1. Module 5 Cloning

2. Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary

3. Do you enjoy reading science fictions?
What is your favorite one?
Have you ever read Frankenstein?

4. From Frankenstein (1931)
Mary Shelly

5. a nineteen-year-old Englishwoman called Mary Shelley wrote a novel called Frankenstein .It told the story of a scientist who created a monster that resembled a huge human being .The novel immediately became very popular and it is generally agreed that it is one of the best science fiction stories ever written. Several films on it have been made. Boris Karloff played the monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, as shown in the picture, on this page . For the film ,he is made to look very ugly, with wrinkled skin, yellow eyes and black lips. The monster is very big and very strong, and this makes him very frightening. He terrifies everyone who sees him. The 1931film is still the most famous of all horror films.

7. 1. When was the film made. The film was made in 1931 2
1. When was the film made? The film was made in Try to describe monster with the following words in the box. huge human being lip monster terrifying ugly The monster resembles a huge human being, strong and very ugly, with wrinkled skin, yellow eyes and black lips, which makes him very terrifying

8. Frankenstein’s Monster

9. a science
fiction

10. English novelist. Daughter of the British philosopher William Godwin and the British author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, she was born in London, and privately educated. She met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in May 1814, and two months later left England with him. When Shelley's first wife died in December 1816, he married Mary. In 1818 her first and most important work, the novel Frankenstein, was published. A remarkable accomplishment for a 20-year-old, the work was an immediate critical and popular success.
Mary Shelley,
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11. The main plot
A young scientist named Frankenstein discovers the secret of how to creat life. He creats a creature and gives it life.But the creature is extremly urgly.Because he has no friends, the monster feels lonely and unhappy.When Frankenstein refuses to creat a wife for him, the monster kills his brother,best friend and his new wife.In order to destroy him, Frankenstein chases him to the Arctic, where they both die.

13. Translate the phrases and sentences:
1 在一个寒冷的十一月的晚上 2 在我的脚下 3 借着…的微弱的光 4 于…形成可怕的对比 5 在屋里走来走去 6 穿着衣服扑到在床上 7由于害怕而发抖 8 伸出一只手 9 I wish I had not created this creature, I wish I was in the other side of the world, I wish I could disappear!
Translate the phrases and sentences:
On a cold November night
at my feet
by the tiny light of
contrast horribly with
Walk up and down the room
throw oneself on the bed in clothes
shake with fear
put out a hand

14. Read part 1 and find the general idea of the paragraph.
Main idea: _____________________________
Exercise:
1. The monster began to hate his creator because ( )
A. he felt lonely and unhappy
B. his creator gave him an ugly face
C. his creator refused to create a wife for him
D. he wanted to become clever
The general story of Frankenstein

15. 2. When Frankenstein studied at university, he ( )
A. learned how to create the ugly monster
B. refused to create his own wife
C. discovered the secret of how to give life to lifeless matter
D. taught the clever monster to speak
3. The monster terrifies people because of _______________________.
4. Frankenstein tries to destroy the monster because___________________.
its ugly appearance
it kills three people

16. Retell the story using the first person according to these questions.
What did you create? What did the monster look like ? What did the monster ask you to do? What happened in the end?

17. Read part 2 and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
The monster became a creature from my worst nightmare.
The monster didn’t give what I had expected in return but gave much trouble.
The description if the monster and how I felt when I saw it for the first time
When the monster came into being

18. Exercises of part 2:
1. In order to give life to a lifeless body, Frankenstein ( ) A. had worked hard for nearly two years with more than one aim B. could sleep well as before C. was tired of doing this before giving life to it D. hadn’t slept for this and had destroyed his own health 2. Frankenstein didn’t wish ( ) after he had finished the monster. A. he hadn’t created this creature B. he was on the other side of the world C. he could disappear D. to stay in the same room with the monster D D

19. Work in group of two. One will be Frankenstein and the other will be the monster.
How can I describe
I had tried to
I wish
I can’t stand
You thought I would like to exist in the world?
I wish I were good-looking. You hated me. In return, I took revenge on you.
Is it my fault?!

20. Organization of the passage

21. Part 1: The general story
Part 2: Extract
P1: When the monster came into being
P2: What the monster was like (description) and what I felt at the first sight.
P3;P4: It didn’t turn out to meet my expectation but cause much trouble instead and he became a creature from my worst nightmares.

22. Discussion What is the lesson of the story, in your opinion?

23. Homework Recite the new words. Find out the important phrases and
sentences in the passage.