内容正文:
A Journey of
Discovery
Revealing nature -understanding ideas
Book 4 Unit 5
Starting out
Watch the video and answer the questions.
Starting out
1 How can seeds travel? How can this benefit plants?
2 Can you think of another example of seeds travelling?
Share it with the class.
Seeds usually are carried by the wind, water, and animals. Plants can have a better chance at life.
by the wind
by water
by animals
Look at the evolutionary tree and answer the questions.
Paramecium(草履虫), earthworm(蚯蚓), snail, crab, fish, tortoise, bird, horse, human, frog, algae(藻类), moss(苔藓), fern(蕨类植物), plant...
The ever-changing environment of nature; environmental changes; population immigration; genetic mutation(突变)...
1 What species do you recognise in the picture?
2 What factors can cause the process of evolution?
pre - reading
British
Biologist, Naturalist
The founder of Theory of Evolution
Published the Origin of Species
Sailed around the world on
the Beagle for five years
Charles Robert Darwin
进化论
《物种起源》
pre - reading
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Read the passage and talk about your understanding of the title.
A Journey of
Discovery
Choose the main idea of the passage and give your reasons.
Darwin’s interest in various living things made him a great naturalist.
Darwin’s journey on the Beagle inspired his Theory of Evolution.
Darwin went on a journey to confirm his
theory that humans had evolved over time.
pre - reading
Para 2-5
The structure
The text is organized in order of______ .
Para 1
Para 6-7
time
Before
the journey
During
the journey
genre of the passage:
After
the journey
narrative
“What's more, he had recently received a letter from his father predicting that he would be “a disgrace to yourself and all your family.”
Para.1
句中的predicting ... 是现在分词作定语,修饰a letter
predict vt. 预言
be a disgrace 是耻辱,是丢脸的事
并且在他刚收到的家书中,父亲预言他将会成为“自己和全家人的耻辱”。
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
Para.7
Introduction
On his journey
Generate ideas
Look for more evidence
Develop ide