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Period Three Developing ideas
Task 1: Fast Reading
Task 2: Careful Reading
( )1.What is the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
A.Marco Polo spent most of his time studying plants.
B.There are some legends about talking trees.
C.In the movie Avatar, trees can save people.
D.New research has revealed that plants appear to be able to communicate.
( )2.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A.All the plants can make noises with their roots.
B.Only chilli plants can tell if a neighbouring plant is helpful or unfriendly.
C.When some plants make clicking noises, perhaps they suggest drought is coming.
D.People can’t hear the noise created by plants because they can’t use sound to communicate with them.
( )3.What’s the author’s attitude towards the future of research about the secret language of plants?
A.Concerned. B.Indifferent.
C.Doubtful. D.Optimistic.
( )4.What can you infer from the passage?
A.After learning the secret language of plants, we can stop using all the pesticides.
B.The wood wide web was actually established by humans.
C.One day, a tree may make its intentions clear to us through communication.
D.“Firewall” has been created to prevent plants from being attacked and robbed.
Task 3: Micro-writing
Diverse plants do have their own ways 1. (communicate) with each other. The main purpose for this is 2. (help) each other out and warn nearby plants of approaching dangers, such as 3. (insect) so that they can take appropriate action.
One method they use is to release 4. (visible) chemicals into the air. Other plants can then detect these chemicals and know to defend 5. (they), or ask for help.
Another method is to use sound to communicate but people can’t hear these sounds. Some plants make noises 6. their roots, such as chilli and corn plants. They also “listen” to the noises from other plants. Take chilli plants 7. example. A chilli plant can tell if a neighbouring plant is helpful, or unfriendly. Besides, some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water, 8. (indicate) drought is on the road.
Moreover, plants can talk with each other with the help of the “wood wide web”, which 9. (link) underground by fungi. 10. (use) this amazing system of communication, plants can share information and even food with each other.
1.link v.把……联系起来;连接 n.联系;连接
(教材P76)Most surprisingly of all,plants have an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest.
最令人惊讶的是,植物有一个惊人的交流系统,可以把森林里几乎所有的植物联系起来。
(1)link…to/with 把……和……连接/联系起来
be linked to/with sth 与……连接/相关联
(2)a link between…and…/with sth
……和……之间的联系/和……的联系
【活学活用】
写作金句
①I came to realise
.
我认识到我奶奶的厨艺和她对家人的爱之间有着紧密的联系。(读后续写之情感描写)
②There is no denying that a student’s academic achievements their study habits and dedication to learning.
不可否认,学生的学业成绩与他们的学习习惯和学习投入密切相关。(读后续写之文末总结句)
2.prevent vt.预防;阻止,阻挡
(教材P76)Perhaps one day scientists will learn how to create a “firewall” to help prevent these attacks within the wood wide web.
也许未来某一天,科学家们会研究出建造“防火墙”的方法来阻止树维网中的这些攻击。
(1)prevent/stop/keep…from…
阻止/防止……做某事
protect…from/against… 保护……免受……伤害
(2)prevention n. 阻止,妨碍;预防
[温馨提示] prevent/stop…from…中的from可以省略, keep…from…中的from不能省略。但在被动结构中, from均不可省略。
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①[译林版选必二U3] …they believe genome editing is an effective means of disease treatment and (prevent).
②Due to the security alert, the public was prevented entering the building until further notice.
(2)写作金句
[2022·新高考全国Ⅰ卷] David had a brain disease like other children. (定语从句;prevent)
戴维患有脑部疾病,无法像其他孩子一样走路或跑步。(读后续写之人物描写)
(教材P74)Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India.
据说亚历山大大帝和马可·波罗在印度曾经遇到过一棵这样的树。
Sb is said to do/have done sth.
句型公式
【归纳拓展】
(1) “Sb is said to do/have done sth.”句型, 意为“据说……”,其中不定式有时态和语态的变化。
sb+be+过去分词+
(2)用于本句型的动词还有think,believe,expect,report,consider,suppose等。该结构相当于“It is+过去分词+that…”, 两句式可以相互转化。
【活学活用】
(1)单句填空
①[上外版选必一U2] …the haircut is believed (increase) productivity, encourage focus on studies, and promote personal cleanliness.
②Zhang Sanfeng was said (invent) tai chi after drawing inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird.
(2)写作金句
→ a new species of plant recently.
→The research team a new species of plant recently.
据报道,研究小组近来发现了一种新的植物。(应用文写作之自然生态)
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Period Three Developing ideas
【课前自主探究】
Task 1:Fast Reading
1.communicate 2.ways 3.plants
Task 2:Careful Reading
1—4 DCDC
Task 3:Micro-writing
1.to communicate 2.to help 3.insects 4.invisible
5.themselves 6.with 7.for 8.indicating 9.is linked
10.Using
【语言知识梳理】
词汇点睛
1.①there was a close link between my grandmother’s cooking skills and her love for the family ②are closely linked with/to
2.(1)①prevention ②from (2)which prevented him (from) walking or running
句型透视
(1)①to increase ②to have invented (2)It is reported that the research team has discovered; is reported to have discovered
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