Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学目标

Unit4

Exploring plants The first period Reading Step I. Warming up

How much do you know about plants? Step II Skimming Read the passage quickly and try to get the main idea of this passage. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________StepIII.

Detailed reading

Try to get the main idea of each part: Part 1: Para1-2 ______________________________________________ Part 2:Para3-4

______________________________________________ Part 3: Para 5-7

______________________________________________ Part 4: Para 8-9 _______________________________________________ Comprehending: Fill in the form.

Time

in the 1740s

in 1751

in

1769

in 1784

in 1833

1843-1859 People/plants

Father

d’Incarville

Tree of Heaven seeds The tree of

Heaven tree Nathaniel Ward

Historic Events

Sir Joseph Banks shipped two cases of British

plants to Sydney

were sent to China from France send seed of Dove Tree from China to France Duringthesecondhalf many Catholic

of the19th century missionaries

In 1899 Father Farges

E H Wilson

Step IV. Important words and expressions:

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1. date back to / date from 追溯到（此短语多用于一般现在时态中，

且无被动语态,无进行时，但可用现在分词作定语）

拓展: （1）out of date 过时的

（2）to date 到目前为止

（3）up to date 新式的

His interest in stamp collecting

his school days.

A. is dated from

B. dates back to

C. is dated back to

D. dates

2. bring back 1) 归还,带回

If you borrow my electric drill, don’t forget to bring it back.

2) 使回想

Seeing you brought back many memories.

相关短语：

bring about

______________

bring down_____________

bring forward

____________

bring in ______________

bring on_________

bring out___________ 3. However it was not until … that the exploration… began….

It is/was not until…that…

直到……才

It was not until the 1880s that there were consistent experimental findings to support his theory. Not until I began to study did I realize how much time I had wasted.

4. 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.

Translation:___________________________________________________ conflict是名词，意为“冲突，斗争”，

常构成短语有：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…发生争执等等。

In dealing with public relations, we should make every effort to prevent the _____ in personality.

A. contact

B. contrast

C. connection

D. conflict 5. quantity

n，量，数量，总量，

quantity前可用huge, good, great, large，small, vast等词语修饰。

As a result of destroying the forests, a large____ of desert ___ covered the land.

A. number…

has

B. quantity…has

C. number…have

D.quantity …have

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“a large quantity of + 可数名词复数”作主语，相当于“a large number of + 可数名词复数”作主语，谓语用复数；“a large quantity of + 不可数名词”作主语，相当于“a large amount of + 不可数名词”作主语，谓语一般情况下用单数，但如果“quantities of+不可数名词”作主语，谓语用复数。

6．appeal vi. to be attractive or interesting to sb. 表示“（常与to连用）吸引；引起兴趣”，还表示“呼吁，恳请，上诉，诉诸”等，

如

Does the idea of working for a venture company appeal to you?

The government is appealing to everyone to save water.

He appealed against the judge's decision. 【拓展】appeal

n，呼吁，请求，吸引力，

呼吁, 请求

appeal to sb. for help He appealed to his friends for support. 从a-d中找出与每句话中appeal 相符合的意思。

1. The government is appealing to everyone to save water.

2. When Mother said “No,” my little sister would appeal to Father. 3. Does the idea of working for a venture company appeal to you? 4. He appealed against the judge’s decision. a. 对…有吸引力

b. 求助于

c. 上诉

d. 向……呼吁

【随时练】The design ______all the ages and social groups is not easy to make.

A. appealed to

B. being appealed to

C. to be appealed to

D. appealing to 7. postpone vt.推迟，延期

postpone doing sth 表示“推迟做某事”常与介词till/until/ to连用，

如：We postponed the match from March 5th to March 19th.

