高中英语Unit 4 Exploring plants--Learning about Language 人教版选修九

课程中的内容：本单元的话题是“自然界中的植物及植物探索的历史”，内容涉及“18世纪和19世纪的植物探索”，“花朵及其动物传媒”等。

教学细目:1（情感目标）通过阅读和师生互动，让学生了解在不同时期人类对自然界中的植物进行探索的情况，介绍了这一时期相关的著名人物所从事的具有挑战性的工作。

鼓励追求科学真理的意义。

2（交际）通过听说学习如何表达情感如惊奇，厌恶的用语。

3（词汇）通过阅读、师生互动掌握本单元的教学目的和要求中的词汇。

4（写作）通过阅读，学习利用网络关系图中所给的要点，组织信息，写介绍说明性的短文。

5（语法）通过复习，熟练掌握宾语和双宾语的用法。

Part One 单元重点知识点 I. 重点单词和词组 P. 31Words: courtyard, balcony Phrases: adjust to P. 32Words: exotic, distant, goods, scale, conflict, missionary,endeavour, anchor, tight, seal, portable, containerPhrases: date back to, send away, bring back, become interested in, set...up, comeacross, large numbers of,P. 33Words: restriction, fluency, shave, botanistPhrases: appeal to, be excited with, a variety ofP. 34Words: lower, beardPhrases: result in,P. 35Words: ripe, irrigation, weed, string, postpone, pyramid, monumentP. 36Words: pitcher,P. 37Words: rot, pollinatorP. 38Words: evolve, evolution, nectar, wasp, beetle, bat, moth, typical, petal, tube, delicate, fragrant, daisy, odorless,dull, musty, fruityPhrases: take place, adapt to, depend on, give outII. 重点句型见表III. 重点语法复习非限制性定语从句：能理解非限制性定语从句的意义和功能，能正确区分限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句的区别，从而正确使用非限制性定语从句。

Unit 4 Exploring plantsSection ⅢLearning about Language & Using Language Ⅰ.单词拼写1．The developmental history of the society tells us that man has____________(进化) from the ape.答案：evolved2．Let’s____________(系) labels to the luggage.答案：attach3．He bought a vase with a____________(精致的) pattern of butterflies and leaves.答案：delicate4．This is a____________(有代表性的) case in my daily work.答案：typical5．The air in the garden was warm and____________________(芬芳)．答案：fragrantⅡ.单句改错1．He attached his horse on a tree.________________________________________________________________________ 答案：on→to2．The machine gave up a steady buzzing.________________________________________________________________________ 答案：up→out3．This is the girl who name is Liu Hui.________________________________________________________________________ 答案：who→whose4．He always passes by at the sight of blood.________________________________________________________________________ 答案：by→out5．That region has plenty of natural resources since this one has none.________________________________________________________________________ 答案：since→whileⅢ.阅读理解Every James Bond movie starts with a different theme song.It’s usually performed by one of the top artists of the day.Here are four Bond theme songs fromthe films Skyfall (2012)，A View to a Kill (1985)，Diamonds are Forever (1971) and Goldfinger (1964)．Skyfall is sung by Adele，a 26－year－old English singer－songwriter.Adele said she was initially daunted by the task of singing for a James Bond movie.But she certainly rose to the challenge.Music critics have praised the track，describing it as a “classic James Bond theme song”．Daniel Craig，the actor who plays 007，said he cried when he first heard the song，and said it perfectly matched the film.A View to a Kill is the theme song from the 1985 Bond film of the same name.It’s the only Bond theme song ever to reach number one in the US charts.This song is sung by Duran Duran (formed in Birmingham in 1978)，one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s.The band’s members are singer Simon Le Bon，keyboardist(键盘手) Nick Rhodes，bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor.Diamonds are Forever is one of the best－known James Bond theme tunes.The song is sung by Shirley Bassey (born in Wales in 1937 )．She’s one of the most famous British vocalists (歌手) of the twentieth century.Shirley began her career singing in Cardiff pubs.By the 1960s，she became an international star.Although she’s released many number one hits，she’s probably best－known for singing the theme songs to three Bond films：Goldfinger (1964)，Diamonds are Forever (1971) and Moonraker (1979)．Goldfinger was the song from the 1964 James Bond film posed by John Barry and with lyrics (歌词) by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley，the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film’s opening and closing sequences.语篇解读你看过Bond系列的电影吗？如果看过，那么你对Bond系列电影的主题曲一定不会陌生。

