复旦研究生综合英语1-Unit6

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Unit 6 The Media and the Ethics of Cloning

Warm-up Activities Additional lnformation for the Teacher’s Reference Text The Media and the Ethics of Cloning Further Reading

Speaking SkillsAdditional Work

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Warm-up Activities 1. What do you think of human cloning considering the possible medical benefits and the consequent ethical problems? 2. Given some people s concerns about the use of traps to catch wild animals, the living conditions of farm animals, and the treatment of animals used in medical and pharmaceutical research, what s your stance on the cloning of animals to fulfil human goals? 3. If it is possible one day that you can have your genes improved or perfected to be taller, thinner or smarter, do you accept it?

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Additional lnformation for the Teacher’s Reference 1. Leigh Turner Leigh Turner is an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit and Chair of the Master s Specialization in Bioethics, who received his Ph. D. in Religion and Social Ethics from the University of Southern California. He has published many essays on such topics as agenda setting in bioethics, ethical issues in end-of-life care, ethical and social issues related to genetics and biotechnology, and bioethics and public policy.

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2. Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol is an American artist who became a centralfigure in the movement known as Pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter; an avantgarde filmmaker, a record producer, an author and a well-known public figure. He is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.

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3. Ian Wilmut Ian Wilmut is an English embryologist and currently one of the leaders of the Queen s Medical Research Institute at the

University of Edinburgh. He is best known as the man whoplayed a supervisory role in the team that first cloned a mammal, a lamb named Dolly in 1997.

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4. Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe is an American actress, singer, model, pop icon and sex symbol. She was known for her comedic skills and screen presence, going on to become one of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and early 1960s.

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5. Campbell Campbell is a famous American soup maker. The Campbell Soup Company (also known as Campbell s) is a well-known American producer of canned soups and related products. Campbell s products are sold in 120 countries around the world.

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6. Hastings Center Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan, non-profit bioethics research institute dedicated to examination of essential questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment. It was founded in 1969 and has over 200 fellows, in

cluding many physicians, attorneys, PhDs and bioethicists.

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7. Nature Nature is a prominent scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869. Although most scientific journals are now highly specialized, Nature is one of the few journals, which still publishes original research articles across a wide range of scientific fields. In many fields of scientific research, important new advances and original research are published as articles or letters in Nature.

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8. Michael Jordon Michael Jordan is a retired American professional basketball player. Widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he became one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA (National Basketball

Association) around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

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9. Hastings Center Report Hastings Center is best known as the publisher of Hastings Center Report and IRB: Ethics &Human Research, which feature scholarship and commentary in bioethics for readers worldwide. Both are published six times per year. The Report also periodically features special reports, published as

supplements, from the center s research projects.

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10. The Journal of Medical Ethics

The Journal of Medical Ethics is a leading internationaljournal that reflects the whole field of medical ethics. The journal seeks to promote ethical reflection and conduct in scientific research and medical practice. It features original articles on ethical aspects of health care, as well as case

conferences, book reviews, editorials, correspondence, newsand notes.

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11. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is designed to address the challenges of biology, medicine and hea1thcare and to meet the needs of professionals serving on hea1thcare ethics committees in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and rehabilitation centers. The aim of the journal is to serve as the international forum for the wide range of serious and urgent issues faced by members of hea1thcare ethics committees, physicians, nurses, social workers, clergy, lawyers and community representatives.

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12. The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times Magazine is a supplement to the Sunday The New York Times newspaper. Its first issue was published on September 6, 1896, and contained the first photographs ever printed in the newspaper. Today, The New York Times Magazine contains many longer feature articles than are typically included in the newspaper, and continues to attract notable contributors. The magazine is also renowned for its glamorous photography, especially relating to fashion and style.

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13. St. Paul Pioneer

Press

St. Paul Pioneer Press is a newspaper based in St. Paul,Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It has a somewhat conservative orientation and publishes a

substantial amount of human-interest stones.

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14. Leon Kass ( 1939 — ) :

Leon Kass is an American bioethicist, best known as aleader in the effort to stop human embryonic stem cell and cloning research as former chair of the President s Council on

Bioethics from 2002 - 2005.

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15. genetic essentialism

Genetic essentialism is an oversimplified hypothesis that genes determine and account for complex human abilities and behavior traits, and thus human beings are reduced to the mere products of their genes. Genetic essentialism is dependent upon one particular belief fundamental to western culture. This is the belief that understanding can be gained by reducing an object of knowledge to its “essence”. A belief in the existence of a true essence, a core of Truth, permeates all of the intellectual traditions, including the search for self-knowledge.

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16. Scientific American Scientific American ( informally abbreviated to “SciAm”) is a popular science magazine, published ( first weekly and later monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States. For working scientists, especially in high-tech fields, there are only a few crucial nonjournal periodicals to pore over faithfully, and Scientific American is one of them. Scientific American emphasizes a wide variety of emerging technologies, giving scientists a chance to keep up in an increasingly specialized professional world. Innovative and controversial developments such as gene patenting and the latest from the unified field gurus are front and center in every Issue.

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17. New Scientist Founded in 1956, the London-based New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine and website covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English-speaking audience. It is widely read by both scientists and non scientists as a way of keeping track of scientific and technological progress. Many science articles in the general press are based on its contents, as New Scientist covers the social and cultural impacts and consequences of scientific and technological discovery, not just the underlying science. The magazine carries regular features, news and commentary on environmental issues and is an acknowledged source of evidenced information from the scientific community.

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