| The world’s first __________-cloned dogs have started training for their future careers. South Korea’s customs service __________ clones of its very best sniffer dog last year. It hopes the cloned dogs will become __________ at finding explosives and drugs at its airports. The cloning will reduce the costs __________ in the months of training normal dogs. Only thirty per cent of dogs selected for training actually make the __________ and become a sniffer dog. The seven cloned puppies, all named Toppy (__________ for Tomorrow’s Puppy), were born in October and November 2007. Cells were taken from their Labrador retriever __________, called Chase, to clone them. Project manager Lim Jae-Yong believes the clones will be easier to train than ordinary dogs, because of their __________ from expert sniffer Chase.
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father involved ordered short purpose genes grade experts
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| The $300,000 project was __________ out by Lee Byung-Chun, who cloned the world’s first dog from a three-year-old Afghan hound. Each Toppy cost $60,000, which is __________ the cost of training a normal sniffer dog. All seven Toppies have been in training __________ they were born. They have successfully passed their first __________ of sniffer-dog tests, although one had to __________ out with a bad leg. The dogs train together and all come running when their name is called. Their trainers only know who’s __________ via a microchip in each puppy’s ear. Lead trainer Kim Nak-seung said: "The differences between them are so small that I really can't tell the puppies __________." The Toppies should complete their training by early 2009 and start work sniffing __________ in the nation’s airports soon after.
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round baggage half who drop since carried apart
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IV. DISCUSSION
1. Talk with your partner(s) about cloning the people / animals in the table. What are the pros and cons of each?
| - dogs to sniff out drugs at airports
- yourself
- super-intelligent scientists
- expert soldiers
| - cows that produce lots of milk
- world class sports stars
- very kind workers
- endangered species
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