(
课件网) attack move breathe speak eat steal sleep think Look at the pictures and talk about what plants can do. flytrap (捕蝇草) mimosa [m 'm z ] (含羞草) pea Activity 1 Lead-in What else do you think the plants can do Look at the pictures and talk about what plants on the earth can do. attack breathe eat sleep move speak steal think Activity 1 Lead-in Let’s watch another video clip. Read the passage and find out the ways in which plants communicate. Read Para 1 and find out its topic sentence. 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. Activity 2 Careful reading — 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. 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 Talking plants What can plants do in the film Avatar Read the passage and match each paragraph with its main idea. Para. 1 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 2 a. Plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. b. Plants use sound to communicate. c. Talking plants have been a thing of myths and legends. d. The muddy court helped him to be creative and flexible. e. New research has revealed that plants can communicate with each other. Para. 5 f. Plants use the wood wide web to communicate. Para. 6 Scanning: With us long believing that talking plants are fantasy, new research has revealed something amazing: it appears that plants can communicate after all. Read Para 2 and answer the following question. Activity 2 Careful reading Q. What is the function of Para 2 A. To introduce the following context. B. To describe an experiment. C. To tell the importance of plants. D. To give a piece of evidence. √ With us long believing that talking plants are fantasy, new research has revealed something amazing: it appears that plants can communicate after all. Which of the following is not the functions of paragraph 2 To lead to the following context To arouse readers’ interests To summarize the above To further explain Read for detailed information (para 2) Read the passage and match each paragraph with its main idea. Para. 1 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 2 a. Plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. b. Plants use sound to communicate. c. Talking plants have been a thing of myths and legends. d. The muddy court helped him to be creative and flexible. e. New research has revealed that plants can communicate with each other. Para. 5 f. Plants use the wood wide web to communicate. Para. 6 Scanning: Q1. How does a bean plant use chemicals to c ... ...
