Unit5RevealingNatureDevelopingideas课件-高中英语选择性

TheSecretLanguagesofPlantsDevelopingideasUnit5Lookatthepicturesandtickwhatplantscando.Activity1Nowtalkaboutwhatelseyouthinkplantscandoandgiveexamples.√√√√

Howawareareplants?Thisisthecentralquestionbehindafascinatingnewbook,WhataPlantKnowsbyDanielChamovitz,directoroftheMannaCenterforPlantBiosciencesatTelAvivUniversity.

Aplant,heargues,cansee,smellandfeel.Itcanstartadefensewhenunderattack,and

warnitsneighborsoftroubleontheway.

Plantscancommunicateinacertainway.Readthetitle,lookattheillustration,andpredictwhatmaybetalkedaboutinthepassage.Activity2-1Fillintheblankswiththecorrectdetails.fromtheleavesreleaseitsown,differentchemicalswiththeirrootstellifa

neighboringplantishelpful,orunfriendlyclickingnoises

toindicatedrought’scomingtheroots

ofdifferentplantstoeachothershareinformation

andevenfoodstealfoodfromeachother

orspreadpoisons

Activity2-2Readandthinkaboutthegenreandthestructureofthepassage.Thegenre:ExpositionPart

1：Introduction(backgroundandfindings)Part

2：MainbodyPart

3：Conclusion(evaluation)Please

summarizethemainideaofeachpart.Part

1

(paragraph1-2)Part

2

(paragraph3-5)Part

3

(paragraph6)Newresearchhasrevealedsomethingamazing:itappearsthatplantscancommunicateafterall.Plantshavethreewaystocommunicate,namelychemicals,soundandanamazingsystemcalledthe“woodwideweb”.Scientistsarelearningmoreaboutthesecretlanguageofplants.Read

fordetailedinformation.Activity3

.—athingofmythsandlegendstalkingplantsstoriesofmanyculturessomemodernstoriesgiveadviceandwarningstopeoplecommunicatewithanimalsandpeopleWhathasnewresearchrevealed?Plantscancommunicate.Howdoestheauthorconnectpart

2?Theyareamarkshowingthatthefollowingpartwillexplorethesametopicaswhathasbeenmentioned,yetdevelopingthetopictoadeeper,furtherdegreethanallthathasbeenwrittenbefore.Whatisthefunctionof“Moresurprisingly”and“Mostsurprisinglyofall”?Howdoestheauthorexplainthethreewaysofcommunication?Bygivingexamples.WhatisthefunctionofParagraph6?Itisaconclusionandarestatementofthepassagetopic.Italsoraisesanexpectationaboutfutureresearchofplantcommunication.Activity41.Whatfigureofspeechisbeingusedwhentheplantsaredescribedascallingforhelp?Thinkandshare.Personification.3.Whatisitsfunction?2.Whatispersonification?

Pleaselookformoresentenceswithpersonificationinthispassage.1.Talkingplantshavelongbeenathingofmythsandlegends.2.Manycultureshavestoriesoftalkingtreesthatgiveadviceaswellaswarningstopeople.3.Thisislikeawarning,oracallforhelp:“I’mbeingattacked!”Whenanotherbeanplantdetectsthechemicalsfromitsinjuredneighbour,itstartstoreleaseitsown,differentchemicals.4.Someofthesechemicalsdriveinsectsaway.Othersattractinsects—thewasps!5.Theyalso“listen”tothenoisesfromotherplants.Achilliplantcantellifaneighboringplantishelpful,orunfriendly.2.Whatdoyouthinkarethebenefitsofstudyingplantcommunication?knowmoreabouttheworldofplantsgetabetterunderstandingofthesecretofnatureencourageustoexploremoreaboutthemysteriousnatureteachustoliveinharmonywithmothernature…3.Whatdiscoveriesaredescribedinthetworeadingpassagesin

thisunitandwhatdotheirmeaningshaveincommon?Passage1