2019-2020年高中英语Unit4Exploringplants-readingPart One: Teaching DesignPeriod 1: A sample lesson plan for reading(PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES)AimsTo help students develop their reading abilityTo help students learn exploring plantsProcedures■Warming up by defining plantsPlants are a major group of living things (about300,000 species), including familiar organismssuch as trees, flowers, herbs, and ferns.Aristotle divided all living things betweenplants, which generally do not move or havesensory organs, and animals. In Linnaeus' system,these became the Kingdoms Vegetabilia (laterPlantae) and Animalia. Since then, it has beeclear that the Plantae as originally defined included several unrelated groups, and the fungi and several groups of algae were removed to new kingdoms. However, these are still often considered plants in many contexts. Indeed, any attempt to match "plant" with a single taxon is doomed to fail, because plant is a vaguely defined concept unrelated to the presumed phylogenic concepts on which modern taxonomy is based.Warming up by talking about different gardensGardens vary in forms and functions. How many can you see in your area?■Warming up by discussing gardeningGardening is the activity of growing and maintaining the garden. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space. Landscape architecture is a related professional activity with landscape architects tending to specialise in design for public and corporate clients.I. Pre-readingWhat is a garden?A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most mon form is known as a residential garden. Western gardens are almost universally based around plants. Zoos, which display wild animals in simulated natural habitats, were forme rly called zoölogical gardens. Some traditional types of eastern gardens, such as Zen gardens, use plants sparsely or not at all. Food-producing gardens are distinguished from farms by their smaller scale, more labor-intensive methods, and their purpose (enjoyment of a hobbyrather than produce for sale); this distinction is not always clear-cut, however. The gardening article discusses the differences and similarities between gardens and farms in greater detail. Gardening is the activity of growing and maintaining the garden. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space. Landscape architecture is a related professional activity with landscape architects tending to specialise in design for public and corporate clients.II. Reading for formsRead the text PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.III. Copying expressions and making sentencesYou are asked to copy all the useful expressions into your notebook after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with each of these expressions.IV. Reading and transformingRead the text again to plete the chart to fill in the topic sentence of each paragraph.V. Closing down by learning about prehistoric plantsPrehistoric plants are various groups of plants that lived before recorded history (before about 3500 BC).Plants have remained remarkedly unchanged thoughout earth's geological time scale. Early ferns had developed by the Mississippian, conifers by the Pennsylvanian. Some plants of prehistory are the same ones around today and are thus living fossils, such as Ginkgo biloba and Sciadopitys verticillata.plete the summary of the text with one word in each blank.It was not ___1__ the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries __2___the exploration of the botanical world began __3___ a large scale．An important group of collectors ___4___ French Catholic missionaries ____5__，by the middle of the 18th century，__6____ beginning to set themselves up in China．__7____ plants alive during long land or sea voyages ___8___ an enormous challenge.__9____ numbers of seeds failed to grow after long sea __10____ or trips across land ___11___ Asia and Europe. The world of plant exploration ___12___ pletely changed ___13___ Dr Nathaniel Ward’s invention ___14___ a tightly sealed portable glass container．This invention，___15___ the Wardian case，allowed plants to be __16____ on long journeys．A British man __17____ Robert Fortune was one of the earliest plant __18____ to use Wardian cases．__19____ second half of the nineteenth century ___20___ a very important period of plant __21____．During this time many Catholic missionaries ___22___ sent to China from France．___23___ the missionaries collected large numbers ___24___ specimens，there was __25____ enough material for growing particular species in ___26___ gardens．(key: 1. until 2. that 3. on 4. were 5. who 6.were 7.Keeping 8.was 9. Large 10.voyages 11.between 12. was 13.with 14. of 15.called 16.transported 17. called 18.collectors 19.The 20.was 21.exploration 22. were 23.Although 24. of 25. not 26.Western )Notes to the special sentencesCollecting “exotic” plants，as they are called，dates back to the earliest times．收集“异国”植物，人们这样称呼他们，可以追溯到远古时期。

