新視野大學英語第三版ection A

1、2 Animals or children ? A scientists choice Unit 8 Section A FOREIGH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERTISY Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. A

2、lbert Einstein 2 8UNIT I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being. Abraham Lincoln Section A 2 8 Human rights vs. animal rights UNIT Animals or children ? A scientists choice Objectives To talk about animal research To further understand the text T

3、o apply the phrases and patterns To master the essay writing skill Contents Warming-up activities Text study Language application Summary Animals or children? A scientists choice Section A Warming-up activities Lead-in Pre-reading activities Cultural background Animals or children? A scientists choi

4、ce Section A 1. Did you have a pet before? How did you treat your pet? ?As your best friend and family member ?Take good care of them even they were sick ?Never abandoned or ignored when they are getting older Short answer questions 2. Should animals be treated in the same way as human beings? Shoul

5、d scientific experiments use animals to develop medicines to help and heal human beings? What do you think about the experiments on animals? ? Cursed, cruel and non-humanitarian experiment ? To help and heal human beings ? To help people get rid of pain ? To develop the medical research Short answer

6、 questions 1. How did the American treat animals? 2. What is PETA? Listento a talk aboutanimalprotectionand discuss the questions. 1. How did the American treat animals? ? To spend thousands of millions of dollars every year; ? On animal food, health care, equipment and toys; ? Care so deeply for th

7、em; ? Brave the disaster to stay with them ? Animal welfare organizations provide services 2. What is PETA? ? An animal rights organization; ? For the ethical treatment of animals; ? The headquarters in Norfolk,Virginia; ? To save and improve the lives of millions of animals; ? The largest animal ri

8、ghts group in the world This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Listen to a short passage concerning animal medical research and fill in the missing information. PETA disapproves of the use of animals for _ . But many research scientists say this position could prevent development of treat

9、ments and cures for serious and _ . medical research deadly diseases Wesley Smith is a lawyer allied with the Discovery Institute, a _educational group. He has written extensively about science and _. Mister Smith points to the Silver Spring Monkey Case as an example of _ policy. Last year, he wrote

10、 on the subject for the online publication of the National Review. His article 慷?慣汬摥尠?濰歮祥映牯夠畯?片湡浤瑯敨? Listen to a short passage concerning animal medical research and fill in the missing information. nonprofit ethics harmful He noted the _ of victims of Alzheimers disease. This disease _ mainly older

11、 people. It steals their ability to think and care for themselves. Animals are often used in research on such _. Listen to a short passage concerning animal medical research and fill in the missing information. suffering strikes brain disease The American Veterinary Medical Association is an organiz

12、ation of doctors who care for animals. The A.V.M.A. agrees with some _ taken by animal rights groups. But the association also says it cannot accept policies that conflict with what it calls _ animal use for human purposes. Listen to a short passage concerning animal medical research and fill in the

13、 missing information. positions responsible Questions Previewing 1. What is the animal research? And why? 2. Why did animal rights activists ban on animal testing? 3. Why did physician scientists conduct the animal experiments? Tips Tips Tips Cultural background Animal research 1. What is the animal

14、 research? And why? ? To use animals in experiments; ? To research the new drugs; ? To improve the success rate of surgeries; ? To keep the people healthy and happy; ? To help the patients and dying people Cultural background Animal research 2. Why did animal rights activists ban on animal testing?

15、? Cruel and inhumane, animals should be free; ? Unreliable, different between people and animals; ? Computers can also be programmed ; ? Break the ecological balance. Cultural background Animal research 3. Why did physician scientists conduct the animal experiments? ? To relieve the eternal sufferin

16、g of people; ? To understand the process and test new therapies; ? Most experiments on human beings will fail; ? To accelerate the process of medical research; ? The research of simulated effects on computer is of little value Cultural background Animal research Main idea 2.The problem and developme

17、nt of animal research; 3.Your expectation of the animal researchs future. You can follow the outline given below. Part II. Your descriptionof the animal research 1. The reasons of animal research; 2. The significance to human beings; 3. The worrying problems to animal rights activists; 4. The more h

18、umane methods in animal research. 5. More efficient ways to replace the animal research Part III. Conclusion 1. Opportunities and challenges; 2. Your hope and determination for the future You may adopt the following expressions. on behalf of sb. to be grateful to do sth; The harmonious development b

19、etweenand; Thanks to advance ; Consent to the importance of; should not make us unappreciative; to shoulder the responsibilities as; In the application of Translate a paragraph based on a summary of the text by using the expressions from the text. 盡管動物權利活動家歪曲真相并 且把我描述成惡魔，但是做為一 名兒科醫(yī)生，我從不認為自己是 一個邪惡的人。

20、我感情的天平更 傾向于希望孩子們健康快樂，這 促使我去從事醫(yī)學研究。我們一 直堅信，博學的公眾會贊同動物 研究對公眾健康的重要性。 Cast sb. as persist in tip the scales never thought of twist the truth 讓我感到特別憤怒的是，有人對 動物的痛苦表達入微，但是對生 病和生命垂危的人卻冷漠無情。 動物實驗為人類健康做出重大貢 獻，真正的問題是我們能否喚起 絕大多數(shù)漠不關心的民眾來保護 動物實驗的將來。 care for so little for make a contribution be aroused to Althoug

21、h animal rights activists have twisted the truth and cast me as the devil. But as a childrens doctor, I have never thought of myself as an evil person. My desire to tip the scales in favor of healthy, happy children drew me to medical research. We have persisted in our belief that a knowledgeable pu

22、blic would consent to the importance of animal research for public health. I am particularly angered by any minute expression of caring for the suffering of creatures and so little for sick and dyinghuman beings. Animal experiments has made a significant contribution to human health. The real question is whether an uncaring majority can be aroused to protect its future. Summary Revision of the useful expressions Revision of the functional patterns Animals or children? A scientists choice Section A 1最大的愿望是讓他們健康 2 以的環(huán)境 3 更重要的是 4 得益于的進步 5 歪曲真相 6設計此類問題/研究成為 7 堅信 8 同意的重要性 9 以的名義 10 為我們辯護