Discussion Text, KL XII IS

November 1, 2009 in Uncategorized

Does Mother Nature Know Best

Cloning – using genetic engineering to make exact copies of living plants

A and animals – has been in science fiction for years. Since 1997, with the
cloning of a sheep, Dolly, it has become part of real life and the subject of
public debate.
B For some people, human cloning is acceptable in medicine
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________ the criticism that it is unnatural. For example, human tissue can
be cloned for use in organ replacement or gene therapy. Also, organs
provided by human clones could be 100% donor compatible 2 _______
organs provided in other ways might not be as successful. Moreover,
couples who can’t have children might be able to clone a child from
themselves. Finally, endangered animals could be cloned to increase their
numbers.
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C _______, there are many arguments against cloning. 4 _______ many
people saw the cloning of Dolly as a major breakthrough, now they have to
face the fact that the sheep is no longer alive. Thus, 5 ______ what some
say, scientists have no idea of the long term effects of genetic engineering.
A growing number of genetically created creatures might be acceptable to
society; 6 ______, creating ‘perfect’ plants and animals could eliminate the
great variety of natural species on our planet. Furthermore, 7 ______ organs
from cloned animals could be transplanted into humans, the risks to health
are enormous, and some people find the idea repulsive.
D All things considered, I am against cloning. It is clear to me that we need to
regulate genetic engineering and stop experiment now, before it is too late!

ABORTION: PRO AND CONTRA

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen,

First of all, I would like to thank the organizing committee for giving me the
opportunity to say a few words at this seminar. In this occasion I’d like to speak
about ‘Abortion: Pro and contra’. As you see, there has been a great deal of
discussion on the problem of abortion in this country. The discussion includes: Is
abortion legal or illegal? Is abortion morally justified or not? However, in this
discussion I would like to talk from different side.

To begin with, let me say that on one hand abortion is one method of birth control.
Let’s look at the fact about the population problem in a country. When a country
faces the problems of population explosion, the government should find methods to
solve it. But since no method of contraception is one hundred percent effective and
successful, abortion becomes the only way out when prevention fails.

On the other hand, abortion may cause many negative effects for women’s health.
Women risk their health and lives in bearing the weight of the operation and its
consequences. The most common complications are inflammation, interruption of
menstrual patterns, infertility, endometriosis, myoma of the uterus, and many other
kinds of ovary illnesses.

So far, abortions have become a dilemma for countries with a large number of
citizens. On one hand, it can control the birthrate but on the other hand, it brings
terrible consequences, especially for women’s health.