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课件网) Unit 2 Plant a Plant! Lesson 11 Amazing Plants 1. To master the new words and phrases egret, eastern, shy, tightly, fossil, southwest, living, along with…, continue, as… as 2.To learn about amazing plants. Learning objectives Warm up Where can you find some special plants New words and expressions. egret eastern shy tightly fossil southwest living n. 白鹭 adj. 东方的；东部的 adj. 害羞的 adv. 紧紧地；牢固地 n. 化石 n. & adj. 西南（的） adj. 活着的 Fill in the blanks. 1. It seems that she is quiet and _____(害羞的). 2. John is interested in the culture of _____(东部的) Asia. 3. This plant grows in the _____(西南) of China. 4. The girl was very nervous. She held on to my arm _____(紧紧地). 5. Could you tell me something about the _____(活着的) fossil shy eastern southwest tightly living Think about it. · How many plants can you name · Have you ever heard about any special plants Listen and number the sentences. 1 When you touch this kind of plant, it closes up tightly. This plant can live as long as 1 500 years. It really is a fossil. Look at these flowers! They look like flying egrets! This amazing tree laughs when the wind blows. 2 4 1 3 Read the lesson and fill in the table. 2 Plant Place Feature South America , China and other countries. When something touches its leaves, they close up tightly. After a few minutes, they open up again. Eastern Asia This plant’s flowers look like flying egrets. Read the lesson and fill in the table. 2 Plant Place Feature The middle of Africa If the wind blows, this amazing tree “laughs”． The southwest of Africa It has only two leaves and a stem. This plant can live as long as 1 500 years. Language Points When people first hear it laughing, they are usually quite surprised and begin to laugh along with the tree. 和……一起 【探究】 along with 意为“和……一起”，是介词短语，后接名词或代词作宾语。 当主语后跟with, along with, together with等修饰成分时，谓语动词不受这些修饰成分的影响，仍与前边的主语保持一致。 eg: He decided to take his daughter along with him. The boy along with his parents has been to the Great Wall twice. 他要和同学们一起打篮球。 He will play basketball _____ _____his class-mates. along with Its two leaves continue to grow for its whole life. 继续 【辨析】 continue to do sth. 继续做某事（另外一件事） continue doing sth. 继续做某事（同一件事），此时可与go on doing sth.互换。 eg: After finishing Unit 6, let’s continue to learn Unit 7. After a short break, they continued doing the work. After finishing my homework, I continue ____ my mother with the housework.( ) A. help B. to help C. helping D. helps B This plant can live as long as 1500 years, so people call it a living fossil. 和……一样…… 【探究】 as… as 表示程度相同，意为“和……一样”，第一个as是副词，后面接形容词或副词的原级。 其否定形式是not as(so)…as，表示“一方不如另一方……”。 eg: His sweater is as beautiful as mine. This question isn’t as/so difficult as that on ... ...
