(共21张PPT)
Unit 4 Exploring plants
warming up
How much do you know about plants?
DISCUSSION:
Did you know that:
1. some plants do not have flowers?
2. some plants have roots that live in the air?
3. some plants eat meat?
4. some plants need animals to pollinate them?
5. some plants grow on other plants?
6. plants are adapted to live in specificenvironments?
7. people buy plants that come from other countries for their gardens?
8. a new plant does not always grow from a seed?
Aloe芦荟
龟背竹Monstera deliciosa
吊兰bracketplant
Banian榕树
Dionaea 捕蝇草muscipula
茅膏菜Sundew
Chinese rose
poeny
Dodder flower菟丝花
cactus
desert rose
蓝花楹
扶桑花
嫁接
扦插扦插
Scan the title of the reading
passage and the pictures and
predict what it is about?
The author may tell us _____ in this passage.
A. some plants from other countries
B. the events happening in plant exploration
C. how to explore plants
D. famous plant collectors
Fast reading
Read for the main idea and solve the task given in pre- reading.
The author may tell us _____ in this passage.
A. some plants from other countries
B. the events happening in plant exploration
C. how to explore plants
D. famous plant collectors
Detailed reading
What happened in these years? Complete the sentences.
1. In 1500 BC,__________________________.
2 In the 1740s, _________________________.
3. In 1751, ______________________________.
4. In 1769, ______________________________.
5. In 1784, ______________________________.
6. In 1833, _________________________.
7. Between 1843 and 1859,___________
_______________________________.
8. During the second half of the nineteenth century, _________________
________________________________
9. In 1897, _________________________.
10. In 1899, ________________________.
Scanning
1. Plant collectors met many difficulties except_______.
A. diseases and near-starvation
B. the conflicts with local people
C. restrictions on the movement of Europeans
D. lack of money
2. Who is not a collector mentioned in the passage?
A. Father d’Incarville.
B. The Queen of England.
C. Robert Fortune.
D. E H Wilson.
3. The following plants were taken to Europe except_______.
A. the tree of Heaven
B. the Dove Tree
C. the tea plants
4.The first recorded plant exploration happened _______.
A. in the 18th century
B. about 1500 years ago
C. about 3500 years ago
D. about 2500 years ago
Homework
1.Try to add a short paragraph as the end of the passage.
2. Get some information about plant exploration in the 20th and 21st centuries on the Internet.