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.
peony 牡丹
sunflower 向日葵
It comes from North America. Indians there began to grow them some 3000 years ago .
Rose
Roses are best presents to be sent to friends. And it is also very popular to send roses as love signal between young people. Red roses indicate warmth and love and white ones, purity and simplicity（朴实）, blue ones, honesty and sincerity（真挚）.
Can you tell the name of the flower?
Tulip
Tulips are beautiful flowers and people often send them to their friends as presents.
郁金香
the Chinese national flower
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7. Robert Fortune introduced over 120 species of plants to Western Gardens, because he could easily travel everywhere in China. F 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. T
a. 成熟的 a. 腐烂 n. 灌溉 vt. 推迟 a. 典型的 n. 野草；杂草 a. 不鲜明的；阴暗的 v. 发展；进化 n. 纪念碑
Expressions
date back to appeal to attach to give out 追溯到 有吸引力; 呼吁 贴上；附上 发出；分发
How much do you know about plants?
3. French Catholic missionaries were beginning to set themselves up in China by the middle of the 18th century. T 4. After Father d’ Incarville died, some Tree of Heaven seeds were sent to England. F
5. Banks, together with James Cook, collected many examples of plants in Australia. T 6. Keeping plants alive during long land or sea voyage was very difficult, which caused the Wardian Case to be invented. T
Dove Tree
PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CNTURIES
T or F Questions:
1. The plants in our garden grew in China originally. F 2. The American Middle Classes took great interest in collecting new plants during the 18th and 19th centuries. F
Special plants
How do you think plants have traveled from one country to another?
Joseph Banks
Dr Nathaniel Ward
The Wardian case
Robert Fortune (1812-1880)
Unit 4
Words
courtyard exotic distant goods botanist conflict endeavor n. 庭院; 天井 adj. 异国家情调的; 奇异的 adj. 远的; 远处的 n. 货物 n. 植物学家 n. 斗争; 冲突 n. 尽力; 竭力
tight seal container restriction fluency shave thunderstorm pirate appeal
adj. 紧的; 紧密的 vt. 密闭; 密封 n. 容器 n. 限制; 约束 n. 流利; 流畅 vt. & vi. 剃; 刮 n. 雷雨; 雷暴 n. 海盗 vi. 有吸引力; 求助
ripe rot irrigation postpone typical weed dull evolve monument
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.