牛津版高中英语选修9Unit4 Exploring plants ppt.ppt

Warming up Sunflower Reading: What happened in these years? Complete the sentences. 1 In l5OO BC, the Queen of Egypt sent ships to gather plants, animals and other goods. 2 In the 1740s, a French Catholic missionary called Father dIncarville was sent to Beijing. 3 In1751,some Tree of Heaven seeds arrived in England. 4 In1769,Sir Joseph Banks collected vast quantities of plants in the land now known as Australia 5 In 1784, the Tree of Heaven was introduced into North America. 6 In 1833, Nathaniel Ward used two special cases that he had invented to ship British plants to Sydney,Australia. 7 Between 1843 and 1859, a British plant collector Robert Fortune. made several trips to China 8 During the second half of the nineteenth century, many Catholic missionaries were sent to China from France. 9 In 1897, a French Plant collector Father Farges. sent seeds of the Dover Tree from China to France. 10 In 1899, a Plant collector, E H Wilson. collected a large quantity of the seeds of the Dove Tree in China. 1. Collecting “exotic” plants, as they are called, dates back to the earliest times. (Reading Para.1) 【解析】date back to从现在追溯到过去某时，相当于date from或go back to。 【考查方向】考查date back to短语作谓语的情况。因“追溯”是从现在算起指向过去，所以改动词的时态通常用一般现在时，没有被动语态。 【考题预测】His interest in stamp collecting his school days. A. is dated from B. dates back to C. is dated back to D. dates 【点拨】date back to(date from)无被动形式，而date作动词表示“写上日期”，与句意不符，故选B。 2. Brave young men took the opportunity of going on botanical expeditions, often facing many dangers including disease, near-starvation, severe environments and conflicts with the local people. (Reading Para.2) 【解析1】动词-ing短语often facing many dangers including disease, near-starvation, severe environments and conflicts with the local people作谓语took the opportunity的伴随状语。 【考查方向】非谓语动词的考测。现在分词短语作伴随状语，它同句子的主语构成逻辑上的主谓关系，并且和句子谓语动作几乎是同时发生。 【真题再现】We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, _______ that all children like