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课件网) Developing ideas —Reading comprehension The Secret Language of Plants Unit 5 Revealing nature By the end of this class, you will be able to： 1. get a better understanding of the ways in which plants communicate; 2. develop the ability to sort out the main idea of a paragraph and identify the structure of exposition; 3. develop a positive attitude of treasuring nature and living in harmony with nature. CONTENTS Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV Pre-reading Enjoy a short video and think about what interesting facts can you get from this short video For me, I found it definitely amazing that trees can communicate with people in Avatar! What else do you think plants can do Look at the pictures and tick what plants can do. attack breathe eat sleep move speak steal think √ √ √ √ √ Let’s find out whether plants communicate with each other. If they do, how Read the passage to explore! While-reading 1. What’s the main idea of the text A．Some ways in which plants communicate. B．Talking plants are fantasy. C．Plants can hear people’s sounds. D．Plants have different languages. √ Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas C. Many cultures have stories of talking trees. A. New research has revealed something amazing: it appears that plants can communicate. F. Plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. E. Plants also use sound to communicate. B. Plants have an amazing system of communication called “wood wide web”． D. Scientists are learning more about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other. 2. Match the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 1 Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Body Part 3 Conclusion Para. 1 Plants can communicate.(The thesis statement) Plants have various ways to communicate.(chemicals, sound, wood wide web) Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Scientists are learning more about plants’ language(restate the thesis statement) 3. Analyze the structure of the passage. Talking plants have long been a thing of myths and legends. Many cultures have stories of talking trees that give advice as well as warnings to people. Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India. And in some modern stories, such as the film Avatar, trees can communicate with animals and people. —a thing of myths and legends Talking trees give _____ to people, eg., Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India. Talking plants ——— Evidence from stories of many cultures Evidence from _____ some modern stories Trees in the film Avatar can communicate with _____. animals and people advice and warnings Activity 2 Careful-reading for details Paras. 1-2 (Introduction) With us long believing that talking plants are fantasy, new research has revealed something amazing: it appears that plants can communicate after all. 1. Which of the following is ... ...
