1、Using LanguageIS CLONING CRUEL?Xiao Qing (XQ) and Rachel Brown (RB) are discussing whether cloning is cruel to animals or not.Listen again and fill in the blanks.RB: Xiao Qing, do you think clonings _?XQ: What do you mean by that? The scientists are doing a _ job. Soon they may be able to bring peop
2、les favourite _ back to life!RB: Yes, I know. But doesnt it seem cruel to you that it took _ experiments before Dolly was _ cloned? Think of all those live _ and eggs that died in order for Dolly to be _. I dont approve of that!XQ: But, Rachel, be _. Isnt it always like that with a _ science? This i
3、s the way people learn to do things _. RB: I suppose so but they also make the animals do such _ things. One poor cow was made to give birth to a bison. What was the poor creature to think _ it saw its baby?XQ: I dont quite understand _ so many people are _ cloning. I think the scientists _ a bit of
4、 encouragement. Think of the _. Cloning may help medical science to produce cures for serious _.RB: Yes, I know and I agree with that. Its just that I dont agree with the _. XQ: Why not?RB: Well, I think its a dead _. Dolly the sheep was “middle-aged” when she was born _ her DNA came from a middle-a
5、ged “mother”. _ your grandmother would mean a new baby started life as an _ lady!XQ: Really? I _ thought of that.RB: And it _ the species. Cloning means that theres _ variety in the species. So the animals may not be able to _ a particular illness and they might _ out.XQ: Oh dear! And that was just
6、what you and I were trying to _. In spite of all these, dont you think scientists would still be able to _ the problems?Workbook-ListeningIS HUMAN CLONING A GOOD IDEA?Wang Qiao (WQ) is talking to Clare Peters (CP) about human cloning.Listen again and fill in the blanks.WQ: What do you think about _
7、cloning, Clare? CP: I dont know what to think. But I _ itll come one of these days. I think there are _ problems that nobody has thought of _.WQ: What do you mean by that?CP: Well, a clone will be an _ copy of the original donor. Right?WQ: Yes, so _?CP: Well, whats the _ between the clone and his or
8、iginal donor?WQ: I suppose they must be _ one person. The clone is the _ as his original donor.CP: Lets suppose that you take a baby to a laboratory to be _. Does it matter if the laboratory _ you the real baby and one clone or two _?WQ: Yes, it does. But how could this _ happen?CP: Well, the scient
9、ists may get _.WQ: My goodness. Surely they would _ if there is an age-gap between the _ and the clone?CP: Maybe. What if the donor and the clone are very _ in age? Let us suppose they are _ babies.WQ: OK.CP: Lets suppose that the laboratory wanted to use the _ baby to make more clones. Perhaps they
10、 know parents _ would like to _ a cloned baby. Perhaps this family is _ to have children of their own. So the laboratory keeps the real baby and _ the clones as they grow.WQ: But thats a baby _! Thats not moral at all!CP: I know, and thats why its _ to get our ideas sorted _ now. So we really have t
11、o _ about the problems of human cloning.WQ: Yes. Now I _ your point. We should do something about this. How about a class _? What do you think? Workbook-Listening TaskA DISCUSSION ABOUT CLONINGBilly (B) and Frank (F) are having a discussion about cloning pets.Listen again and fill in the blanks.B: Y
12、ou know, Frank, I _ with cloning. My mum has a pet _ and she is devoted to her. I think if anything _ to this pet she would be very _. So we want to keep my mother happy by keeping her pet _ forever!F: Whats this all about? A little dog! Surely you can make your mother happy _ in another way! Does s
13、he know what people did before cloning was a _?B: Yes, and she knows the cloning procedure. Shes _ about the experiments in America. They offer _ for pets to produce their own stem cells. These stem cells will _ new pets at a very reasonable price.F: Reasonable price! Surely it will be very _.B: Wel
14、l, my mother is _ money to go to America with the dog just _ it dies. If she goes to the laboratory, well all _ a week in America. If were lucky, well be able to _ after a few months with a _ dog.F: Now I understand. You just want a holiday _ to America, and getting a new dog is just an _.B: Yes and
15、 why not?F: You are encouraging your mother to _ her dog, so she will want to clone it when it _ old. Then you will take _ of that to have a good holiday. Dont you think about the _ problems of cloning?B: No, I dont. Its _ by me, if I can make my mother happy and enjoy _ as well. Thats moral too!F:
16、You know what they say about _ dogs in Western countries. People keep dogs _ of having a real baby. Is that the _ with your mother?B: Certainly not! She has me _ all. But I have to be _ from her when I study abroad for my Masters _. Shell need her small dog then!F: I see. Now I know _ I dont agree with cloning.B: Now you know why I _.
