【名师指津】2011高中英语 U4 exploring plants课件 新人教版选修9

二、任务写作 After you have read the text, please surf on the internet and write a brief introduction of Rafflesia arnoldii.
Rafflesia arnoldii is the world’s largest single flower. It grows largely in Southeast Asia ， on the Malay Peninsula， Borneo， Sumatra， Kalimantan， and the Philippines. These flowers have no leaves and hardly any stem， just a huge speckled fivepetaled flower with a diameter up to one metre， and weighing up to 10kg.
4. C。推断题。依据文章最后一段中的At the end of the book可知，本文介绍一本书， 故C项正确。
5. D。推断题。Henry David Thoreau是早 期保护环境的倡导者，所以D项正确。
(2)你的陈述同其余证据有矛盾。
Your statement is_____________ in conflict withthe rest of the evidence.
2. on a large scale 大规模地 运用：完成下列句子。 (1)电子工业在大规模地发展着。 The electronic industry is ______________ developing on a _________________. large scale
3. What was the result of plant exploration?
3. Many exotic plants are introduced into different countries.
4. What was invented in order to transport the plants safely?
一、摘要导写 Read the text again and answer the following questions. 1.When did the plant exploration begin on a large scale? 1. It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the plant exploration began on a large scale. 2. Who played an important role in plant exploration? 2. Some missionaries and plant collectors.
discoveries are being made 3.New scientific___________ everyday. (discover)
4.This hospital is_________ attached to our medical department. (attach)
5.Do you know about the ________ evolution (evolve) of a seed into a plant?
(2)相信我们这种新产品将会引起你方市场的兴趣。 will We believe that this new product of ours _______ _____________________________. appeal to your market
1. attach v.把……固定；重视
(4)____________n. 成长；生长；种植 growth
3. fail vi.失败，不成功 (1)__________n. 失败者；失败的事 failure (2)__________adj. 已失败的 failed (3)__________ adj.失败的，衰退中的 failing
4. develop v. 发展；开发；发育 (1) ______________n. 发展；发育 development (2) ____________adj. 发达的 developed (3) ____________ developing adj.发展中的
4. The Wardian case.
Please write a summary according to the above questions, using about 30 words.

Summary :The plant exploration began on a large scale between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some missionaries and plant collectors introduced many exotic plants into different countries with the help of the Wardian case.
(2) ___________n. 发现 discovery
1.China is a ____________country in Asia. developing (develop)
ck of demand will slow down our economic_________.(grow) growth
Even the smallest one has 20cm diameter hence its local names are translated to
flowers. The flowers smell like rotting meat， “corpse flower”or “meat flower”. It is
1.追溯到……年代；始于……______________ date back to 2.把……送往别处；解雇；打发走 ______________ send away
3.各种各样的
4.呼吁，对……有吸引力
______________ a variety of
______________ appeal to
导致 _____________
9.result in
rge quantities of _____________ 许多，大量的
本文介绍的是Edward Wilson所写的一本关
于生物物种多样性的书，在书中，介绍了
Edward Wilson对物种多样性的重要性的看
法，并号召我们保护环境，保护物种多样性。
6.Production in the factories stopped because of frequent power _________. (fail) failures 7.The boys were running in excitement .(excite) __________
(2)科学家们正试图大规模地直接利用太阳 能。 Scientists are trying to________________ make direct use of solar Energy_______________ on a large scale .
3. appeal to v. 对……产生吸引力 运用：完成下列句子。 (1)这些画对你产生了吸引力吗? appeal to you Do these paintings _______________________?
2. A。细节题。依据文章第三段中的A mere hundred species (物种) are the basis of our food supply， of which but twenty carry the load.可知，为我们提供食物的只有20种物 种是最重要的。
3. D。细节题。依据Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of， which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.这句话可知，Edward Wilson在书中给我们建议的解决保持物种多 样性的方法是开发食物的种类。
5. excite vt.使兴奋 (1)__________adj. 兴奋的 excited
exciting (2)________adj. 令人振奋的;使人激动的
(3)__________n. excitement 兴奋，激动
6. discover vt.发现
discoverer (1) ___________n. 发现者
parasitic on a vine， spreading its roots inside the vine.
1. conflict n.冲突，争论；战斗(争）vi.冲突， 抵触 运用：完成下列句子。 (1)如果这样的话，你的观点一定会和他的冲 突。 If so, your points of view are bound to_____ ___________________. conflict with his
1. B。推断题。本文都是围绕Edward
Wilson书中的地球物种的多样性的相关内 容展开的，依据第一段最后一句及第三段 第一句Biodiversity， Wilson argues， is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today可知，他最关注地球的物 种多样性，即B项正确。