12)For some couples, cloning represents the only hope of having a child carryin

20、g their genes. (Line 18)Like it or not, the research is going ahead. (Line 42)It is only a matter of time before we lose our hang-ups about reproductive cloning. (Line 44)Once the first baby is born and it cries, the world will embrace it. (Line 45)Cannot Do It!Do It!Ex. 3 Read the following stateme

21、nts and try to figure out the implied meaning of each sentence, especially that of the italic part.1 The Vatican is no fan of his science.(Line 3)Implied meaning:The Vatican _ his medical practice. doesnt likeEx. 3 Read the following statements and try to figure out the implied meaning of each sente

22、nce, especially that of the italic part.2 Its created quite a stir, with other scientists rounding on Antinori.(Line 8)Implied meaning:Its created quite a stir, and _ Antinoris idea. some other scientists are againstEx. 3 Read the following statements and try to figure out the implied meaning of eac

23、h sentence, especially that of the italic part.3 Religious leaders line up to attack his cloning plan.(Line 8)Implied meaning:Many religious leaders _ his plan of human cloning. are active criticizingEx. 3 Read the following statements and try to figure out the implied meaning of each sentence, espe

24、cially that of the italic part.4 Whats new is that finally it seems to be building a head of steam.(Line 10)Implied meaning:Whats new is that finally it seems that Antinoris cloning plan _. is getting more supportEx. 3 Read the following statements and try to figure out the implied meaning of each s

25、entence, especially that of the italic part.5 He is clearly no ordinary scientist but a showman.(Line 14)Implied meaning:It is clear that he is not a common scientist, but a man who _.always wants to attract public attentionEx. 3 Read the following statements and try to figure out the implied meanin

26、g of each sentence, especially that of the italic part.6 The science of cloning is still stuck in the dark ages.(Line 23)Implied meaning:The science of cloning is still _ _. at the early stage of itsdevelopmentEx. 3 Read the following statements and try to figure out the implied meaning of each sent

27、ence, especially that of the italic part.7 Right now there seems to be little anyone can do to keep the cloners at bay.(Line 34)Implied meaning:Now it seems that people can do almost nothing to _.prevent scientists from human cloning experimentsEx. 3 Read the following statements and try to figure o

28、ut the implied meaning of each sentence, especially that of the italic part.8 Once the first baby is born and it cries, the world will embrace it.(Line 45)Implied meaning:Once the first cloned baby is produced, _ _. the world wouldagree to accept human cloningEx. 3 Read the following statements and

29、try to figure out the implied meaning of each sentence, especially that of the italic part.9In jumping the gun, Dr. Miracle and his colleagues are taking one hell of a risk.(Line 48)Implied meaning:Dr. Miracle and his colleagues are running into a big risk as they _.try to start human cloning before

30、 the technology is readyEx. 3 Read the following statements and try to figure out the implied meaning of each sentence, especially that of the italic part.10The backlash against cloning could be catastrophic.(Line 49)Implied meaning:The failure would be a disaster for the study on cloning because _.

31、the opposing force would be overwhelmingEx. 4 Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word.The Italian doctor Severino Antinori has announced plans to offer human cloning facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori is already f_ for previous controversies such as helping grandmother

32、s to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in p_ the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a r_ group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so many couples d_ for a child yet unable to conceive through tra

33、ditional IVF treatments, there is no s_ of volunteers. It would probably not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of regulation is almost i_. At the moment, cloning techniques are far from p_ and most attempts to clone animals end up in f_.The Italian doctor Severino Antinori has announced

34、 plans to offer human cloning facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori is already f_ for previous controversies such as helping grandmothers to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in p_ the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a r_ group

35、the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so many couples d_ for a child yet unable to conceive through traditional IVF treatments, there is no s_ of volunteers. It would probably not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of regulation is almost

36、i_. At the moment, cloning techniques are far from p_ and most attempts to clone animals end up in f_.Ex. 4 Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word. famousThe Italian doctor Severino Antinori has announced plans to offer human cloning facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori

37、 is already f_ for previous controversies such as helping grandmothers to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in p_ the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a r_ group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, w

38、ith so many couples d_ for a child yet unable to conceive through traditional IVF treatments, there is no s_ of volunteers. It would probably not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of regulation is almost i_. At the moment, cloning techniques are far from p_ and most attempts to clone an

39、imals end up in f_.Ex. 4 Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word. famouspromotingThe Italian doctor Severino Antinori has announced plans to offer human cloning facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori is already f_ for previous controversies such as helping grandmothers to

40、have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in p_ the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a r_ group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so many couples d_ for a child yet unable to conceive through traditio

41、nal IVF treatments, there is no s_ of volunteers. It would probably not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of regulation is almost i_. At the moment, cloning techniques are far from p_ and most attempts to clone animals end up in f_.Ex. 4 Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate wo

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43、n cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a r_ group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so many couples d_ for a child yet unable to conceive through traditional IVF treatments, there is no s_ of volunteers. It would probab

44、ly not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of regulation is almost i_. At the moment, cloning techniques are far from p_ and most attempts to clone animals end up in f_.Ex. 4 Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word. famouspromotingreligiousdesperateThe Italian doctor Severino

45、Antinori has announced plans to offer human cloning facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori is already f_ for previous controversies such as helping grandmothers to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in p_ the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this pr

46、oject, and a r_ group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so many couples d_ for a child yet unable to conceive through traditional IVF treatments, there is no s_ of volunteers. It would probably not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of

47、 regulation is almost i_. At the moment, cloning techniques are far from p_ and most attempts to clone animals end up in f_.Ex. 4 Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word. famouspromotingreligiousdesperateshortageThe Italian doctor Severino Antinori has announced plans to offer human clon

48、ing facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori is already f_ for previous controversies such as helping grandmothers to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in p_ the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a r_ group the Raelians have also ann

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51、y clinics. Antinori is already f_ for previous controversies such as helping grandmothers to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in p_ the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a r_ group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the se

52、rvice. Of course, with so many couples d_ for a child yet unable to conceive through traditional IVF treatments, there is no s_ of volunteers. It would probably not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of regulation is almost i_. At the moment, cloning techniques are far from p_ and most a

53、ttempts to clone animals end up in f_.Ex. 4 Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word. famouspromotingreligiousdesperateshortageinevitableperfectThe Italian doctor Severino Antinori has announced plans to offer human cloning facilities in his private fertility clinics. Antinori is already

54、f_ for previous controversies such as helping grandmothers to have babies. Yet this time he is not alone in p_ the idea of human cloning. US scientists are working with him on this project, and a r_ group the Raelians have also announced their intention to offer the service. Of course, with so many

55、couples d_ for a child yet unable to conceive through traditional IVF treatments, there is no s_ of volunteers. It would probably not work trying to prevent cloning, thus some form of regulation is almost i_. At the moment, cloning techniques are far from p_ and most attempts to clone animals end up

56、 in f_.Ex. 4 Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word. famouspromotingreligiousdesperateshortageinevitableperfectfailure Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9Ex. 5Study the definitions of the words below and then decide on the meanings of the words in the given contexts.a

57、 conversation in which people disagree with each other angrily or noisilyCa debate in which a number of people put forward different opinionsBa statement you use to convince people that your opinion about something is correctA1 argument n.1) The incident triggered fresh arguments about the role of s

58、ocial insurance in China. 2) Bob described how he got into an argument with the street vendor. 3) The evidence she uses to back up her arguments is not reliable. Ex. 5Study the definitions of the words below and then decide on the meanings of the words in the given contexts.a conversation in which p

59、eople disagree with each other angrily or noisilyCa debate in which a number of people put forward different opinionsBa statement you use to convince people that your opinion about something is correctA1 argument n.1) The incident triggered fresh arguments about the role of social insurance in China

60、. 2) Bob described how he got into an argument with the street vendor. 3) The evidence she uses to back up her arguments is not reliable. Ex. 5Study the definitions of the words below and then decide on the meanings of the words in the given contexts.a conversation in which people disagree with each