Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教案1

U4-Reading 课文预读：

Ⅰ. 根据课文选择最佳选项

1．Which country sent botanical expeditions in the 18th and 19th centuries?

A．Asian nations.

B．Australia. C．European nations.

D．North American nations. 2．What conditions did the plant collectors have to face?

A．Conflicts. B．Disease. C．Hunger. D．All of the above. 3．Why did the plant explorer lose several years' work in Paragraph 5?

A．The plants he collected died after a long voyage. B．Large numbers of seeds failed to grow. C．He used the Wardian case in a wrong way. D．He got hurt in the expedition. 4．What is a Wardian case?

A．There are little holes to let air in.

B．It's a case made of metal. C．It's a case which can be carried.

D．It's a container which supplies fresh water to plants. 5．It can be inferred that ________.

A．China probably is the original nation of the tea plants in India

B．Tree of Heaven was introduced from North America C．Father Farges discovered Dove Tree and made it popular in France D．Robert Fortune benefited a lot from the support of the Chinese government II.短文填词

Do you have a courtyard garden or some plants on your balcony？The plants in our gardens are __1__ familiar that often we don't realize that many of them come from __2__ countries.It was not until in the 18th and 19th centuries __3__ the exploration of the __4__ world began on a large __5__ .Many collectors came to China to collect the seeds of plants that __6__ to them.However，keeping plants __7__ during long land or sea voyages was an enormous __8__.With a __9__ sealed portable glass container，called the Wardian case，some species could be successfully transported back to Europe.Although the missionaries collected large numbers of __10__，they couldn't satisfy the needs of the Western gardens.

III.重点词汇：

1.conflict n．矛盾；冲突

vi.战争；冲突；抵触

conflict between...and... ……之间的冲突

conflict of... ……的冲突

conflict with与……冲突，与……战斗

in conflict有矛盾，有冲突

in conflict with和……有矛盾，和……不一致

bring sb into conflict使某人与……发生争执

[语境感悟] (1)The two stories conflicted，so I did not know which to believe.

两个故事相冲突，我不知道相信哪一个。

(2)Do British immigration laws conflict with any international laws?

英国的移民法与国际法有抵触吗？

[即时跟踪] 根据汉语完成句子

(1)She is _____________(有争执) her boss over sickness pay. (2)Our views on children often _________(互相抵触)．

(3)His account _______________(相矛盾) reports from other journalists. 2. (1)date back to从现在追溯到过去某时，相当于date from或go back to，该动词的时态通常用一般现在时，没有被动语态。

(2)out of date过时的

to date到目前为止

up to date新式的；合乎时代潮流的

make/fix a date定个日期

begin to date开始过时

date sb for the dance约某人去跳舞

[语境感悟] (1)This tradition dates back to medieval times.

这个传统起源于中世纪。

(2)His interest in stamp collecting dates back to his school days.

他对集邮的兴趣始于学生时代。

(3)The custom dates from the 17th century.

这个风俗始于十七世纪。

翻译句子

(1)长城建于公元前3世纪。

(2)这座教学楼早在50年前就建成了。

(3)他有一些可追溯到二十世纪五十年代的唱片。

3. (1)scales n．(常用复数)秤；天平

a pair/set of scales一台/一组天平

a spring scale弹簧秤

(2)scale n．等级，级别；范围；程度；规模

a scale of salaries薪水的等级

people who are high in the social scale 社会地位高的人

on a large scale大规模地；广泛地

[语境感悟] (1)Here was corruption on a large scale.

这里的腐败现象曾十分严重。

(2)There has been housing development on a large scale since 1980.

自从1980年以来，住房有了大规模的发展。

(3)He does business on a large scale.

他生意做的很大。

(4)These cars are being produced on a large scale.

这些车正在大规模地生产。

翻译句子

(1)破坏规模如此之大令我震惊。

(2)污染会引起全球气候的改变。