课件21张PPT。Unit 5 Appreciating ClassicsFurther ReadingWhat grow on the rocks or soil?
What can you think of grass?Free talkRead the sentences and try to understand the meanings of the underlined words.The Russian physiologist is best known for discovering the conditioned response.
2. Anatomists are biological scientists who study the structure of living things.
3. In biology class we had to dissect a frog. How brave we were!4. Don’t be pessimistic and discouraged when you meet with difficulties.
5. Digging the canal was a herculean task.
6. They put up a tenacious fight against the drought. for
general ideasSkimming1) What does the story in Paragraph 4 show?
2) Why does the grass wind its way up, no matter how heavy the rocks above or how narrow the space between the rocks?This story tells how powerful the seeds of plants can be.Because it wants to get sunshine and grow. for
specific informationScanningWhat is the most powerful thing in the world?
A. Elephant
B. The Buddha’s guardian warrior
C. Lion
D. The seed of a plant2. In order to grow, the seeds of a plant in the skull to be studied needed _____.
A. the necessary temperature and moisture
B. high temperature
C. glassed green house
D. sunshine3. Compared with the force of the rock above, the force of the grass is _____.
A. matchless B. visible
C. elastic D. weak
4. What spirit does the grass have?
A. pessimistic B. sad
C. happy D. fighting
5. Who has the right to smile with pride?
A. The seed that chooses to fall on fertile land
B. The potted plant in glassed green house
C. The seed that chooses to fall in debris
D. The rock above the grass ADCRead to answer more questions.1.What technique does the author use to show the power of the seed of grass?Make comparison.Seed of grassRocksThe potted plants in glassed green house2. What examples does the author use to show the power of the seeds? Bamboo shoots and young grass grows out from under debris and rubble.bamboo shootsyoung grassRead the article again and then answer the following questions. 1) In Para. 4, the writer tells a story of a human skull and the seeds of a plant. Do you believe the story is true? How do you understand it?
The story wants to tell us how powerful the seeds of plants can be. 2) In what way does the author show the power of the little grass is matchless?The author believes that the power the grass shows is the force of life. So long as there is life,the force will show itself.3) What does the word “it” refer to in the sentence “In order to get sunshine and grow, it will wind its way up, ...” in Para. 5?
“It” refers to the young grass.
4) What does the writer mean by saying “... and only that grass has the right to smile with pride at the potted plants in glassed green houses” in the last paragraph?The writer means that the wild grass has the strong power of life that doesn’t belong to the potted plants in glassed green house.注:另附word文档,点此链接根据汉语提示,完成下列句子。(每空一词)
1. 把机器拆开,看一下它是怎么运转的。
______ ____ ________ _____ and get an
insight into how it works.
2. 他被阻止发表公开演说,理由是其演说会引起麻烦。
He was ________ ______ ________ in public for it would cause trouble.Takethemachineapartpreventedfromspeaking3. 这位女子被那位和蔼的老人称作“我亲爱的女儿”。
The woman _____ ________ _____ “my dear daughter” by that kindly elderly man.
4. 在工程最终成功之前,他已经失败了许多次。
Before he finally _________ ______ the project, he had _____ ______ carry it out for many times.wasaddressedassucceededinfailedto5. 他们将蜿蜒前行,穿越茂密的森林。
They will _____ ______ ______ through the thick forests.
6. 请坚持吃药。如果你停止吃药,你就不能尽快好起来。
Please ______ ______ _____ ________. If
you _____ ______ ___, you won’t get
better soon.windtheirwaykeeptakingthemedicinestoptakingitThank You!