内容正文:
Developing ideas
The Secret Language of Plants
Lead in
What can plants do? Do you think?
Plants can ___________.
attack
breathe
eat
sleep
move
speak
steal
think
How do they speak?
Why do they speak?
2
Any questions you want to ask?
chemicals
(warning)
a plant
drive insects away
another plant
different
chemicals
release
detect
release
Para. 3
attract -- kill
What are these plants doing? What is the feature of this commounication?
cooperative; strategic
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More surprisingly, plants also use sound to communicate. People can’t hear these sounds, but plants are making them. Some plants make noises with their roots. Corn and chilli plants do this. They also “listen” to the noise from other plants. Corn and A chilli plant can tell if a neighboring plant is helpful, or unfriendly Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water, indicating drought is arriving.
What is the feature of this commounication?
perceptive
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Wood Wide Web
communication among ________in the forest.
the wood wide web is linked
underground by______, which links the roots of__________________ to each other.
share ________________________
with each other.
1. steal_______from each other
2. spread_________to attack
___________.
plants
fungi
different plants
information and even food
food
poison
other plants
system for
how is it linked
enable to do
cybercrime
What is the feature of this commounication?
cooperative &competitive
World Wide Web
Wood Wide Web
system for communication among ________on earth. communication among ________in the forest.
how is it linked a worldwide network of computers linked by ____________________. the wood wide web is linked
underground by______, which links the roots of__________________ to each other.
what is it used for share ________________________
with each other.
cybercrime 1. steal_______from each other
2. spread_________to attack
___________.
humans
plants
cables and satellites
fungi
different plants
information and even food
food
poison
other plants
The differences between “World Wide Web” and “Wood Wide Web”
communicate, entertain and shop...
1. cheat money or information.
2. spread computer virus to attack others’ computer.
How similar the plants’ world is to human’s!
writing technique?
analogy(类比)
Para. 6: Conclusion
According to Para. 6, what is the writer’s attitude towards the scientific research on the secret language of plants?
A. Positive B. Negative C. Neutral D. Indifferent
While-reading:Read for structure
Para. 1-2
introduction
three ways of plant’s communcation
Para. 3-5
Para. 6
Conclusion
W
Topic sentence
Topic sentence
Examples
TA
Q1:Why mention ?
To arouse readers’ interest
What are the topic sentences?
Why does the author use “amazing”?
To arouse readers’ interest
What figure of speech is being used when the plants are described as calling for help? What is its function?
Think share
1. This is like a warning, or a call for help: “ I’m being attacked!”
2. They also ‘listen’ to the noises from other plants.
3. The wood wide web has its own version of ‘cybercrime’.
Personification (拟人) means giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
It can make descriptions more vivid.
修辞手法
Q3:Is the “amazing” research result revealed at once or gradually ?
It has been known for some time that....
More surprisingly,...
Most surprisingly of all,
How does the author make the research result more and more amazing ?
types of communication functions characterisitcs of the communiction
application
?
?
Homework
Useful expressions
myths and legends
release tiny amounts of chemicals
a call for help
detect chemicals
drive away insects
the plant warning system
grow crops without pesticides
making clicking noises
indicate drought is arriving
spread poisons
signal to sb.
神话与传说
释放微量的化学物
呼救(名词短语)
检测到化学物质
赶走昆虫
植物报警系统
种庄稼不用杀虫剂
发出咔哒的声音
暗示干旱即将来临
扩散毒物
向某人示意
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Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India.
Para.1
sb be said to have done
=it is said that sb have done...
据说某人已经做了某事
据说亚历山大大帝和马可.波罗曾在印度已见过一颗这样的树。
while - reading
sb be said to do
=it is said that sb do...
据说某人已经做了某事
With us long __________ that talking plants are fantasy, new research has revealed something amazing: it appears that plants can communicate after all.
Para.2
with 的复合结构,即“with + 宾语 + 宾补(非谓语动词)”
while - reading
believing
This happens when a plant, say a bean plant, gets attacked by insects.
Para.3
“比如”,用于在讨论时举例
while - reading
Key sentences
A chilli plant can tell if a ________ (neighbor) plant is helpful, or unfriendly.
________ the Internet is a worldwide network of computers linked by cables and satellites, the wood wide web is linked underground by fungi.
Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water, ________ (indicate) drought is arriving.
________ (use) the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other.
Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways ________ which plants talk to each other.
When another bean plant detects the chemicals from its ________ (injure) neighbor, it starts to release its own, different chemicals.
neighboring
While
indicating
Using
in
injured
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Think and Share
How do animals communicate with each other? What other ways can you think of?
Animals communicate through touch, chemical signals, dances and other movements, and sounds (songs, roars and chirps).
Give a talk to the class about communication between living things.
Begin with what living things you have chosen to talk about.
Explain how they communicate and give examples.
Conclude by explaining what we have learnt from their behavior.
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