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11. Write the gist of the text in about 10 sentences. Then enlarge it with your own information concerning cloning.

12. Talk about the following questions in pairs/groups. Remember to support your answers!

1) In your opinion will reproductive cloning be legal in future?

2) Grandpa just died. Would you consider cloning him? Why/ not?

3) What do you think will happen in 10 years regarding cloning? 25 years? 100 years?

4) What do you think about the whole business of cloning? Will it be possible and profitable in future?

5) Would you like to have a cloned version of yourself? For spare part of just to have a brother/ friend?

13. Write a magazine article about two people - one is the clone of the other. Include imaginary interviews with them. Optional activity: take an interview from two (three) clones.

14. Translate an abstract.

Проблема клонирования связана с потенциальными рисками для здоровья будущего клона, в частности, возможность его преждевременного старения. Известный ученый Алексей Оловников еще в 1971 году обратил внимание на проблему укорачивания хромосом в клетках в результате делений. Ученый предположил, что укорачивание хромосом не может идти вечно – в какой-то момент клетка состарится и потеряет способность делиться. Но почему наши хромосомы не короче хромосом наших предков? Оказалось, что на концах хромосом есть специальные участки – тепломеры. При удвоении хромосом эти участки действительно укорачиваются, однако специальный фермент теломераза, активный в некоторых клетках (например, в стволовых), может достраивать теломеры до исходного размера. Получается, что при наличии фермента теломеразы клетки способны делиться без особых ограничений, не «стареть». Отсутствие теломеразы в большинстве клеток является одним из защитных механизмов от неконтролируемого деления, то есть рака.

17. You have a clone. Your clone is 13 years old. Write your diary entry for one day you spent with him/her. Include the conversations you had and the advice you gave him/her.

18. Do we have a right to clone dead people? What if they didn’t want to be cloned? Make a report/ essay on this topic.

19. Study the example of the official letter. Make a conclusion about the rules of letter writing.

Kassenov Eldar

34 Pushkinskaya st., Apt.16

Astana 010000

Kazakhstan

25 April, 2009

Malcolm Anderson, ScD

25 North Road, Apt. 5

London W2 4RH

England

Dear Mr. Anderson,

The purpose of this letter is to follow up on the discussion we had in your office last week. This letter details the steps we discussed to make your project a reality.

Since my letter of December 10, there has been a number of changing circumstances that necessitate different approach is used to develop the project. Would it be possible to meet you either in Astana or Almaty to discuss this further?

I look forward to working with you on this project.

Sincerely yours,

Petrov Nikolay.

20. Write your own formal (official) letter.

On July, 10 you discussed and made a draft of a document about the problems of cloning ethics with your colleague David Bellmore from Brookline University.

Since that time you have made some corrections and changes in the document. Inform about it your colleague and suggest the date of new meeting.

21. Role Play Game.

You are in 2102 on the debates “Should we legalize cloning?” Choose a role for yourself and prepare to speak from the part of it.

A person who has a clone: I like my clone because he is both my friend and a guarantee against hard diseases.

Moreover,…

His clone: I like my counterpart because…

An unsatisfied clone: I want to be a human because…

A doctor: Clones may have constant pain and suffering.

They grow quicker, so…

A psychologist: Clones may have psychological problems,

for example, the absence of parent can cause depression…

A priest: Life begins at conception…

A person who wants to have a clone because…

A businessman: It’s great business now because…

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