Read the text carefully and answer these questions according to the information in the text.

1. What is genetic engineering?

2. What is GMO?

3. When were the first genetically engineered organisms?

4. Why is genetic engineering a beneficial resource?

5. Where have genetic engineering techniques been successfully used and applied?

6. Are there any reasons to doubt and fear? What fears might genetic engineering provoke in people?

7. What are advantages and disadvantages of genetic engineering?

Language Development

Present Tenses

ǃThere are four present tenses:

The Present Simple Tense, which describes general truths, complete events and unchanging or regular events or actions

Look at this sentence from the article and underline the Present Simple Tense: Genetic engineering has the potential to improve our health and well-being dramatically, revolutionize our manner of living, help us to conserve limited resources, and produce new wealth.

The Present Continuous Tense, which describes events happening at this moment or which haven’t finished happening

Look at this sentence from the article and underline the Present Continuous Tense: Scientists are currently developing plants that contain drugs and vaccines, animals with beneficial proteins in their milk and stress tolerant crops.

The Present Perfect Tense, which refers to actions or situations that began in the past and which are still true or relevant now, or are now finished

Look at this sentence from the article and underline the Present Perfect Tense: New pesticides and remote sensing have already enabled reductions in the amount of hazardous chemicals entering the ecosystem, and allowed farmers faced with an ever-expanding human population to meet the food needs of a planet.

The Present Perfect Continuous Tense, which refers to actions or events which started in the past and haven’t finished happening

Look at this sentence from the article and underline the Present Perfect Continuous Tense: Various industries have been successfully applying genetic engineering techniques for more than ten years.

For more on the Present Tenses and their use refer to English Grammar in Use by R.Murphy Units1-4 and Units 13-19

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Skim the text to check your ideas.	\|	Work in groups. Read the following proposals for experiments involving genetic engineering. Note the public’s concern about the danger of each experiment.

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