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Reading
Science Versus Nature
Lead- in
Check the homework. Share you sources relevant to cloning technology with the whole class.
Cloning has been the subject of scientific experiments for years. The recent ess in cloning animals has resulted in fierce debates between scientists, politicians and public.
First reading—
Main idea
Second reading—Understanding scientific terms
Third reading—Detailed information
Further discussion
Homework
Reading strategy
Reading strategy
Go through the reading strategy, and
find out how to work out the meaning of these scientific terms.
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Begin by reading the first and last paragraphs
for an idea of what the article is about.
Circle any words you do not now. Question things you do not understand or that do not appear to make sense
Read through the article a few times, and make sense of the scientific terms upon further readings.
First reading—Main idea
Refer to the reading passage and find out the main idea.
(The reading passage is made up of a newspaper article about cloning and two readers’ letters. We will be given information about how cloning is being researched and the different attitudes towards it.)
Second reading—
Understanding scientific terms

Ask students to circle the unfamiliar words or things they do not understand while second reading.
Third reading—
Detailed information
Read only the article carefully, and finish the following exercises:
1. What are the different attitudes towards the ess of cloning a human embryo?
On the one hand__________________________________

On the other hand____________________________
Some people consider that____________________
(valuable tissues ans can be
produced and be used to save human lives)
(human beings may be on the way to
producing a real-life monster)
(cloning human embryos
with the intention to destroy
them shows no respect for
human life. )
2. Who are the persons in the article related to clo