人教版新课标高中英语（选修9）课件-Unit4课件 Reading.pptVIP

3. French Catholic missionaries were beginning to set themselves up in China by the middle of the 18th century. 4. After Father d’Incarville died, some Tree of Heaven seeds were sent to England. F Banks, together with James Cook, collected many examples of plants in Australia. 6. Keeping plants alive during long land or sea voyage was very difficult, which caused the Wardian Case to be invented. 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 * How much do you know about plants? Did you know that: 1. some plants do not have flowers? 2. some plants have roots that live in the air? 3. some plants eat meat? 4. some plants need animals to pollinate them? 5. some plants grow on other plants? 6. plants are adapted to live in specific environments? 7. people buy plants that come from other countries for their gardens? 8. a new plant does not always grow from a seed? Special plants Do you have a courtyard or some pot plants on your balcony? Do you know where these plants come from? Are they Chinese plants or do they come from another country? When you last visited a public garden, did you look at the individual plants there? Were there any plants from other countries? Dr Nathaniel Ward The Wardian case Robert Fortune (1812-1880) represented the Horticultural Society of London (now the Royal Horticultural Society) as a collector in China shortly after the Treaty of Nanjing had brought the Opium War to a close