广东省广州市培才高级中学高考英语复习课件：新人教选修9Unit4Exploringplants-Reading（共45张）.ppt

7. Robert Fortune introduced over 120 species of plants to Western Gardens, because he could easily travel everywhere in China. 8. During the second half of the 19th century, many Catholic missionaries were sent to China, and they collected many seeds of plants, which were sent back to France. F Read the text carefully and match each person to the thing he did. 1. Father d’Incarville 2. Sir Joseph Banks 3. Dr Nathaniel Ward 4. Father Farges 5. Robert Fortune 6. E H Wilson b f d c e a a. collected lots of seeds of the Dove Tree b. sent Tree of Heaven seeds to England c. sent the seeds of the Dove Tree back to France d. shipped two cases of British plants to Sydney e. shipped 20,000 tea plants to India f. collected vast quantities of plants in Australia Detailed reading: Try to get the main idea of each paragraph: Para 1: explains when plant collecting began. Para 2: describes when and where plant collecting began on a large scale by Europeans. Para 3: talks about French Catholic missionaries who collected plants in China in the 18th century. Para 4: is about the famous British plant collector, Sir Joseph Banks, who collected many new plants in Australia. Para 5: explains the problems of keeping plants alive on long trips. Para 6: describes an experiment carried out by Dr Nathaniel Ward who invented a glass case in which to transport plants on long journeys. Para 8: is about Father Farges, a French Catholic missionary who collected plants in China in the 19th century. Para 7: is about Robert Fortune, a British plant collector who made several trips to China in the 19th century. Para 9: Describes how many European plant collectors, such as E H Wilson, went to China so that new plants could be introduced to gardens in the West. Structure: Part I: Para1-2 the beginning of plant collecting Part II: Para3-4 the exploration of plants in the 18th century Part III: Para 5-7 the invention and use of Wardian case Part IV: Para 8-9 the e