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Book 9 Unit 4 Exploring Plants Reading I WorksheetName _, Class _ Senior _ Oct., 2018l Pre-reading1. Warming up - Have a chat(1) Plants are important to us. Why ? (type, function)_(2) Many plants surrounding us are not originally grown in China. How do you think plants have travelled from those foreign countries to China ? (By whom / what? In which way?)_2. Prediction While scanning the title , please analyze the key word(s)The title of the text is _.(what)_ (how)_ (when)_, focusing on _ l While-reading3. Fast Reading - While reading, please set down some marks, such as Underlinethe words of time Numbereach paragraph Circlethe names of person Ticksome key verbs Squarethe names of place (country, continent)4. Practice - While skimming, please divide the text of 9 paragraphs into 4 parts and get their main ideas .4partsPart1: para.(1) & (2)Part2: para.(3) to ( )Part3: para.( ) to (7)Part4: para.(8) & (9)Main Ideas_1_of plant collecting, as well as when and where plant exploration _2_ on a large scale.exploration of plants in the _3_ century, introducing famous collectors .invention and use of _4_ to keep plants alive in long voyages, introducing the inventor and the VIP who used the tool.exploration of plants in the _5_ century, introducing famous collectors.5. Practice - While scanning, please fill in the blank with more key information. Persons or PlantsTime & PlaceQueen of _7_around 1500 BC Europeans from _8_ nationsto Asia and _9_ Father dIncarville French Catholic _10_in the 1740sfrom France to Chinaseeds of Tree of Heaven Sir Joseph Banks _11_plant collectorin 1769from England to Oceania Dr Nathaniel Ward _11_plant collectorin 1833from Britain to _9_12_11_botanist, planthunter and travellerbetween 1843 and 1859from China to India Father Farges French Catholic _10_in 1897from France to Chinaseeds of _13_Tree E.H.WilsonEuropean botanists, plant collectorin 1899seeds of _13_TreeHistoric eventsCause & effectsaw the value of bringing back plants;gathered plants, goodstook great interest in collecting new plants;went on expeditions (远征)sent some Tree of Heaven seeds to England before died(seeds) arrived and were;grown throughout Europe and introduced to North Am collected plants;recorded plant and animal life, accompanying J. Cookshipped some British plants to Sydney and made a return trip in 1835 at sea with someAustralian species;arrived safely in Londonmade several trips to China;introduced lots of species to Western and shipped 20,000 tea plants from China to Indiavalued the study of the natural sciences;collected rare plants and seedsin China and sent back to Francecollected a large quantity of seeds and introduced many new plants to Western gardensQuestions/ExercisesPart1 * What is the meaning of “exotic”?* What is the value? * What dangers did the early collectors face?Part2* What kind of order was the passage written?* Why the missionary was the first group to explore?Part3* What resulted in the great development and rapid progress of plant exploration ? Part4* What will be probably talked about if the author adds a paragraph to this passage? 1/2l Post-reading 6. Practice thinking - Focus on Paragraph 7 and answer the questions. “At that time, there were restrictions on the movement of Europeans” What was it for ? It is said that Robert Fortune is well-known for stealing plants, rather than collecting plants from China. What is your opinion ? What words can be used to describe the early plant collectors ? (qualities, abilities, etc.)7. Production - Choose one of the following tasks to finish writing.Task 1: individualWrite an employment advertisementSupposed you are the HR manager of an international biology technology company. Now you are selecting some excellent and professional plant explorers to join your team. Write the recruitment (征募) information clearly and post this employment ad (招聘广告) to the job site (求职网). DO write at least 100 words and try to make full use of what you have learnt in this passage. The format has been given for you.Task 2: group-of-fourWrite an adaptation of the passageSupposed you and the other 3 groupmates were born into a plant-collectors family. Your great great great grandfathers were world-famous plant collectors, who had many amazing experience of plant exploration. Those real stories are passed down generations after generations by mouth only. Now write a memoir (回忆录) in honor of them, recalling some of the challenging voyages that you have been told. DO write with past tense and the voice of the first person, write in detail and based on the fact according to this text or referring the history books. Write at least 150 words for each chapter.PLANT EXPLORER wantedBecause of the fast growth of the company, we are recruiting one more employee on plant exploration this year. Education:_ _ is preferred. Experience: At least three years _(experience). _. Skills and Qualities: Have excellent skills of _. Be _.Good command of _.Eight-month year, well pay. For more information, please contact Andy Lee, the HR manager of our company on weekdays before Dec. Tel: 228-900. Email: AndyleeXIB X International Biology Co. Ltd. Chapter OneYou cannot get anything from nothing.Stories in Europe_Chapter TwoWhere there is a will, there is a way. Stories in Oceania_Chapter ThreeKnowledge is power.Stories in Asia_Chapter FourHope is the brightest lights in the darkest night.Stories in North America_8. Summary - What I have learnt during this class?Knowledge of words and expressionsKnowledge of culture and historyLearning tips and Reading skillsMore reflectionVerbs / phrases about exploration:historical comparison between China and the West in the 17th to 19th centuries HWThis pas