Unit 5 Revealing nature第三课时 Developing ideas & Presenting ideasⅠ.词汇初探1．myth n. 神话2．legend n. 传奇；传说3 ． detect v ． 发 现 ； 察 觉 → detective adj. 侦 探 的 ； n. 侦 探 ， 警 探→detection n. 侦查；探测4．wasp n. 黄蜂5．pesticide n. 杀虫剂；农药6．root n. 根7．link v. 把……联系起来；连接8．fungus n. 真菌→fungal adj. 真菌的Ⅱ.短语互译1．毕竟；终究 after_all 2．把……赶走 drive_away 3. 少量的 tiny_amounts_of 4．和；也 as_well_as5．communicate with 和……交流 6．in some ways 在某些方面 7．steal...from 从……偷 8．call for help 呼救 Ⅲ.经典句式1．Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to_have_visited such a tree in India.(P56)据说亚历山大大帝和马可·波罗在印度见到过这样一棵树。2．It appears that plants can communicate after all.(P56)似乎植物可以交流。3．Scientists hope to learn more about this plant warning system, so_that we can use it to grow crops without pesticides. (P56)科学家们希望更多地了解这种植物预警系统，以便我们能够利用它来种植不用杀虫剂的作物。4．Using the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other.(P57)利用树联网，植物可以彼此共享信息甚至食物。5．Maybe one day we will know enough about plant communication to_be_able to “talk”with them ourselves. (P57)也许有一天，我们会对植物的交流有足够的了解，能够自己和它们“交谈”。Ⅳ.语篇理解StepⅠ.Read the text on Page 56—57 and choose the best answers.1．Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage?A．Many cultures have stories of talking trees. B ． Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree. C．Trees can communicate with animals and people in some modern stories.D．We used to believe that there were talking trees.答案：D2 ． Modern research shows plants can communicate using something except _____...
