(课件网) Unit 4 Exploring plants Student’s book 9 Let’s enjoy some beautiful pictures Lead in What is your favorite ? Why? Show time Show us your favorite flowers? Special plants Pre-reading Do you know where these plants come from? Are they Chinese plants or do they come from another country? Teaching goals: Review and learn some words and expressions . 2. Find and infer some information according to the reading material. 3. Express your ideas after reading. exotic adj.外来的 distant adj. 远的-- _____ n.距离 conflict n.斗争 endeavour n. 尽力 anchor n/vi 锚/抛锚 tight adj.紧的--_____ adv.紧紧地 container n.容器--_____ v.包容 restriction n.限制--_____ v.限制 _____ adj. 有限的 distance tightly contain restrict restricted words and phrases 9.fluency n.流利 --_____ adj.流利的 _____ adv.流利地 10.shave vt.刮--_____ n.剃须刀 11.thunderstorm n.雷雨 12.pirate n.海盗 13.appeal vi 对—有吸引力 --_____ adj.有吸引力的 14.botanist n.植物学家 --_____ n.植物学 _____ adj. fluent fluently shaver appealing botany botanical Scan the title of the reading passage and the pictures and predict: what is it about? Scanning Plant Exploration in the 18th And 19th Centuries It’s about what when Structure: Part I: The _____ of plant collecting Part II: _____ of plants in the 18th century Part III: The invention and use of_____ Part IV: The exploration of Plants _____ (1-2) (3-4) ( 5-7) ( 8-9) beginning Wardian case The exploration in the 19th century 2 min’ It’s about But who? And what exactly did they do? Skimming Please find out the names in the passage and match each person with the thing related to him Comprehending Time People/plants Historic Events In 1500 B.C Father d’Incarville sent ships to gather plants, animals and other goods the Queen of Egypt in the 1740s was sent to Beijing 5 min’ tree of Heaven seeds collected plants in Australia In 1784 the Tree of Heaven tree In 1751 arrived in England In 1769 Sir Joseph Banks was introduced into North America In 1833 shipped two cases of British Plants to Sydney Robert Fortune During the second half of the 19th century were sent to China from France Nathaniel Ward 1843-1859 made several trips to China many Catholic missionaries Father Farges collected a large quantity of the seeds of the Dove Tree in China In 1897 sent seeds of Dove Tree From China to France In 1899 E H Wilson Careful reading: Please find out the answer to the following questions in the quickest way 1.The text is written in the order of_____. A. The importance of plant exploration B. The timeline of plant exploration C. The collection of plants D. The age of collectors 主旨大意题 2. The word “ exotic” in the first paragragh probably means_____ . A. familiar B. foreign C. faraway D. various 词义猜测题 3. Transporting plants over long distances was a big problem. Why was this? It was hard to keep them alive during long trips. B. The weather is bad. C. It costs too much. D. There is not enough w ... ...
