unit 8-3新视野大学英语第三册.doc

Unit 8 Legal and Moral Implications of Cloning 克隆在法律和道德上的寓意 (Third Time) Teaching Time: 2 periods Students’ Level: Sophomores of non-English majors in the 1st semester Teaching Objectives: 1. Understand the text 2. Grasp some important phrases 3. Learn to paraphrase some difficult sentences 4. Do exercises Teaching Procedures： I. Review Look back some important phrases retell the former part of the text II. While-reading Activities II. Language Points But, yes, in theory at least it might be possible. in theory: as a general idea which may not be true in realityIn theory and in practice, human beings can be cloned. Your plan sounds fine in theory, but I dont know if itll work in practice. Would a cloned human be identical to the original? Meaning: Would a cloned human be exactly the same as the original? Would a cloned human be identical to the original? be identical to/ with: be exactly the same as The tests are identical to those carried out last year. His behavior is identical to betraying us. Identical genes dont produce identical people, as anyone who knows a set of identical twins can tell you. Meaning: The same genes dont produce the same people. Anyone who knows some identical twins can tell you this.Please note that here as is used as a relative pronoun, standing for the main clause Identical genes dont produce identical people. The following are some more examples:He is an Englishman, as (=which) I know from his accent. Socialist construction in China is in full swing, as is known all over the world. He was late for school, as is often the case. As anyone can see, they are very happy. As was usual with him, he went out for a walk after dinner. Identical genes dont produce identical people, as anyone who knows a set of identical twins can tell you. a set of : a group of; a pair of A set of us are going up to Beijing for the week. … ar