Language. 1. WORD search: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information

TOPPY DISCUSSION

TOPPY DISCUSSION

AFTER READING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘make’ and ‘grade’.

make

grade

• Share your findings with your partners.
• Make questions using the words you found.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

• Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

purpose ordered drugs grade father genes

carried half born drop via baggage

STUDENT CLONING SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about cloning in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘clone’?
c)	What are the pros and cons of cloning?
d)	A majority of pet owners want their pet cloned after it dies? What do you think of this?
e)	Are you surprised at what you read about the cost of training sniffer dogs?
f)	What do you think of the name Toppy?
g)	What other ways can cloning be used to fight drugs and terror?
h)	Would you like to work as a trainer of sniffer dogs?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article?
b)	What do you think of the $60,000 price tag of each puppy?
c)	Do you think there are better ways to find drugs and explosives than using dogs?
d)	Is it easy for you to quickly tell people apart and know who’s who?
e)	Would you like a Toppy?
f)	When was the last time you dropped out of something?
g)	What questions would you like to ask project leader Lee Byung-Chun?
h)	Did you like this discussion?

The world’s first purpose-cloned dogs have started training (1) ____ their future careers. South Korea’s customs service ordered clones of its (2) ____ best sniffer dog last year. It hopes the cloned canines will become experts (3) ____ finding explosives and drugs at its airports. The cloning will reduce the costs involved in the months of training normal dogs. Only thirty per cent of dogs selected for training actually (4) ____ the grade and become a sniffer dog. The seven cloned puppies, all named Toppy (5) ____ for Tomorrow’s Puppy), were born in October and November 2007. Cells were taken from their Labrador retriever father, called Chase, to clone them. Project manager Lim Jae-Yong believes the clones will be easier to train than ordinary dogs, because of their (6) ____ from expert sniffer Chase.

The $300,000 project was (7) ____ out by Lee Byung-Chun, who cloned the world’s first dog from a three-year-old Afghan hound. Each Toppy cost $60,000, which is half the cost (8) ____ training a normal sniffer dog. All seven Toppies have been in training since they were born. They have successfully passed their first round of sniffer-dog tests, although one had to (9) ____ out with a bad leg. The dogs (10) ____ together and all come running when their name is called. Their trainers only know who’s (11) ____ via a microchip in each puppy’s ear. Lead trainer Kim Nak-seung said: "The differences [between them] are so small that I really can't tell the puppies (12) ____." The Toppies should complete their training by early 2009 and start work sniffing baggage in the nation’s airports soon after.

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