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Date: Dec 26, 2005
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THE ARTICLESouth Korea’s most esteemed scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk quit under a cloud of controversy on December 23rd after fabricating results in a landmark paper on stem cell research. His career and reputation now lay in tatters following his cheating. He could also face prosecution after investigators found that he had intentionally made up the results. His misdemeanor has shocked the science world and has badly tarnished the image of Seoul National University. It said his was a “major misconduct that undermines the fundamentals of science”. In a televised apology, the disgraced Dr. Hwang expressed his remorse and made clear his intentions of quitting his position. He said: “I am stepping down…to apologize for causing such big shocks and disappointment.” Dr. Hwang shot to the forefront of his field 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 co-authored a paper on embryonic stem cells, which are able to develop into any kind of human tissue. The paper was hailed by scientists in the heart of the battle against Parkinson’s disease and other debilitating spinal cord injuries. Dr Hwang had become a national hero and was showered with honors, awards and substantial research funding. However, it all came undone when younger scientists smelled a rat and accused him of manipulating data. A remorseful Dr. Hwang maintains: “Patient-tailored embryonic stem cells remain the proud technology of our nation.” WARM-UPS1. I’M A PROFESSOR: You are now a professor. Spend a moment or two deciding 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 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 esteemed scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk cloud under a controversy of quit on December 23rd after fabricating results in a landmark paper on stem cell research. His career tatters in lay reputation now and following his cheating. He could also face prosecution after investigators found that he had intentionally made up the results. His world shocked the misdemeanor has science and has badly tarnished the image of Seoul National University. It said his was a “major misconduct that the science of undermines fundamentals”. In a televised apology, the disgraced Dr. Hwang expressed his remorse and made clear his intentions of quitting his position. He said: “I am to apologize down stepping for causing such big shocks and disappointment.” Dr. Hwang of the field his forefront shot to 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 cells stem paper on a co-authored embryonic, which are able to develop into any kind of human tissue. The paper was hailed by scientists in the heart of the battle against Parkinson’s disease and cord other spinal debilitating injuries. Dr Hwang had become a national hero and was showered with honors, awards and substantial research funding. However, it all came undone when a younger rat smelled scientists and accused him of manipulating data. A remorseful Dr. Hwang maintains: “Patient-tailored embryonic stem cells our technology nation of the proud remain.” LISTENINGListen and fill in the spaces. Disgraced Korean stem cell hero quitsSouth Korea’s most esteemed scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk quit under a _______ of controversy on December 23rd after fabricating results in a _________ paper on stem cell research. His career and reputation now lay in _________ following his cheating. He could also face prosecution after investigators found that he had intentionally made up the results. His _____________ has shocked the science world and has badly __________ the image of Seoul National University. It said his was a “major misconduct that __________ the fundamentals of science”. In a televised apology, the disgraced Dr. Hwang expressed his __________ and made clear his intentions of quitting his position. He said: “I am stepping down…to apologize for causing such big shocks and disappointment.” Dr. Hwang shot to the __________ of his field 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 co-__________ a paper on embryonic stem cells, which are able to develop into any kind of human tissue. The paper was __________ by scientists in the heart of the battle against Parkinson’s disease and other debilitating spinal ______ injuries. Dr Hwang had become a national hero and was ___________ with honors, awards and substantial research funding. However, it all came undone when younger scientists smelled a rat and accused him of manipulating data. A ___________ Dr. Hwang maintains: “Patient-tailored embryonic stem cells remain the proud technology of our nation.” 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. 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 (an absolute, complete, total and utter huge cheat) in the “Score” column.
Change partners and tell you new partner(s) 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 esteemed scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk quit under a cloud of controversy on December 23rd after fabricating results in a landmark paper on stem cell research. His career and reputation now lay in tatters following his cheating. He could also face prosecution after investigators found that he had intentionally made up the results. His misdemeanor has shocked the science world and has badly tarnished the image of Seoul National University. It said his was a “major misconduct that undermines the fundamentals of science”. In a televised apology, the disgraced Dr. Hwang expressed his remorse and made clear his intentions of quitting his position. He said: “I am stepping down…to apologize for causing such big shocks and disappointment.” Dr. Hwang shot to the forefront of his field 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 co-authored a paper on embryonic stem cells, which are able to develop into any kind of human tissue. The paper was hailed by scientists in the heart of the battle against Parkinson’s disease and other debilitating spinal cord injuries. Dr Hwang had become a national hero and was showered with honors, awards and substantial research funding. However, it all came undone when younger scientists smelled a rat and accused him of manipulating data. A remorseful Dr. Hwang maintains: “Patient-tailored embryonic stem cells remain the proud technology of our nation.”
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