Unit+5+Developing+ideas+The+secret+language+of+plants高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit5TheSecretlanguageofPlantsDoyouthinkplantscanspeaklikehumansdo?Whatdoyouthinkplantscando?Ticktheboxes.attackbreatheeatsleepmovespeakstealthink√√√√√languageofplants?Isitrealisticthattreescancommunicatewithpeople?Lookatthetitleandpictureofthepassage.Predicthowdoesplantscommunicate?Readthepassageandfindoutthewaysinwhichplantscommunicate.Theycancommunicatewitheachotherin

three

ways：byusingchemicalssoundand“woodwideweb”Readthepassagetofigureout1.What’sthegenreofthepassage?A.NarrationB.ArgumentationC.NewsD.Exposition2.Whatisthestructureofthepassage?Ittellsusthewayinwhichplantscancommunicate.part1structurePara1-2part2part3Plantscancommunicate.Para3-5Para6Plantshavevariouswaystocommunicate.Scientistsarelearningmoreaboutplants’language.IntroductionandthesisstatementmainbodyconclusionexpositionOrganiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.1.communicatewitheachother2.fromtheleaves3.releaseitsown,

different

chemicals4.

withtheirroots5.tellifaneighbouring

plantis

helpful,or

unfriendly6.clickingnoiseswhenthereisnotenoughwater,ndicatingdroughtisarriving7.therootsofdifferentplantstoeachother8.shareinformationandevenfood9.stealfoodfromeachother,orspreadpoisonsHowdoestheauthorexplainthreewaysofcommunicating?Theauthorexplainsthresswaysbygivingexamples.Howdoestheauthorconnectthe“mainbody”part?Moresurprisingly,plantsalsouse...Mostsurprisinglyofall...1.Whatfigureofspeechisbeingusedwhentheplantsaredescribedascallingforhelp?Whatisitsfunction?2.Groupwork:drawthepictureofhowaplantcommunicateswhenbeingattacked.communicatingbyusingchemicals1.Whatfigureofspeechisbeingusedwhentheplantsaredescribedascallingforhelp?Whatisitsfunction?Personification.

Itcanmakedescriptionsmorevivid.

Learning

to

learnPersonificationmeansgivinghumancharacteristicstosomethingthatisnothuman.Byusinghumancharacteristicstodescribeanobject,animalorevenaplace,personificationcanmakedescriptionsmorevivid.2.Groupwork:drawthepictureofhowaplantcommunicateswhenbeingattacked.Don’tforgetkeywords.communicatingbyusingthe“woodwideweb”Whatfigureofspeechisbeinghere?Whatisitsfunction?Analogy.Itisvividandmakesiteasierforreaderstounderstand.Whatdoes“woodwideweb”mean?Thinkshare“Woodwideweb”meansanamazingsystemof

communicationthatcanlinknearlyeveryplant

inaforest.Itislinkedundergroundbyfungiand

thisfungalnetworklinkstherootsofdifferent

plantstoeachother.Usingthewoodwideweb,

plantscanshareinformationandevenfoodwith

eachother.1.Whatdoyouthinkarethebenefitsofstudyingplantcommunication?2.Whatdiscoveriesaredescribedinthetworeadingpassagesinthisunitandwhatdotheirmeaningshaveincommon?criticalthinking1.Whatdoyouthinkarethebenefitsofstudyingplantcommunication?Itwillhelpusgetabetterunderstandingofthesecretofnatureandencourageustoexploremoreaboutthemysteriousnature.What’smore,itwillteachusthathumanshouldliveinharmonywithmothernature.Anditisourresponsibilitytofulfillthemission.2.Whatdiscoveriesaredescribedinthetworeadingpassagesinthisunitandwhatdotheirmeaningshaveincommon?Passage1reveals

thediscoveryofevolution.Passage

2reveals