The ball game was postponed because of the heavy rain. 【拓展】区别delay/ postpone / put off

均含“推迟”、“延期”、“延缓”的意思。

①

delay 指“暂时阻挠或阻挡, 稍后可再继续进行”,

The steamer was delayed by bad weather. 汽轮因天气不佳而延期。

②

postpone是正式用语, 语义较强, 指“有意识地延至将来某一特定时间”, 在多数情况下, 后面说明改在何时进行,

The meeting has been postponed to Friday. 会议推迟到星期五举行。

③

put off与postpone大致同义, 但较通俗口语化,

Let's put this off till some other time. 我们还是把这搁一搁, 以后再说吧。

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【随时练】

We’ve had to postpone ________ to France because Adrian’s got an interview for a job that week.

A. going

B. go

C. to go

D. to going Step.V Exercises 一、根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

1. He said that he was born and brought up in a d______ village. 2. When dealing with public relations, we should try to avoid personal c______. 3. The t______ character of his design is apparent in the splendid decorations. 4. I’ll buy

the MP3 on condition that you l____ the price. 5. It is well known that all work and no play makes Jack a d___ boy. 6. The baseball game was p______ because of the bad weather. 7. Be careful with that china. It’s very ______ (易碎的). 8. The government placed many ______ (限制) on foreign trade. 9. The original problem has ______ (演变) into something quite different. 10. People built a _________ (纪念碑) in his honor.

二、Translation

1. 植物收集可以追溯到18世纪。

_________________________________________________________

2. 当时有许多植物收集家经历了许多艰难去其他国家收集植物。

_________________________________________________________ 3. 他们所做的事情促进了世界各国植物品种的相互交流。

______________________________________________________ 4. 我们今天在花园里看到的许多植物或许来自遥远的国家。

______________________________________________________ 5. 我们应该珍惜并保护好这些珍稀植物。

______________________________________________________ 运用合适的关联词把上面的几句话连成一段小文章。

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

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Flowers and their animal pollinators The second reading Step I Revision 远处的

___________

斗争，矛盾

______________

容器

_____________

流利，流畅

_________

降低，跌落

v. ___________

推迟，延迟

____________

纪念碑

_____________

熟的，成熟的

__________

紧的，紧密的

_____________

院子，天井

____________

埃及

________________

雷雨，雷暴

________________ Step II Reading Read the text and answer the following questions. 1. What is the advantage for animals of visiting flowers? ____________________________________________________________

2. Why do some plants need animals? ____________________________________________________________

3. How does an animal pollinate a flower? ____________________________________________________________

4. What features of a flower are important in attracting animal pollinators? ____________________________________________________________ Step III Important words and expressions. 1. evolve evolve 常用作不及物动词，意为“进化，形成，发展”，常与from 搭配使用，意为“从……发展而来”。如：

The present British political system has evolved over several centuries. 英国的现行政治制度是经过几个世纪逐步发展而成的

The developmental history of society tells us that man has evolved from the ape. 社会发展史告诉我们人是从类人猿进化来的。

★其名词形式为

evolution, 意为

“进化，演变，发展，渐进”。如：

1）. Darwin’s theory of evolution has been widely accepted.

达尔文的进化论已经被广泛接受。

★其形容词形式为evolutionary, 意为“演变的，进化的，逐渐发展的”。

The designer gradually evolved the style of his own.

翻译：______________________________________________ The company has evolved into a large organization.

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翻译：_______________________________________________ 2. attach 1）attach sth. to sth. 表示“把……附加、系上或缚在……上” 。如：

He attached a label to each piece of luggage.

他把每件行李都贴上标签。

2）attach to sb. / sth. 表示“（使）与……有联系，与……有关联”。如：

It was just an accident and no blame attaches to either of you.

这只是一个意外，你俩一点责任也没有。

3）attach importance / value / weight, etc. to sth. 表示“认为…有重要性/价值/分量等”。如：

We should attach primary importance to the development of economy.

我们应把经济发展放在首要位置。

4）be attached to表示

“（变得）喜欢，依恋，对…有感情”。如：

I am much attached to my family.

我对我的家很依恋。

be attached to 还表示“附属于”。如：

This middle school is attached to a normal college.

这所中学附属于一所师范院校。

5）attach oneself to sb. / sth. 表示“依附某人，参加某事”。如：

He attached himself to the group of mountain climbers.

