5-2Unit5LearningfromnatureUnderstandingideas（教学课件）高中英语外研版选择性必修第三册一.pptxVIP

Unit5Learningfromnature

(Understandingideas)

LearningObjectives

Afterthelass,wewillbeableto:

knowthestructureandmainideaofthispassage.

acquirethekeyinformationaboutthethreebui

ispnreuroyAtray

talkaboutthemostimpressiveoneinthethreebuildings

andthereasons.

thinkabouttherelationshipbetweenhumanandnature.

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Leadin

Letnature

beyourteacher.

WilliamWordsworth

algae(藻类)

TheAlgaeHouse

termitemound

(白蚁丘)

TheEastgateCentre

ArtScienceMuseum,Singapore

Peoplewhoseinterestisexploringtherelationshipbetweenartandscience

willenjoySingaporesArtScienceMuseum.Thebuildingwasdesignedtoshowtheconnectionbetweennatureandthemoderncityenvironmentinwhichit

sits.Shapedtoresemblealotusflower,itappearstofloatabovethewaterfrontpromenadeandthewaterthatsurroundsit.Itsroofcollectsrainwaterand

channelsit35metresdowntoawaterfallinthecentreofthespace.Thewateristhenrecycledthroughthebuildingsplumbingsystem.Visitorsareoften

amazedtofindthemselvesinanurbanbuildingthatsotrulycapturesthebeautyofnaturalforms.

TheEastgateCentre,Harare

HararesEastgateCentreisasuperbexampleofbiomimicry.Tousebiomimicryistocreatestructuresbasedonnaturalformsandprocesses.Zimbabwean

architectMickPearcewasinspiredtocreatetheCentrewhilewatchinganaturedocumentaryinwhichtermiteswereconstructingtheirnests.Theinsectsbuilt

moundscoveredinlittleholesdesignedtoallowairtomovefreelyinandoutofthemounds.Inasimilarway,theEastgateCentrehasa“skin”coveredin

holes.Duringtheday,warmairisdrawnintothebuildingthroughtheholes,coolingasitreachesthemiddleofthebuilding.Atnight,theheatabsorbedbythewallduringthedaywarmsthecoolair,creatingacomfortabletemperatureinside.Thedesignreducestheneedfortraditionalairconditioningandheating