南莫中学高二英语教学案.doc

南莫中学高二英语教学案
（模5Unit3 Welcome to the unit and reading 1 泛读）
教学内容： Welcome to the unit and reading 泛读
教学目标： Describe skills popular science and modern technology. Develop some reading skills.
重难点: Describe popular science and modern technology ;describe agreeing and disagreeing ;developing a certain reading skill---how to read science terms in science article and are able to read a newspaper article about cloning.
教学过程：
Step 1: Revision
           What have you learned about the environment in Unit 2 ?

Step 2 :Lead in and discussion
      Today we will talk about another topic ----Science versus nature. First , please discuss the following three questions.
       Question 1: What do you know about cloning ?

Question 2: What other cloned animals do you know about ?

Question 3: Do you think it would be a good idea to clone humans some day ? Why or why not ?

Step 3 : Fast reading for general ideas
       Go through the passage quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions .
       Question 1 : Does the article give an anti—or pro—cloning point of view , or both ?
       Question 2 : What was the name of the fist cloned mammal ?
       Question 3 : Is Pauline Carter pro—or anti—cloning ?
Step 4 : Careful reading for important information .
       Listen to the tape carefully and then finish some exercises .
A : Read the article and the letters carefully and decide which of the statements below are true (T) or false (F) .
1.People all over the world are happy about the idea of cloning human beings.   T/F 
2.Dolly,the first cloned mammals, is exactly the same as other sheep .                T/F
3.According to the article, the science who created Dolly does not agree with cloning human beings.  T/F
4.Cloning can be used to cure diseases because it can produce new tissues and organs .T/F
5.Colin Jake is against cloning humans ,just like Pauline Carter .                  T/F
6.Cloing human beings is illegal in many countries ,so no scientist want to clone human beings.
T/F
B : Read the passage carefully and choose the right answers to each question.
1 .We can learn form the passage that       is against cloning human beings.
  A. Ian Wilmut    B . Faye Wilson    C . Severino Antinori    D . Colin Jake
2 . According to Pauline Carter ,people who cannot have a baby might as well      .
  A . buy a baby                     B . clone a child
  C . adopt a child                   D .use another woman’s egg
3 . We can infer form the text that       .
  A . we will be paid back if we humans interfere with nature
  B . we should clone fewer babies to reduce Earth’s population
  C . scientist have succeeded in challenging questions of morality.
  D . the news that the first human embryo has been cloned successfully is very terrible.
C . Work in pairs or groups . Fill in each blank with no more than one word according to the text (Page 42—43) .
Attitudes towards the first cloned human embryo
Pro—cloning

It can produce tissues and organs that are of great(1)     
Anti—cloning

We are (2)      to produce a real—life Frankenstein’s mother.
Attitudes towards the birth of Dolly the sheep
Pro—cloning

Cloning is a wonderful (3)         breakthrough.
Anti—cloning

Cloning would (4)        more disease in the animal world.

Representatives
Ian Wilmut
He never (5)       to create copics of humans. Instead , he thinks research efforts should concentrate on(6)     
diseases.
Faye wilson
(7)           to have a baby , she is(8)       to have a child that is genetically related to her.
Severino Antiniri
He wants to be the first to clone a human being.
Chinese scientists
They have focused their efforts on cloning animals and stem cells. China has achieved great(9)      in producing clones of cows and goats ,and continue to research ways cloning can be (10)      to mankind.
Step 5 : Homework    Retell the text in your own words.