高中英语 Unit4Exploring plants-Reading课件 新人教选修9.ppt

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1、ReadingWarmingupHowmuchdoyouknowaboutplants?DISCUSSION:Didyouknowthat:1.someplantsdonothaveflowers?2.someplantshaverootsthatliveintheair?3.someplantseatmeat?4.someplantsneedanimalstopollinatethem?5.someplantsgrowonotherplants?6.plantsareadaptedtoliveinspecificenviron

2、ments?7.peoplebuyplantsthatcomefromothercountriesfortheirgardens?8.anewplantdoesnotalwaysgrowfromaseed?SpecialplantsPre-readingDoyouhaveacourtyardorsomepotplantsonyourbalcony?Doyouknowwheretheseplantscomefrom?AretheyChineseplantsordotheycomefromanothercountry?Whenyou

3、lastvisitedapublicgarden,didyoulookattheindividualplantsthere?Werethereanyplantsfromothercountries?Howdoyouthinkplantshavetraveledfromonecountrytoanother?JosephBanksDrNathanielWardTheWardiancaseRobertFortune(1812-1880)representedtheHorticulturalSocietyofLondon(nowthe

4、RoyalHorticulturalSociety)asacollectorinChinashortlyaftertheTreatyofNanjinghadbroughttheOpiumWartoaclose.ThroughhisuseoftheWardiancase,Fortunewasabletointroducemanyofthebest-knownChinesegardenplantsintocultivationinEuropeandNorthAmerica.PèrePaulGuillaumeFarges(1844-1

5、912)Frenchmissionaryandnaturalist.BornatMonclar-de-Quercy,Tarn-et-Garonne.HewassenttoChinain1867andremainedstationedinnorth-eastSichuanuntil1903.Althoughhehadalwaysnurturedaninterestinthelocalfloraandfauna,itwasnotuntil1892thathestartedtocollectherbariumspecimensinea

6、rnest.DuringtheelevenyearsbeforehemovedsouthtoChongqing,hecollectedandpreservedover4,000specimens.DoveTreeErnestHenryWilson(1876-1930)Scanthetitleofthereadingpassageandthepicturesandpredictwhatitisabout?PlantExplorationinthe18thAnd19thcenturiesthebeginningwhen:Notunt

7、iltheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturiesWho:EuropeanmiddleclassesEuropeannationsWhat:TakinggreatinterestincollectingplantsWhen:Bythemiddleofthe18thcenturyWho:FrenchCatholicmissionariesWhat:Fatherd’Incarvillewassentto_______to____________oftreesandbushesincludingthoseoft

8、he_____________BeijingcollectedseedsTreeofHeavenResult:SeedsofthetreeofHeavenweresentto______,andweregrown_____________.In1784,Itwa