2. Unit4 Green world The Birth of a Science

3. What would the passage be about? What does “the science” refer to ?

4. Listening and scanning: 1. How many people are mentioned in the passage? 2.What are the relationships between them ?

5. Carl Linnaeus: a botanist…develop a system to classify the plants Daniel Solander : student of … Joseph Banks : friend of … Captain Cook: the captain of …

6. 1.Paragraph one of the text mainly tells us ___ ． A ． the importance of botany B ． how to classify plant species into groups C ． Linnaeus’contribution to botany D ． Linnaeus’discoveries about different species

7. 2. Before Linnaeus botany was _____ ． A ． studied by doctors B ． unknown to anyone C ． fully developed D ． a branch of medicine 3. How did people classify plants before Linnaeus?

8. 4. How did Karl Lilinaeus classify the plants? 5. What did Daniel Solander do?

9. Information about Joseph Banks: Born : 1761: 1766 1768 1771 after that 1778- 1820

10. 6. What were the goals of James Cook’s first voyage around the world? 7. Why did Joseph Banks have to supply his own money to equip part of the expedition?

11. Quiz 1.In the sixteenth century, botany was a branch of_______. A. biology B. physics C. astronomy D. medicine Post-reading

12. 2.Which of the following sentences is true? A. Linnaeus’ contribution to science was quite small. B. All of Linnaeus’ idea were completely new. C. Before Linnaeus there was no system to classify plants. D. Linnaeus’s system was simple and clear.

13. 3. Joseph chose a career in science because __________ A.he thought that was a good way of making a living. B. he was interested in botany. C. his father died when he was 18 years old D. he was very wealthy.

14. 4.The members of the Royal Society aboard the Endeavour included_____ A. Joseph Banks and James Gook B. Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks C.James Cook and Daniel Solander D. Daniel Solander and Joseph Banks

15. 5. Joseph Banks' interests lay in ____ A. astronomy and botany B. botany and medicine C. agriculture and botany D. geography and economy

16. Language points 1. group (v.) The children group round the piano. ( ) We can group animals into several types.( ) 2. promote My daughter’s just been promoted! ( ) The organization works to promote friendship between nations. ( ) 集合 归类 提升 促进

17. 3. 向某人提供某物 supply sb. with sth. / supply sth. to sb. provide sb. with sth. / provide sth. for sb. offer sb. sth. / offer sth. to sb. 他们向受灾地区的人们提供了食品援助。 They supplied the people in the flood- stricken area with food aids.

18. 他成为一个卓越的学者，但却牺牲了健康。 4. 由某人负担费用 牺牲, 以 …… 作代价 at one’s expense at the expense of He became a outstanding scholar, but only at the expense of his health.

19. Consolidation Translate the following phrases into English: 1. 详细地 2. 处于支配的地位，负责 3. 由 …… 负责 4. 任命某人为 …… 5. 将 …… 分类成 6. 计算 …… 之间的距离 in detail in charge of in the charge of appoint sb. as classify…into… calculate the distance between…

20. 7. 一代一代传下去 8. 建于 …… 之上；以 …… 为基础 9. 参与 ; 陷入 …… 的活动 10. 根据 ; 视 …… 而定；按照 11. 搜索；寻找 12. 建立友谊 pass on from one generation to the next be based on be involved in according to search for develop friendship with somebody

21. Practice 1. _________ had been made by others to _______ plant species into groups, but the breakthrough ___________ the work of Carl Linnaeus. Attempts classify came with

22. 2. In 1768, the Royal Navy _________ James Cook as the commander of the Endeavor to take members of ________________ on an ___________ to Tahiti. 2. In 1768, the Royal Navy _________ James Cook as the commander of the Endeavor to take members of ________________ on an ___________ to Tahiti. appointed the Royal Society expedition

23. 3. He also _____________ new economic species: plants that could be grown in England or other parts of the world to produce crops that could be sold. 3. He also _____________ new economic species: plants that could be grown in England or other parts of the world to produce crops that could be sold. looked out for 4. Banks was the first to move crops from one continent to another ______ ____________, helping to develop local economies with these new imports. 4. Banks was the first to move crops from one continent to another ______ ____________, helping to develop local economies with these new imports. large scale on a

24. Homework: Read the passage again and try to say something about the birth of botany.