Unit 5 Developing ideas Reading课件 2022-2023学年外研版高中英语选择性必修第一册

新外研社高中英语选择性必修一Unit 5 Revealing Nature Developing Ideas Reading 2 attack breathe eat sleep move speak steal think √ √ √ √ √ What do you think plants can do? Tick the boxes. How much is it realistic that trees can communicate with people? Can plants like trees even behave in many other ways like humans do? Let’s find out whether plants communicate with each other. If they do, how? Read the passage (P56-57) to explore! 4 Read the passage to sort out the type of writing. An expository essay (说明文) Read the passage and find out the ways in which plants communicate. They can communicate with each other in three ways： by using chemicals sound and “wood wide web” Introduction with a topic to catch readers’ attention, and a thesis statement to present the main concept of your essay. Body: the first, second, third… point / argument with supporting evidence Conclusion with a concise summary of your key points / a thesis statement. Expository essay structure Part 1 Introduction and thesis statement Part 2 Body Part 3 Conclusion Many cultures have stories of talking trees. New research has revealed something amazing: it appears that plants can communicate. Plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. Plants also use sound to communicate. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Plants have an amazing system of communication called “wood wide web”. Scientists are learning more about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other. Para. 5 Para. 6 Read for the main idea of each paragraph and the passage structure Plants can communicate Plants have various ways to communicate Scientists are learning more about plants’ language Part 1 Introduction and thesis statement Part 2 Body Part 3 Conclusion Para. 1 Talking plants have long been a thing of myths and legends. Many cultures have stories of talking trees that give advice as well as warnings to people. Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India. And in some modern