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Date: Dec 26, 2005
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THE ARTICLESouth Korea’s most famous scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk quit on December 23rd because of a major scandal. Scientists found out that his landmark paper on stem cell research was full of lies. His career and reputation now lay in ruins. He could also go to prison for cheating and damaging the image of his university and country. Seoul National University said his deception was a “major misconduct that undermines the fundamentals of science”. Dr. Hwang apologized on national television. He said: “I am stepping down…[as professor]…to apologize for causing such big shocks and disappointment.” Dr. Hwang became famous in May 2005 for his work on the world’s first cloned dog, an Afghan hound called Snuppy (an acronym from ‘Seoul National University’ and ‘puppy’). He wrote a paper on stem cells, which are able to develop into any kind of human tissue. Many scientists trying to fight Parkinson’s disease and other spinal cord injuries said the paper was groundbreaking. Dr Hwang became a national hero and was showered with honors, awards and research money. However, his lies came to the surface when younger scientists smelled a rat and accused him of fabricating data. WARM-UPS1. I’M A PROFESSOR: You are now a professor. Decide what your area of research is. Talk to the other “professors” in the class. Ask them about their work and research. What are the best and worst things about being a professor? What do you thing of professors who cheat? 2. CHEATING: Do you think all cheating is bad? Do / Would you ever cheat? In pairs / groups, talk about how bad each of the following is:
3. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. For more conversation, change topics and partners frequently. 4. FIELDS: Which of the following fields of research do you think are highly important? With your partner(s), discuss how important the research below is. How might it change your world?
5. CHEATING OPINIONS: How far do you agree with these opinions?
6. CHEAT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word “cheat”. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGWORD ORDER: Put the words in the column on the right into the gaps in the text. Disgraced Korean stem cell hero quitsSouth Korea’s most famous scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk quit on December 23rd scandal of a major because. Scientists found out that his landmark paper on stem cell lies of research was full. His career and lay in reputation now ruins. He could also go to prison for cheating and damaging the image of his university and country. Seoul National University said his deception was a “major misconduct that the fundamentals of undermines science”. Dr. Hwang apologized on national television. He said: “I am stepping down…[as professor]…to such shocks for big apologize causing and disappointment.” Dr. Hwang became famous in May 2005 on his world’s the work for first cloned dog, an Afghan hound called Snuppy (an acronym from ‘Seoul National University’ and ‘puppy’). He cells paper wrote on a stem, which are able to develop tissue into human of any kind. Many scientists trying to fight Parkinson’s disease and other spinal cord injuries said the paper was groundbreaking. Dr Hwang became a national hero and honors with was showered, awards and research money. However, his lies came to the surface when younger scientists accused a rat and smelled him of fabricating data. LISTENINGListen and fill in the spaces. Disgraced Korean stem cell hero quitsSouth Korea’s most famous scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk _____ on December 23rd because of a major scandal. Scientists found out that his landmark paper on stem cell research was full of _____. His career and reputation now lay in ruins. He could also go to prison for cheating and damaging the _____ of his university and country. Seoul National University said his deception was a “major misconduct that __________ the fundamentals of science”. Dr. Hwang apologized on national television. He said: “I am _________ down…[as professor]…to apologize for _________ such big shocks and disappointment.” Dr. Hwang became _________ in May 2005 for his work on the world’s first cloned dog, an Afghan hound called Snuppy (an _________ from ‘Seoul National University’ and ‘puppy’). He wrote a paper on stem cells, which are able to _________ into any kind of human tissue. Many scientists trying to fight Parkinson’s disease and other spinal _____ injuries said the paper was groundbreaking. Dr Hwang became a national hero and was __________ with honors, awards and research money. However, his lies came to the surface when younger scientists __________ a rat and accused him of fabricating data. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘stem’ and ‘cell’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. WORD ORDER: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. STUDENT “CHEATING” SURVEY: In pairs / groups, write down questions about cheating.
6. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
AFTER DISCUSSION: Join another partner / group and tell them what you talked about.
SPEAKINGBIG CHEATS: In pairs / groups, decide on who is the biggest cheat in the table below. Put one of these numbers in the appropriate boxes in the “1-5” column.
Agree on a score from 1 (not a cheat at all) to 100 (a total cheat) in the “Score” column.
Change partners and tell you new partner(s) about the scores you decided with your old partner(s). HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information on Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk. Share your findings with your class in the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things? 3. MY CHEATING HISTORY: Write about some times when you cheated. Show what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar ideas for cures? 4. CHEATING: Write a short essay on the part cheating plays in your culture. Do you think this is a good or bad thing? Show what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Did everyone write about similar things? ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
WORD ORDER: Disgraced Korean stem cell hero quitsSouth Korea’s most famous scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk quit on December 23rd because of a major scandal. Scientists found out that his landmark paper on stem cell research was full of lies. His career and reputation now lay in ruins. He could also go to prison for cheating and damaging the image of his university and country. Seoul National University said his deception was a “major misconduct that undermines the fundamentals of science”. Dr. Hwang apologized on national television. He said: “I am stepping down…[as professor]…to apologize for causing such big shocks and disappointment.” Dr. Hwang became famous in May 2005 for his work on the world’s first cloned dog, an Afghan hound called Snuppy (an acronym from ‘Seoul National University’ and ‘puppy’). He wrote a paper on stem cells, which are able to develop into any kind of human tissue. Many scientists trying to fight Parkinson’s disease and other spinal cord injuries said the paper was groundbreaking. Dr Hwang became a national hero and was showered with honors, awards and research money. However, his lies came to the surface when younger scientists smelled a rat and accused him of fabricating data.
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