2. Frank doesn't agree with cloning because he thinks cloning is very expensive and it has many moral problems.

3. Billy's mother is in favoure of cloning . She is saving money to go to America to have her pet dog cloned just before it dies.

4. Various answers are possible.

Sample answers to exercise 3

Arguments for cloning pets Arguments against cloning pets

1. It is moral to make my mother happy;

2. It can provide an excuse for a holiday abroad;

3. My mother will need her pet when I am away 1. It is very expensive to clone a pet

2. It is selfish because it is an excuse for a holiday.

3. It is selfish because it means the student can study abroad without his mother complaining.

Step 6 Homework

1. Ask the Ss to listen to the material again after class and get familiar with it .

2. Review the reading and listening materials.

The third period & fourth period

speaking and grammar

Step I. Speaking task

"In our earlier class, we learned how to organize a debate, now it's our turn to continue the debate. The topic of our debate is "should we clone?" Now choose the team you agree with."

Divide the whole class into four groups, two agree and two disagree.

To begin this debate, I'll give you some information about clone. You can choose what you need. During the speech, you can make notes so that you do not forget what you want to say. In our debate the person who speaks last must summarize your ideas. Here are some tips for you.

Show the following

Center on the subject

Organize main ideas that support your point of view

List your own idea

Make a conclusion

Show the following

Why should we use cloning?

Notes for debating:

Argument for cloning:

1) Cloning will be beneficial to humans, For example, if a couple can't have children, cloning could help give them a child;

2) We could use cloning to cure illnesses.

Arguments against cloning

1) healthy risks form mutation of genes