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高中英语
选修九
Unit 4 Exploring plants
教学目标:了解在十八世纪以及十九世纪期间,著名的植物学探索植物的历史。熟悉掌握课文中出现的生词,熟读重点句型。
教学重难点:能够运用本课的生词于日常交谈之中,并且对文章的话题谈出自己的观点。
纺 锤 树
榕 树
好 望 角 茅 膏 菜
猪 笼 草
食 虫 草
大 王 花
PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Skimming
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
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
Main idea
A B D
1. Some plants from other countries.
Tree of Heaven (天堂树, 臭椿)
Scanning
Dove Tree (珙桐)
1. Father d’Incarville
2. Sir Joseph Banks
3. Dr. Nathaniel Ward
4. Robert Fortune
5. Father Farges
6. E. H. Wilson
A. Tree of heaven
B. Invention of Wardian case
(沃德箱)
C. Discovery of the Dove tree
D. Collection of seeds in Australia
E. Tea plants to India
F. Seeds of dove tree
2. Some famous plant collectors
(1812-1880)
Robert Fortune
Joseph Banks
(1768--1771)
French Catholic Missionaries
Dr. Nathaniel Ward
Père Paul Guillaume Farges
(1844 - 1912)
E. H. Wilson
Time People / plants Historic Events
in 1500 B. C.
in the 1740s
in 1751
in 1769
in 1784
Father d’Incarville
sent ships to gather plants, animals and other goods
the Queen of Egypt
was sent to Beijing
tree of Heaven seeds
collected vast quantities of plants in Australia
the Tree of Heaven
arrived in England
Sir Joseph Banks
was introduced into North America
3.The events happening in plant exploration
Time People / plants Historic Events
in 1833
in 1843-1859
during the second half of the 19th
century
in 1897
in 1899
Robert Fortune
shipped two cases of British plants to Sydney using two special cases that he had invented
Nathaniel Ward
made several trips to China
many Catholic missionaries
sent seeds of Dove Tree From China to France
E. H. Wilson
were sent to China from France
Father Farges
collected a large quantity of the seeds of the Dove Tree in China
Please sum up the passage 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.
Discussion
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
2. The word “ exotic” in the first paragragh probably
means______.
A. familiar B. foreign C. faraway D. various
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
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Question
4. What is the most probable reason for collecting new plants in the 18th and 19th century?
A. 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.
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Exercise
Please fill the blankets according to the passage.
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, 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.
that
from
However
a
until
facing
with
quantities
excited
were sent
Speaking
If there were no plants in the world,there would......
The vast sea would slowly dry up.
.
Fertile land would become a desert.
There would no flowers for your lover.
There would no animals, humanbeings and the colorful life.
Homework
1. Finish comprehending.
2. Retell the story.
Thank you !