Unit5 Learning from Nature 单元学案-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

高二英语下学期Unit 5 Learning from Nature Starting out & Understanding ideas 【目标展示】 By the end of this period, you will be able to: 1.Understand the video,and learn the lessons they learn from the video; 2.Read the text and find the architecture mentioned in the text; 3.Analyse the content of the text and find out the detailed information; 4.Improve critical thinking ability and deepen understanding of the unit theme. 【师生互动】 Step Ⅰ　Lead-in Activity 1　Watch a video Watch the video and answer the questions. 1.What lessons from nature are mentioned in the video? 2.Which one inspires you the most? Activity 2　Prediction Look at the title of the passage and the pictures.Think about what the title means. Step Ⅱ　While -reading Activity 1　Read for the main idea Choose the magazine in which you would most likely find the passage.Give your reasons. Activity 2　Language points and translation 1.In fact,we are so used to them that we may even take them for granted without realizing how much inspiration they have given us. 【翻译】 事实上,我们已经习惯了它们的存在,甚至可能把它们视为理所当然,却没有意识到它们给了我们多少灵感。 【讲解】 ·be used to (doing) sth.习惯于(做)某事 ·take...for granted 认为……理所当然 【学以致用】 ·习惯于从父母那里获得一切,我们总是理所当然地认为父母应该为我们提供他们的一切。   2.It is natural to think in this way,but of course it wasn’t the umbrella that inspired the flower or the roof that inspired the pine cone. 【翻译】 这样思考是很自然的,但当然不是雨伞给了花朵以灵感,也不是屋顶启发了松果。 【讲解】 该句是由but连接的并列句。第二个分句用or连接了两个强调句,分别强调了主语the umbrella和the roof。 【学以致用】 ·直到接近信件结尾,她才提及我们的计划。(强调句)   3.The building was designed to show the connection between nature and the modern city environment in which/where it sits. 【翻译】 该建筑旨在展示自然和现代城市所处的环境之间的联系。 【讲解】 be designed to do 旨在做某事;in which在此处引导定语从句修饰先行词environment,相当于关系副词where。 【学以致用】 ·模拟联合国(MUN)旨在提供一个让参与者可以自由表达观点的舞台。   4.To use biomimicry is to create structures based on natural forms and processes. 【翻译】 利用仿生技术,在自然形态和过程的基础上创造建筑结构。 【讲解】 be based on 根据;基于……;以……为基础 【学以致用】 (1)理论以实践为基础,又反过来为实践提供服务。 (2)基于这一分析,她预测他的公司会很快好转起来。 Step Ⅲ　Post-reading Go through the question and