课件26张PPT。Welcome选修九 unit 4 reading Let’s
enjoy some
beautiful
pictures Are these plants here in our garden originally?
How did they come here?
Unit 4
Exploring plants Scan the title of the
reading passage and
the pictures and predict:
Lead inwhat is it about?Plant Exploration
in the 18th And 19th Centuries It’s aboutwhatBut who? And what exactly did they do?whenSkimmingPlease find out the names
in the passage and match each person with the thing related to him
1. Father d’Incarville
2. Sir Joseph Banks
3. Dr Nathaniel
Ward
4. Robert Fortune
5. Father Farges
6. E H WilsonA.Tree of heaven
B. Invention of
Wardian case
C. Discovery of the
Dove tree
D. Collection of seeds
in Australia
E. Tea plants to India
F. Seeds of dove treeCareful reading: Please find out the answer to the following questions in the quickest way ??? The quickest way?1.Key words in the question2.Key words in the passage3.Read the context4.Find out the answerReading skills1.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. Who first sent seeds of the Dove Tree to Europe?
A. Robert Fortune
B. E.H.Wilson
C. Father Farges
D. Father d’Incarville
, 事实细节题4. What is the most probable reason for collecting new plants in the 18th and 19th century?
New plants could be used for
scientific research
B. The plant collectors took great
interest in the expeditions
C. The plant collectors were eager to enrich their experiences
D. The plant collectors wanted to introduce new species to their native country.推断题Structure:Part I: The _________ of
plant collecting Part II: ____________ of plants
in the 18th centuryPart III: The invention and
use of_______Part IV:The exploration of
Plants __________(1-2)(3-4)( 5-7)( 8-9)beginningWardian caseThe explorationin the 19th century Summary Read the passage again and write down the summary in about 30 words It’s about plant exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries and some plant collectors, who came to China and Australia to look for plants species. 任务写作ConsolidationPlease fill the blankets
according to the passage
语法填空 The plants look so familiar____ we often don’t know that many of them are from countries far away, which dates _____ the earliest time. Many plant collectors realized the value of plants from distant lands. _______, the exploration of the botanical world didn’t begin
on _____large scale______the18 and 19th centuries. Of course ,they had many difficulties in the trips, ______ (face) many dangers including disease,thatfromHoweverauntilfacing near-starvation, severe environment and conflicts _______the local people.
The missionaries collected
large ________ (quantity) of specimens, but there were not enough in Western gardens. However, the botanists were very _______ (excite) with the knowledge that China had many kinds of plants, so the collectors _________(send) to China to collect more kinds.
withquantitiesexcitedwere sentDiscussion The botanists went through many hardships during the exploration. Now discuss about the difficulties they met in groups of four and then the leader will report your discussionHomework1. Finish comprehending.2. Retell the story.