Jurassic Park—Scientific Fact or Hollywood Fiction?

An amber The DNA

Dinosaurs

Scientific Fact or Hollywood Fiction?

• Read the passage fast and match the paragraphs with the main ideas.

Para 1

Para 2,3,4

Para 5

Para 6

three reasons why cloning dinosaurs is impossible

outline of the movie “Jurassic Park”

the conclusion of the passage

Some other problems of cloning dinosaurs

Fast-reading

True or false1. The basic story of Jurassic Park is fiction.

2. A suitable environment where dinosaurs

might survive probably exists today.

3. Cloning dinosaurs seems scientifically

impossible.

4. It is possible to confirm that the DNA

preserved mosquitoes contain is from a

dinosaur.

5. The writer of the passage is probably a

film producer.

T

F

T

F

F

Careful-reading （ Group work ）

How many reasons are mentioned why cloning dinosaurs

seems scientifically impossible and what are they?

First, any DNA taken from a preserved mosquito is only 40

million years old, which is 20 million years shorter than a

dinosaur.

Second, only one male preserved mosquito has been

recovered, while only females can absorb the DNA of another

creature.

Thirdly, dinosaur DNA would not be intact after the long time

since their extinction.

Fill in the blanksTwo dinosaur experts are ______ by the eccentric

millionaire Hammond to visit his Jurassic Park. By

______ DNA taken from prehistoric mosquitoes,

Hammond has created living ________for his park.

___________ by Hammond’s grandchildren, the

two experts began their tour. But a tropical storm

hits the island, ___________ the power supply, and

with the security system destroyed, the dinosaurs

started to ________________.

invited

cloning

dinosaurs

Accompanied

knocking out

get out of control

• (Para.1)Accompanied by Hammond’s two grandchildren, they are sent on a tour…

Accompany v. 陪伴，陪同；伴随 accompany sb. to someplace

accompany sb. to do sth.

by accompanied by…

Vocabulary

.

This disease is often accompanied by cough and fever.

让我陪你去我房间换衣服吧

这种疾病常常会便随这咳嗽和发烧

Let me accompany you to my room and change clothes

• （ Para.1 ） But a tropical storm hits the island, knocking out the power supply , and …

一场热带风暴袭击了岛屿，摧毁了电力供应，…• 1. Our team was knocked out.

• 2. A blow on the head knocked him out.

• 3. The soldier knocked out two enemy tanks.

Vocabulary

击 败

使昏迷，失去知觉

摧毁，歼灭

• 4. She was knocked out by the news.

• 5. The long drive really knocked me out.

Vocabulary

是目瞪口呆，说不出话

使疲惫不堪

knock

Knock over撞倒，打翻

Knock off砍价，下班

Knock down击倒，拆除

• (Para.3)In fact, only females can absorb the DNA of another creature.

• Absorb v. 吸收，接受，吸引注意力absorb one’s attention 吸引某人的注意力be absorbed in 全神贯注于……我的父亲专心的看着电视节目，当我开门的时候

她在开口之前就吸引了观众的注意。

Vocabulary

When I opened the door, my father was completely absorbed in the TV programs

She absorbed the audience’s attention before she spoke.

• (para 4) When life ends, DNA breaks down and does not repair itself.

1. The car/engine/machine broke down.

2. All our plans broke down./The peace talks

have broken down.

3. His health broke down.

4.Water is broken down into hydrogen and o

xygen.

Vocabulary

出故障

（计划或谈判）失败

（身体或精神）垮掉

分解

Vocabulary

break

break out爆发，突然发生

break in插嘴

break into破门而入

break away脱离背叛，挣脱

break off打断，折断 , 断绝

break up解散，结束

• (para 5)Many questions also arise in the cloning of dinosaurs.

• arise vi 发生 , 出现 , 产生 ( arose—arisen)

• rise vi. raise vt.

• 举手抬头举重物，数量价格和觉悟• 水平温度与抚养， raise 接宾常出入• 日月烟雾云热气，起立起床和起义• 物价河水温度计， rise 直接升上去

Vocabulary

• 1.A difficulty_______ right here.• 2.He _____ in order to welcome me.• 3. The sun _______ in the east and sets

in the west.• 4. He _______ his hand to answer the q

uestion.• 5. The joke _______ a blush on her che

ek.• 6. How did the quarrel ______?

Vocabulary

aroserose

rises

raised

raised

arise

Homework

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