Unit 1 Reading A The Natural Garden 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语上外版（2020）必修第二册

The Natural Garden 1 plants roses pine trees lakes rivers Nature landscapes 2 Nothing in Nature is unbeautiful. ——Alfred Tennyson the most representative poet in the Victorian period Nothing in Nature is unbeautiful. 3 The Natural Garden fable = story + moral setting + plot time place character once the beautiful royal gardens the king the wise nobleman the young man the young man’s father Put the sentences in the right order according to the story 6 2 3 5 4 1 The king had gardens as beautiful as paradise. 1 The king had the tree—the only thing that he disliked in the garden—cut down. 2 The king realized that there were no more living creatures in his gardens. 3 The king sent for advisers, but none of them was able to explain the mystery. 4 A young man came with an explanation and a solution. 5 The king was full of regrets. He wanted to restore the beauty of his gardens, but it would take many years. 6 corresponding paragraphs Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4-7 Para. 8 6 The king had gardens as beautiful as paradise. 1 There once lived a king who had a palace with beautiful gardens. In those gardens lived thousands of creatures representing hundreds of different species. It was a paradise. living things different kinds of animals and plants There was only one thing that the king disliked---the remains of a huge tree standing in the middle of the gardens. It was withered and dry. So, he had it cut down and replaced with elaborate fountains. The king had the tree—the only thing that he disliked in the garden—cut down. 2 The king realized that there were no more living creatures in his gardens. 3 The king sent for advisers, but none of them was able to explain the mystery. 4 How? Why did he want an explanation? Some time later, a wise nobleman visited the king. “Your Majesty, people have been singing the praises of the beauty of these gardens and the many creatures that live in