1、Listening on page 54Before human clones become part of our life, perhaps we should spend more time thinking about how we should behave towards them. In pairs discuss these questions.1. How would you treat human clones?2. Do you think they should have legaland political rights, such as getting marrie
2、d or voting?3. Do you think they are separate people or part of the original donor?1.Clare thinks human cloning will comesoon.2. The clone is the same as the original donor.3. Parents who are unable to have their own children may want to buy cloned babies.2. Now listen to a discussion on human cloni
3、ng. Read these statements before you listen to the tape. Tick the correct ones.4. Clare believes human cloning willcause unexpected problems.5. Wang Qiao thinks it is moral to clonebabies for parents who cannot have children.Listen to the tape again and then choose the correct answers to the three q
4、uestions on page 54.Answer key: B C A 1 What problems does Clare think people havent thought of?2 Why does Wang Qiao think that no one could confuse a donor with his / her clone/3 Why does Clare think people will want to buy cloned babies?Listening textIS HUMAN CLONING A GOOD IDEA?Wang Qiao is talki
5、ng to Clare Peters about human cloning.WQ: What do you think about human cloning, Clare? CP: I dont know what to think. But I suppose itll come one of these days. I think there are many problems that nobody has thought of yet.WQ: What do you mean by that?CP: Well, a clone will be an exact copy of th
6、e original donor. Right?WQ: Yes, so what?CP: Well, whats the relationship between the clone and his original donor?WQ: I suppose they must be like one person. The clone is the same as his original donor.CP: Lets suppose that you take a baby toa laboratory to be cloned. Does it matter if the laboratory returns you the real baby and one clone or twoclones?WQ: Yes, it does. But how could this possible happen?CP: Well, the scientists may get confused.WQ: My goodness. Surely they would notice if there is an age-gap between the donor and the clone?