他参加了那个登山队。

①．这家医院附属于那所大学。

_________________________________________________________ ②. A young man attached himself to me at the party and I couldn’t get rid of him. _________________________________________________________

③. We’ve grown very attached to this house and wouldn’t move.

_________________________________________________________ 3．give out give out vt.发出，散发出,分发，用尽，停止运转

相关短语：

give away 泄漏；赠送；

give in 妥协，屈服；

give off 散发出，冒出；

give up 放弃，停止

Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _______ the shocking ending.

A. give away

B. give out

C. give up

D. give off Step IV: Grammar: Object 1. 宾语是及物动词后的一个成分,表示动作的对象,承受者或结果.可作宾语的有:

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1.名词,代词,数词.名词形容词

a. They collected seeds from trees.

b. Would you like something to eat?

c. They fired one-third of their works.

d. We should respect the old . 动词不定式作宾语

I expected to spend the holidays in France.

He refused to accept any physical limitation.

--ing 形式作宾语

I love going on walks and looking at plants.

They enjoyed sharing their work experiences. 从句做宾语

Do you think advertisements affect you life in any way? We seldom realize that many plants come from countries far away. 2. Two objects 通常为

“间接宾语+直接宾语”

He doesn't own me anything.

She asked me whether I had been there before.

I warned you he would be late.

间接宾语后移, 间接宾语用to 或for 引出: They give it to John. I have bought some chocolate for you. 用to侧重指动作的方向, 表示朝着, 向着, 对着某人。

用for 侧重指动作的受益者, 表示为了某人, 替某人。

常跟双宾语的动词分类总结：

需借助to的: bring, give, lend, hand, offer, pass, pay, promise, read, return, send, show, teach, tell, ask, leave, mail, throw, take, write,等。

需借助for的: build, buy, call, change, cook, choose, do, draw, envy, fetch, find, forgive, gain, get, make, order,

play (演奏), sing, save, spare, win等。

e.g.

Our teacher explains to us the difficult points in the unit.

We disclosed to them the secret of our invention.

The guide is describing the scenic spots to the tourists. 有些动词后面带双宾语时已经被看作固定短语。

e.g.

He played me a trick.

He played a trick on me.

Won’t you play some folk songs for us?

有时为了形成对照或是为了突出重点, “介词+间接宾语”也可移到主语的前面去：

To his daughter he sent a cheque of $50 but to his sun he sent only a cheap pen.

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如果

“介词+间接宾语”比直接宾语短, 也可以直接放在谓语动词后：

He give to his friends much of the time he should have given to his wife and children. 一些句子中, “间接宾语+直接宾语”不能变为“直接宾语+介词+间接宾语”：

He give the door a hard kick.

I never give the matter a thought.

She give him a warm smile. Step V: Exercises 一、Fill in the blanks using “to” or “for”.

1) Fifty dollars was advanced ________ him on his salary before the work was done. 2) You should never serve beef ________a Hindu. 3) You’d better do your best but prepare yourself________the worst. 4) I’ll send a postcard__________ you while I am away on holiday. 5) You come up to the City Hall tonight and I’ll fix things _________you. 二、Choose the best answer. 1. Can you explain ___________?

A. this problem to me

B. me this problem

C. to me problem

D. me problem 2. He made a new dress_____his wife and gave it_____her on her birthday.

A. to; for

B. for; to

C. for; for

D. to; to 3. Mr. Smith apologized ___ the lady ___ what her son had done.

A. to; to

B. to; for

C. for; to

D. for; for 4. Read the letter and ____ him.

A. pass it on to

B. pass on it to

C. pass it for

D. pass it on 5. Which one is not right?_____

A. Will you do me a favour?

B. Will you do a favour for me?

C. Will you do a favour to me?

D. Will you do me the favour to help me with my English?

6. The little boy wanted to have a book at his birthday present, but the cruel stepmother _____ him his request.

A. refused

B. answered

C. gave

D. promised A. Mr. Wang taught us physics last year.

B. Mr. Wang taught our physics last year.

C. Mr. Wang taught physics to us last year.

D. We were taught physics by Mr. Wang by last year.

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