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Section Ⅳ Integrating skills & Developing ideas
1.myth n.(古代的)神话→mythical adj.神话的;虚构的
2.fantasy n.幻想,想象→fantastic adj.极好的,吸引人的
3.chemical n.化学品 adj.与化学有关的;化学的→chemistry n.化学
4.detect v.发现,察觉(尤指不易觉察到的事物)→detective n.侦探→detection n.侦查;察觉;发现→detector n.检测器;发现者
5.neighbouring adj.邻近的,附近的→neighbour n.邻居→neighbourhood n.社区;街坊
6.legend n.传说,传奇(故事)→legendary adj.传奇的;传说的;非常著名的
1.do_research_on_... 做关于……的研究
2.in_the_end 最后,终于
3.be_home_to_... 是……的家园
4.by_contrast 相比之下
5.up_to 达到……
6.be_native_to 源于……的,原产于……
7.carry_out 执行
8.give advice to给……建议
9.communicate with与……交流
10.after all毕竟,终究
11.get attacked by被……袭击
12.tiny amounts of微量的……
13.drive ...away驱赶……
14.in some ways 在某些方面上
15.link ...to ...把……与……连接起来
16.share ...with ...与……分享……
17.have ...in common有……共同点
18.side by side 肩并肩地;并排地
1.句型公式:be+adj.+to do
教材原句:Gregor Mendel chose to study pea plants because their characteristics were easy to control.
翻译:格雷戈尔·孟德尔选择研究豌豆,是因为它们的特性容易控制。
2.句型公式:sb./sth.be said to do ...
教材原句:Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India.
翻译:据说亚历山大大帝和马可·波罗曾在印度见过这样的一棵树。
3.句型公式:way后接定语从句
教材原句:Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other.
翻译:科学家们每天都在增进对植物间相互沟通的秘密方式的了解。
The Secret Language of Plants
Talking plants have long been a thing of myths① and legends②.Many cultures have stories of talking trees ❶that give advice as well as③ warnings to people.Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India.And in some modern stories,such as the film Avatar,trees can communicate with④ animals and people.
❷With us long believing that talking plants are fantasy⑤,new research has revealed something amazing: ❸it appears that plants can communicate after all⑥.
❹It has been known for some time that plants use chemicals to communicate with each other.This happens when a plant,say a bean plant,gets attacked by insects.The plant releases tiny amounts of⑦ chemicals from the leaves ❺that are being eaten.T