Unit5RevealingNatureDevelopingideas課件高二英語選擇性

Unit5RevealingnatureTheSecretLanguageofPlantsTolearnhowplantscommunicate.Tolearnwaysofcommunicatingbetweenplants.Tolearnsomewordsandexpressions.Howdoyoucommunicatewitheachother?bodylanguagefacetofacesocialmediaHowdoanimalscommunicatewitheachother?Doyouknow?Howdobeescommunicate?Theycantellothersbydancing.Howdoantscommunicate?Ants

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bychemicals.Canyoubelieveplants“talk”toeachotherbytheirownways?Lookatthepicturesandtickwhatplantscando.attackbreatheatsleepmovespeakstealthinkNowtalkaboutwhatelseyouthinkplantscandoandgiveexamples.Listenandreadthepassageandfindoutthewaysinwhichplantscommunicate.Wordsandexpressions:mythsandlegends2.fantasy3.reveal4.afterall5.chemical6.sayabeanplant7.insect

8.detect9.wasp10.pesticidePlantscancommunicatewitheachotherbyusingchemicals,soundand“woodwideweb”.Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.Modernresearchisshowingthatplantscan__________________________communicatewitheachotherUsingchemicalsTheplantreleaseschemicals__________

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thatarebeingeaten.Whenanotherplantdetectsthechemicals,itstartsto_________

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_____________.fromtheleavesreleaseitsown,differentchemicalsUsingsoundSomeplantsmakenoises_______________.Achiliplantcan____________________________________________.Sometreesmake____________________________________________________________________________.withtheirrootstellifaneighbouringplantishelpful,orunfriendlyclickingnoiseswhenthereisnotenoughwater,indicatingdroughtisarrivingUsingthe“woodwideweb”Thisfungalnetworklinks____________________________________________.Plantscan____________________________________witheachother.Plantscan________________________________________________toattackotherplants.therootsofdifferentplantstoeachothershareinformationandevenfoodstealfoodfromeachother,orspreadpoisonsMaybeonedaywewillbeableto“talk”withplants.1.Whatfigureofspeechisbeingusedwhentheplantsaredescribedascallingforhelp?Whatisitsfunction?

Personification.Itcanmakedescriptionsmorevivid.Personificationmeansgivinghumancharacteristicstosomethingthatisnothuman.Byusinghumancharacteristicstodescribeanobject,animalorevenaplace,personificationcanmakedescriptionsmorevivid.Whatispersonification?Canyoutellfromtheappearanceoftheword?擬人personification：把無生命的物體、自然現(xiàn)象、抽象概念等擬作人，賦予事物以人的思想、情感或行為方式，使其人格化。擬人化的寫作手法可使文章更生動(dòng)、形象、具體，讓讀者感到所描寫的事物更活潑、親近，增強(qiáng)文章的感染力。首先SecretLanguage將植物賦予人類的語言和思想，Secret則生動(dòng)地描繪出植物之間交流的方式，奠定了全文的情感基調(diào)。其次，talk、communicate、listen等詞賦予植物以人的感官功能。shareinformationandevenfood、sendfoodtosmallerpinetrees、stealfoodfromeachother等生動(dòng)地描繪出植物之間交流方式的多樣化。修辭手法之“擬人”最后，...awarning,oracallforhelp:“I'mbeingattacked!

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、helpful,orunfriendly、itsownversionof“cybercrime”等栩栩如生地向讀者勾勒出一副畫面——植物在受到危害、攻擊時(shí)的反擊。作者雖沒有具體描寫植物在形態(tài)上的應(yīng)激反應(yīng)，但這樣的描述使讀者更容易將植物的行為與人類的日常生活相聯(lián)系，便于理解。由此可見，寫作時(shí)用好擬人手法，常常能夠達(dá)到生動(dòng)形象、富有趣味的效果。2.Whatdoes“woodwideweb”mean?

“Woodwideweb”meansanamazingsystemofcommunicationthatcanlinknearlyeveryplantinaforest.Itislinkedundergroundbyfungiandthisfungalnetworklinkstherootsofdifferentplantstoeachother.Usingthewoodwideweb,plantscanshareinformationandevenfoodwitheachother.3.Whatdoyouthinkarethebenefitsofstudyingplantcommunication?4.Whatdiscoveriesaredescribedinthetworeadingpassagesinthisunitandwhatdotheirmeaningshaveincommon?Passage1revealsthediscoveryofevolutionandPassage2revealsthediscoveryofcommunicationbetweenplants.Theyallreflectthattherearenumeroussecretsinnaturethatremaintobeexplored.Giveatalkaboutcommunicationbetweenlivingthings.1.Readthepassageagainandtalkabouthowplantscommunicate.2.Thinkaboutanddiscussthefollowingwaysofcommunicationintheanimalworld.Bees“dance”tosignaltootherbeesthattheyhavefoundfood.Antscommunicatewitheachotherthroughtouch,chemicalsignals,movingtheirbodiesandevenusingtheirlegstomakesounds.Whatotherwayscanyouthinkof?3.Organiseyourideasfollowingthestepsbelow.Beginwithwhatlivingthingsyouhavechosentotalkabout.Explainhowtheycommunicateandgiveexamples.Concludebyexplainingwhatwehavelearntfromtheirbehaviour.4.Giveatalktotheclassaboutcommunicationbetweenlivingthings.Nowtalkabouthowwellyoucontributedtoyourgroupdiscussionandhelpeachothertomakeimprovements.ChecklistYouknowwaysofcommunicatingbetweenplants.Youcandescribethedifferentwaysofcommunicatingbetweenlivingthings.Youcanorganiseyourideas.Youhelpedyourgroupmemberstomakeimprovements.Youcontributedtoyourgrouptalk.1.Withuslongbelievingthattalkingplantsarefantasy,newresearchhasrevealedsomethingamazing:itappearsthatplantscancommunicateafterall.WecouldalsosayWhilewehavebelievedforalongtimethattalkingplantsareunreal,newresearchhasfoundoutsomethingamazing:itseemsthatplantscantalktoeachotherafterall.2.Whenanotherbeanplantdetectsthechemicalsfromitsinjuredneighbour,itstartstoreleaseitsown,differentchemicals.detectv.tonoticeordiscoversomething,especiallysomethingthatisnoteasytosee,hearetc.發(fā)現(xiàn)，察覺(尤指不易察覺到的事物)eg

Manyformsofcancercanbecuredifdetectedearly.【拓展】detectableadj.

可覺察的;可發(fā)現(xiàn)的;可查出detectorn.

探測器，檢測器detective

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偵探，警探detectionn.察覺，發(fā)現(xiàn);偵察3.Mostsurprisinglyofall,plantshaveanamazingsystemofcommunicationthatcanlinknearlyeveryplantinaforest.linkv.tomakeaconnectionbetweentwoormorethingsorpeople

把……聯(lián)系起來tophysicallyjointwoormorethings,people,orplaces連接(兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上的物、人或地點(diǎn))egThenewbridgewilllink