Unit 4 Exploring plantsPart 1 Teaching Design第一部分教学设计Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading(PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES)IntroductionIn this period, after warming up, students will first be introduced to gardening. Then they will be helped to read an exposition about plants exploratio n. While reading the form of the language is stressed.Three “Warming Up” designs are presented in this book for teachers’ reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning. Objectives■To help students learn to express emotions(wonder, disgust)■To help students learn to read an expositionabout plants exploration■To help students better understand“plants”■To help students learn to use some important words and expressions■To help students identify examples of the direct object and indirect object in the textFocusAidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagramsProcedures1Warming up⑴Warming up by defining plantsWe see plants every day. But what are they?Plants are a major group of living things (about 300,000 species), including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, and ferns. Aristotle divided all living things between plants, which generally do not move or have sensory organs, and animals.⑵Warming up by talking about different gardensGardens vary in forms and functions. How many can you see in your area?⑶Warming up by discussing plant explorationPlant Exploration is the search for new, undiscovered plants. The principal objective of most plant exploration expeditions is to provide germplasm resources for existing breeding programs, biotechnology, and conservation. Insight must also be used to identify new species or those that have not been evaluated on this2. Pre-reading by getting to know what a garden isA garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form is known as a residential garde n. Western gardens are almost universally based around plants. Zoos, which display wild animals in simulated natural habitats, were formerly called zoölogical gardens. Some traditional types of eastern gardens, such as Zen gardens, use plants sparsely or not at all.Gardening is the activity of growing and maintaining the garde n. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space.3. Reading for formsRead the text PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.4. Copying expressions and making sentencesYou are asked to copy all the useful expressions into your notebook after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with each of these expressions.5. Reading and transformingRead the text again to complete the chart to fill in the topic sentence of each6. Making a diagram of PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES and retelling it in your own words7. Closing down by taking a quiz。

英语选修9 Unit 4 Exploring plantsPLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIESThe plants in our gardens look so familiar that often we do not realize that many of them actually come from countries far away. Collecting "exotic" plants, as they are called, dates back to the earliest times. Many ancient civilisations saw the value of bringing back plants from distant lands. The first plant collecting expedition recorded in history was around 1500 BC when the Queen of Egypt sent ships away to gather plants, animals and other goods.However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the exploration of the botanical world began on a large scale. Europe had become interested in scientific discovery and the European middle classes took great interest in collecting new plants. Thisattraction to exotic plants grew as European nations, like the Netherlands, Britain and Spain, moved into other parts of the world like Asia and Australia. Brave young men took the opportunity of going on botanical expeditions, often facing many dangers including disease,near-starvation, severe environments and conflicts with the local people.An important group of collectors were Frencn Catholic missionaries who, by the middle of the 18th century, were beginning to set themselves up in China. One such missionary, Father d'Incarville, was sent to Beijing in the 1740s. Hecollected seeds of trees and bushes including those of the Tree of Heaven. Just before he died, he sent some Tree of Heaven seeds to England. They arrived in 1751 and plants from these seeds were grown throughout Europe and later, in 1784, the species was introduced in North America.Sir Joseph Banks was a very famous British plant collector, who accompanied James Cook on his first voyage from England to Oceania. The purpose of the trip for Banks was to record the plant and animal life they came across. He and his team collected examples whenever they went onto dry land. In 1769, Banks collected vast quantities of plants in the land now known as Australia. None of these plants had been recorded by Europeans before. Cook called the bay where the Endeavour had anchored Botany Bay.Keeping plants alive during long land or sea voyages was an enormous challenge. Large numbers of seeds failed to grow after long sea voyages or trips across land between Asia and Europe. One plant explorer lost several years' work when his plants were mined with seawater.The world of plant exploration was completely changed with Dr Nathaniel Ward's invention of a tightly sealed portable glass container. This invention, called the Wardian case, allowed plants to be transported on long journeys. In 1833, Ward shipped two cases of British plants to Sydney, Australia. All the plants survived the six-month journey. In 1835, the cases made a return trip with someAustralian species that had never been successfully transported before. After eight months at sea, they arrived safely in London.A British man called Robert Fortune was one of the earliest plant collectors to use Wardian cases. He made several trips to China between 1843 and 1859. At that time, there were restrictions on the movement of Europeans and so, in order to travel unnoticed, he developed his fluency in Chinese and dressed as a Chinese man, even shaving his head in the Chinese style. He experienced many adventures including huge thunderstorms in the Yellow Sea and pirates on the Yangtze River. Not only did Fortune introduce over 120 species of plants to Western gardens but he also shipped 20,000 tea plants from Shanghai to India, where a successful tea industry was established.The second half of the nineteenth century was a very important period of plant exploration. During this time many Catholic missionaries were sent to China from France. They valued the study of the natural sciences and many of the missionaries knew a lot about plants and animals. Their expeditions resulted in huge plant collections, which were sent back to France. One of the collectors was Father Farges, who collected 37 seeds from a tree that had appealed to him. This tree was later called the Dove Tree. He sent the seeds back to France in1897 but only one seed grew.Although the missionaries collected large numbers of soecimens. there was not enough material for growing particular species in Western gardens. However, European botanists were very excited with the knowledge that China had a vast variety of plants, so many plant collectors were sent on collecting trips to China. One of these collectors was E H Wilson who, in 1899, was able to collect a large quantity of seeds of the Dove Tree that Father Farges had discovered. Wilson and other plant collectors introduced many new plants to Western gardens.。