unit 4 reading 课件

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1、Unit4Reading课件WarmingupHowmuchdoyouknowaboutplants?DISCUSSION:Didyouknowthat:1.someplantsdonothaveflowers?2.someplantshaverootsthatliveintheair?3.someplantseatmeat?4.someplantsneedanimalstopollinatethem?5.someplantsgrowonotherplants?6.plantsareadaptedtoliveinspecificenvironments

2、?7.peoplebuyplantsthatcomefromothercountriesfortheirgardens?8.anewplantdoesnotalwaysgrowfromaseed?Pre-readingDoyouhaveacourtyardorsomepotplantsonyourbalcony?Doyouknowwheretheseplantscomefrom?AretheyChineseplantsordotheycomefromanothercountry?Whenyoulastvisitedapublicgarden,didyo

3、ulookattheindividualplantsthere?Werethereanyplantsfromothercountries?Howdoyouthinkplantshavetraveledfromonecountrytoanother?JosephBanksDrNathanielWardTheWardiancaseRobertFortune(1812-1880)representedtheHorticulturalSocietyofLondon(nowtheRoyalHorticulturalSociety)asacollectorinCh

4、inashortlyaftertheTreatyofNanjinghadbroughttheOpiumWartoaclose.ThroughhisuseoftheWardiancase,Fortunewasabletointroducemanyofthebest-knownChinesegardenplantsintocultivationinEuropeandNorthAmerica.PèrePaulGuillaumeFarges(1844-1912)Frenchmissionaryandnaturalist.BornatMonclar-de-Que

5、rcy,Tarn-et-Garonne.HewassenttoChinain1867andremainedstationedinnorth-eastSichuanuntil1903.Althoughhehadalwaysnurturedaninterestinthelocalfloraandfauna,itwasnotuntil1892thathestartedtocollectherbariumspecimensinearnest.DuringtheelevenyearsbeforehemovedsouthtoChongqing,hecollecte

6、dandpreservedover4,000specimens.DoveTreeErnestHenryWilson(1876-1930)Scanthetitleofthereadingpassageandthepicturesandpredictwhatitisabout?PlantExplorationinthe18thAnd19thcenturiesSkimmingReadthepassagequicklyandtrytogetthemainideaofthispassage?ReadingScanningTorFQuestions:1.Thepl

7、antsinourgardengrewinChinaoriginally.F2.TheAmericanMiddleClassestookgreatinterestincollectingnewplantsduringthe18thand19thcenturies.F3.FrenchCatholicmissionarieswerebeginningtosetthemselvesupinChinabythemiddleofthe18thcentury.4.AfterFatherd’Incarvilledied,someTreeofHeavenseedswe

8、resenttoEngland.FBanks,togetherwithJamesCook,co