Unit5Reading for writing 课件2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

Which nature explorer do you like best ? Why? Spirit of nature explorers . Unit 5 Looking into nature Developing ideas Reading for writing Learning Objectives Be able to introduce the background information of the story, such as characters, time, place and so on. Be able to describe the process of the protagonist exploring nature. Be able to evaluate the protagonist's spirit of exploration. 1.Do you know the man in the picture? 2.What is he doing in the picture ? Wang Wencai . He is collecting plants . 1.What do you think his job might be ? 2.How would you describe him ? He might be a plant scientist . I would describe him as careful and hardwork. He had a deep love of nature. He spent his life studying plants and carried on with his research. Expect many challenges. Presentation Read quickly and answer . 1.Who is the story about ? 2.What's the topic sentence of this Paragraph2 ? 3. What's the topic sentence of this Paragraph3? A plant scientist called Wang Wencai . For over 70 years, Professor Wang explored China's plants with great passion and hard work. Despite his huge success, Wang seldom thought about personal honour or wealth. What was Wang Wencai interested in? Read Paragraph 1 carefully and solve the problems . He was interested in nature and plants. 1.What did Professor Wang achieve? 2.What difficulties did he meet? 3.How did he deal with these difficulties? Read Paragraph 2 carefully and solve the problems . He discovered and named about 1,370 new plant species. He met many difficulties. For example, he became seriously ill while doing field work in Yunnan and nearly died. He also lost sight in his right eye at the age of 83. Though nearly died, he never stopped his work. After losing sight in his right eye, he didn't let anybody know and used a magnifier to carry on with his research for another 10 years. 1.What award did he receive? 2. How did he treat his award and achievements? Read Paragraph 3 carefully and solve the problems . He received the First Class Award of the National Natural Science Award twice. He hardly mentioned his award. For him, the award belonged to the team, and he was just doing his job. He was always quiet about his achievements. What does Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony tell about Wang Wencai? Read Paragraph 4 carefully and solve the problems . It softly told people about his lifelong exploration and love of nature. Retell the text . Plants for life: Wang Wencai took his interest in nature all the way to ¹________. He made ²________ his life. Achievements • He ³________ about 1,370 new plant species in China. • He received the First Class Award of the National Natural Science Award ⁴________. Spirit He explored China's plants with ⁵________. • He ⁶________ while doing field work in Yunnan, but he never stopped his work. • He lost sight in his right eye, but he still ⁷________ his research for another 10 years. He seldom cared about ⁸________. • To him, the National Natural Science Award belonged to ⁹________. • For a long time, even his granddaughter ¹⁰________ about his achievements. 答案：1. the fields 2. plants 3. discovered and named 4. twice 5. great passion and hard work 6. fell seriously ill 7. carried on with 8. personal honour or wealth 9. the team 10. had no idea Work in pairs 1. What does the writer mean by “made plants his life”? 2. What does “quiet about” mean? 3.Which expression in the passage has a similar meaning? 4. Why does the writer mention “the seasons” in the last paragraph? The writer means that plants were the most important part of Wang Wencai's life.He spent his whole life studying plants. It means "not saying anything about". These expressions have a similar meaning: "didn't let anybody know" and "hardly mentioned it". The writer mentions "the seasons" to show that Wang Wencai was closely connected with the natural world. Think and share. 1. What does the title of the passage mean ? 2.What words will you use to describe Wang Wencai ? The title means that plants are important in Wang Wencai's life. It also suggests that Wang spent his whole life studying plants. I will use the words "hard-working", "humble" and "respectable" to describe Wang Wencai. He was hard-working because he spent over 70 years studying plants and kept working even when he was seriously sick or lost sight in one eye. He was humble because he did not care about personal honour or wealth and hardly talked about his achievements. He was respectable because he made great contributions to science and loved nature all his life. What did you learn? Share your ideas with the class . "Devote your life to exploring the frontiers of education; this is the spirit of a true scholar." 毕生深耕教育沃土，这是真正学者的风骨。 English Proverb Thank you! Goodbye! $