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inserted a cell from a ewe’s udder into an egg from the same
animal after removing the egg’s DNA. The bioengineered
embryo was implanted in the ewe’s womb and Dolly developed
as a clone. Her birth at the Roslin Institute in Scotland was
announced in 1997 and caused an international sensation.
IV. Comprehension Check.
1. Match the words with their meaning by placing the
proper letter on each blank.
_1. adult a) to look or behave like
_2. frontier b) a bag like organ of a cow, from which
milk is produced
_3. to accomplish c) a grown up female sheep
_4. to take after d) a fully grown person or animal
_5. to counterfeit e) to succeed in doing smth
_6. udder f) to copy closely in order to deceive
_7. ewe g) an organ where offspring develop
before it is born
_8. womb h) child or children
_9. offspring i) limit or border
2. What do you think
1. Where was Dolly cloned?
2. Why doesn’t Dolly take after her biological mother?
3. What cell was inserted into an egg?
V. Discuss with your partner or groupmates.
1. What new information about cloning have you learnt from
the text?
2. Do you think that scientists should be allowed to conduct
human and animal cloning experiments?
Part II
Additional texts for Reading
Henry Ford.
Bringing the Automobile to the Common Man
I. Read the text about H.Ford and do the tasks following it.
Henry Ford is a man who literally transformed the world.
The car he built and the changes he made on the techniques of
industrial production revolutionized the lives of people
everywhere. At the height of his fame, in the 1920s, Ford was
a name known universally.
Ford himself came from a humble farming background.
Born July 30, 1863. in Dearborne, Michigan, near Detroit,
young Henry hated almost everything about farming except
the machinery. When he was 16 he went to Detroit to serve as
an apprentice in a machine shop. He held a series of jobs and
became completely knowledgeable of the way different types
of machines operated.
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