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2. 2. Cloning and Modern Technologies

Cloning is a controversial issue. Attitudes towards it and other modern technologies vary from person to person. Illustrate your attitude towards cloning and modern technologies. Key words and expressions

Cloning 克隆

Transplant patients 需要移植的病人

Impose a ban on cloning humans 禁止克隆人

3. 3. Chinese Migrant Workers

A huge migration of Chinese farmers into big cities is a phenomenon in the 1990s. Here is a piece of news concerning migrant workers in China. Read it carefully. Illustrate your attitude towards it.

据《人民日报》报道，每年春节一过，全国的大小火车站就挤满了去沿海城市打工的农民。改革开放以来，已有几千万的农民涌入东部城市。他们为推动当地的经济建设作出了巨大的贡献。但同时也带来许多社会问题。如城市交通环境问题，就业问题，人口问题。其中犯罪问题尤为突出。

Key words and expressions

Rural migrants/workers 民工

4. 4. Opinions of Advertising

People now take advertising for granted, though they have different opinions of it. Here is a piece of news concerning advertising. Read it carefully and illustrate your attitude towards it.

据《消费报》报道，广告已成了人们日常生活中不可缺少的东西。据一项民意调查，买电视机，冰箱，空调等耐用品有８７％的人是根据广告去买的。买日用品和食品的有７１％是根据广告的。尽管广告给人们的生活带来许多方便，但人们对广告过滥表示不满。不仅一个电视片被广告插得支离破碎，连报道新闻也不时插进广告。尤其是对虚假广告，人们更是深恶痛绝。

Key words and expressions

Commercial 电视广告 appeal to consumers 吸引顾客 false or deceptive advertisements 虚假广告 compete for customers 争夺顾客

5. 5. Should Yong Couples and Their Parents Live Separately?

Now young people tend to move out to establish their own households when they get married and leave their parents living alone. Generally, there are nuclear families and a family with a young couple living together with their parents. Discuss with your parents and express your preference by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of two types of the families.

Key words and expressions

Establish one’s own household 建立自己的家

Generation gap 代沟

A nuclear family 三口之家

6. 6. Going Abroad

In the last 20 years nearly one million Chinese people have gone abroad. Explain the causes