山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组 张兆建

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

Skill One : changing or correcting a text

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

Listen to the tape and correct the following sentences. 18cm 1. Legs can be lengthened by up to 8cm. every day 2. Legs are made to grow 1mm per week. 3. The new bone is not as strong as the original bone. 4. A 35-year-old man died after trying to grow by 6cm. A 45-year-old two 5. Patients can’t do any exercise for three years. 6. It takes 14 months to increase your height by 12cm. 18

7. Age of patients: 16 to 55. 608% 8. 5% of operations are unsuccessful.

8500 9. Costs RMB185,000.

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

Tapescript :M: Hi, Catherine. What are you doing? C: Just going over our notes on height-increasing operations. M: Yes, it took us a long time to finish them. What’s the problem? C: I can’t read some of my writing, so perhaps we can go over the notes together so I can check for any mistakes. M: Yes, sure. I’ll try to remember what we said before. C: According to my notes , the doctors break the bones of your legs and them make them grow by about eight centimeters? M: I think you’ve got that wrong . The doctors can make them grow by about eighteen centimeters C: That’s one millimeter per week, right? M: No. Every day. C: Yes, I see. So, the bone is not as strong as the original?

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

M: The bone is as strong as the original. C: Oh! I also wrote that a forty-five-year old man dies after trying to make his legs grow by xix centimeters? M: No, he was only thirty-five years old. C: That’s young! When the operation is complete, patients can’t do any exercise for three years . Is that right? M: No! After two years. C: Wow! I got a lot of this wrong them. What about increasing your height by twelve centimeters in fourteen months? M: No, eighteen months. C: And the age of the patients who can have this operation. It is between sixteen and fifty-five. M: No, that should be between 16 to 60. C: And how many operations are unsuccessful. M: 8%.

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

C: And the cost is RMB185000. M: No, it’s about RMB8500.

C: Phew. I did get a lot of things wrong, but I think that’s all. Thanks for having such a good memory. I will see you tomorrow. Bye.M: Ok. I will look over the note when you have typed them. Bye, now.

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

Listen and correct the following notes1. Growth hormones are used in meat , eggs and vegetables. faster 2. Growth hormones make animals grow fatter. don’t help keep animals healthy. 3. Growth hormones keep animals healthy. 4. GM food is more expensive than natural food. cheaper 5. GM food technology isn’t a new scientific development. is

6. GM food tastes thebetter as than natural food. same

7. Free-range food comes from animals that are aren’t drugs given

more expensive than GM food. 8. Free-range food is cheaper9. Free-range animals aren’t are kept in dark sheds. 10. Most people don’t mind paying wouldn’t pay

more for free-range food.

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

Tapescritp:S: Thank you for taking the time to come an d talk to us a about GM food. S: It’s my pleasu

re. S: I’m glad I have the opportunity to talk to you before the lecture. I’d like to ask some questions . S: Ok, what would you like to know? S: Well, why are growth hormones used in meat, eggs and vegetables.? S: Actually, they’re only used in meat. S: oh, I don’t know that . Why do farmers use growth hormones? S: They use them in order to make animals grow faster. S: I guess hormones can also keep animal healthy . S: No, that’s not true. The hormones don’t help keep them healthy . They can still become ill. S: Oh! I didn’t now that . So what are the advantages of GM food then? S: Well, it’s cheaper than natural food because the amount produced is usually larger. S: I wee. But isn’t it dangerous ? S: Not at all . Farmers have been using GM food technology for years. There’s nothing new about it.

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

S: Really? I’ve never tried GM food . But I’ve heard that it doesn’t taste the same as natural food. S: I don’t think that’s true . Taste tests reveal that it tastes exactly the same as natural food . S: Well, that’ good to know . What about free-range food ? What does that mean? S: Free-range food comes from animals that are not given drugs. S: That means it’s cheaper than GM food , right? S: No, it’s actually more expensive . Free-range animals grow less quickly. Farmers have few animals to see, so they tend to sell them at a higher price. S: But , don’t free-range animals have a better life? S: Yes, that’s true. Free-range animals live outside in fields. They are not kept in dark sheds. That’s why we call it free-rang food, because the animals are free. S: Well, in that case I would rather pay a little bit more money to buy free-range food. S: Many people feel that way. They don’t mind paying a bit more to give the animals a better life. We all have the right to decide what we eat.

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

What kind of expressions can you use to ask forpeople’s opinions. What do you think? What are your thoughts on this topic? Don’t you think so? Do you agree? Do you feel the same about ….? Is that your opinion too?

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

What kind of expressions can you use to introduce new ideas. Another argument is that… Another way of looking at it is … Don’t forget… But what about…? On the other hand… Have you thought about…? We can also…

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

You’re going to interview another scientist about GM food. Add a sixth heading and write some questions next to the headings.

subjectsafety of GM Food

questionsDo you think it’s safety for people to have GM food? have it ?

Possible side effects Are there any side effects if people Taste compared Does it taste the same as natural food? with normal food Is it more expensive? Cost Do you think the government should Need for government control do something to ensure its safety? popularity for buyers Will you buy the GM food?

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

Make up a dialogue between the student and the scientist according to the six headings and the six questions . You can refer to the following expressions

1 dangerous/ no one knows yet/ quite safe/as safe as natural food 2 causes weight gain or loss/healthy/no side effects 3 just the same/more tasty/less tasty 4 cheaper/more expensive/same as normal food 5 need strict control/no need for control/should be banned/same as normal food

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

Write a formal letter about GM food.

山东省滨州市沾化二中英语组

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