Unit4 Exploring plants

Unit4ExploringplantsCanyoutellthenameoftheflower?TulipTulipsarebeautifulflowersandpeopleoftensendthemtotheirfriendsaspresents.SunflowerItcomesfromNorthAmerica.Indianstherebegantogrowthemsome3000yearsago.PeonytheChinesenationalflowerroseRedrosesindicatewarmthandlovewhiteones,purity（纯洁）andsimplicity（朴实）blueones,honestyandsincerity.Whichflowerisyourfavorite?Why?Reading:Scanthetitleofthereadingpassageandthepicturesandpredictwhatitisabout?PlantExplorationinthe18thAnd19thcenturiesPre-readingPlantExplorationinthe18thAnd19thCenturiesIt’saboutwhatButwho?Andwhatexactlydidtheydo?whenSkimmingPleasefindoutthenamesinthepassageandmatcheachpersonwiththethingrelatedtohim.1.Fatherd’Incarville2.SirJosephBanks3.DrNathanielWard4.RobertFortune5.FatherFarges6.EHWilsonA.TreeofheavenB.InventionofWardiancaseC.DiscoveryoftheDovetreeD.CollectionofseedsinAustraliaE.TeaplantstoIndiaF.SeedsofdovetreeCarefulreading:Listentothetapeandfindouttheanswertothefollowingquestionsinthequickestway???Thequickestway?1.Keywordsinthequestion2.Keywordsinthepassage3.Readthecontext4.FindouttheanswerReadingskills1.Thetextiswrittenintheorderof___________.A.TheimportanceofplantexplorationB.ThetimelineofplantexplorationC.ThecollectionofplantsD.Theageofcollectors主旨大意题2.Theword“exotic”inthefirstparagraghprobablymeans______.A.familiarB.foreignC.farawayD.various词义猜测题3.WhofirstsentseedsoftheDoveTreetoEurope?A.RobertFortuneB.E.H.WilsonC.FatherFargesD.Fatherd’Incarville,事实细节题4.Whatisthemostprobablereasonforcollectingnewplantsinthe18thand19thcentury?A.NewplantscouldbeusedforscientificresearchB.TheplantcollectorstookgreatinterestintheexpeditionsC.TheplantcollectorswereeagertoenrichtheirexperiencesD.Theplantcollectorswantedtointroducenewspeciestotheirnativecountry.推断题TimePeople/plantsHistoricEventsIn1500B.CFatherd’Incarvillesentshipstogatherplants,animalsandothergoodstheQueenofEgyptinthe1740swassenttoBeijingComprehendingtreeofHeavenseedscollectedplantsinAustraliaIn1784theTreeofHeaventreeIn1751arrivedinEnglandIn1769SirJosephBankswasintroducedintoNorthAmericaIn1833shippedtwocasesofBritishPlantstoSydneyRobertFortuneDuringthesecondhalfofthe19thcenturyweresenttoChinafromFranceNathanielWard1843-1859madeseveraltripstoChinamanyCatholicmissionariesFatherFargescollectedalargequantityoftheseedsoftheDoveTreeinChinaIn1897sentseedsofDoveTreeFromChinatoFranceIn1899EHWilson1.Enjoyavideoandidentifythoseplants.2.Discusswithyourpartnerwhethertheyare“native”or“exotic”plants.DiscussionHomework1.Finishexercises.2.Retellthestory.