Unit 5 Revealing nature Developing ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

The Secret language of Plants Unit 5 Look at the pictures and tick what plants can do. Flytrap(捕蝇草) It can catch insects. mimosa[mɪˈmoʊzə] (含羞草) It can shut its leaves when touched. pea(豌豆) It can sow its own seeds. attack breathe eat sleep move speak steal think Now talk about what else you think plants can do and give examples. make medicine protect environment reduce noise predict the solar terms 节气 The Secret language of Plants Read the passage and find out the ways in which plants communicate. They can communicate with each other ： by using chemicals sound and “wood wide web” What's the genre of the passage? A. Exposition (说明文) B. Argumentation (议论文) C. Narration(记叙文) The Secret Language of Plants PartⅠPara_____ PartⅡ Para_____ Part Ⅲ Para_____ I__________ to the topic Plants have various ways to c___________ Scientists are learning more about the l_______ of plants. 1-2 3-5 6 ntroduction ommunication anguage 5 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 stories, such as the film Avatar, trees can communicate with animals and people. — a thing of myths and legends Talking trees give _____________________ to people, eg., Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India. Talking plants —————— Evidence from Evidence from _________________ some modern stories ___________________ . advice and warnings Read for paragraph organisation: stories of many cultures Trees in the film Avatar can communicate with animals and people Para. 2 With us long believing that talking plants are fantasy, new research has revealed something amazing: it appears that plants can communicate after all. Read to answer the questions: