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●Captain Cook made ________voyages altogether around the world.

A.one B.two C.three D. fourC .Intensive-reading questions: (5-10minutes)( ppt. is better for students to understand)

What were the goals of James Cook’s first voyage around the world?

Key: three goals: the first goal was to observe the planet Venus when it passed across the sun. This would get the astronomers to have a chance to work out the distance between the earth and the sun. The second goal was to record, classify and describe all plants and animal life observed during the trip. The third goal was that Captain Cook was given secret instructions to search for an unknown southern continents.

Step 3 Listening

How many people are mentioned in the passage? Who were they?

Carl Linnaeus

Daniel Solander

Joseph Banks

Captain Cook

Step 4 Exercises

1.Before Linnaeus, botany was ________.

A.studied by doctors B.unknown to anyone

C.fully developed D.a branch of medicine

2. Some economic species plants such as____could help to develop local economies.

A.rose and peony B.tea and apple

C.cocoa and hemp D.Cocoa and lemon

3. It was ____ who made Kew(地方名) a centre of scientific and economic research.

A.Joseph Banks B.Captain Cook

C.Linnaeus D. Daniel Solander

4.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

5.Captain Cook made ___voyages altogether around the world.http://www.dakao8.com/

A.one B.two C.three D.four

Step 5 Post reading

1.Why was Karl Linnaeus important to the history of botany as a science?

Because his idea of grouping plants in families was ______. The identification of different species was based on the arrangement ofthe female and male organs in the flowers.

2.How did scientists classify plants before Linnaeus?They classified plants into _____ and herds according to the shape of the _____ and whether they had flowers or not.

3 What were the goals of James Cook’s first voyage around the world?

There are _____. First ,it was to study the passing of the planet Venus. Second,it was to record and classify all plant and animal life. Third, it was to search for unknown southern land.

4 Why did Banks have to supply his own money to equip part of the expedition?

Because the __________ would not pay for all the equipment and expenses.5 What did Banks do in his later life?

He was involved in enterprise exploration of Africa and settlement of Australia. He developed a

great botanical _______ and so on.

Step 6 Language points

P1.

1. according to 根据 2. whether they have flowers or not 是否3. at first sight. 第一眼,乍看

4. make attempt to do sth 尝试着做…

e.g. He made no attempt to take a medical degree.

We failed in our attempt to climb the mountain.

5. classify …. into 把..编排,分类

e.g. Children in school are classified into grades.

Eggs are classified according to the size.

6. group plants in families ( 动植物的)科

We can group animals into several types.

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