1. Advanced English for Plant Biologists Miloš Barták Department of Plant Physiology and Anatomy Institute of Experimental Biology Masaryk University, Brno March 2013

2. What is the country ? http://robertjenner.redbubble.com/sets/18099/works/3858612-5-banksia-coccinea, images.mooseyscountrygarden.com, http://www.infovek.sk/predmety/biologia/metodicke/borovicovite/index.php http://robertjenner.redbubble.com/sets/18099/works/3858612-5-banksia-coccinea, images.mooseyscountrygarden.com, http://www.infovek.sk/predmety/biologia/metodicke/borovicovite/index.php http://robertjenner.redbubble.com/sets/18099/works/3858612-5-banksia-coccinea Banksia coccinea

3. What is the country ? http://www.clker.com/clipart-9209.html, http://www.123rf.com/photo_6110493_map-of-norway-isolated-on-white-background.html, http://www.clker.com/clipart-map-of-venezuela.html, http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-54445213/stock-vector-map-in-colors-of-venezuela.html, http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-7548577/stock-photo-detailed-map-of-kenya-black-and-white-mercator-projection.html, http://www.canstockphoto.com/kenya-map-flag-4005324.html http://www.clker.com/clipart-9209.htmlhttp://www.123rf.com/photo_6110493_map-of-norway-isolated-on-white-background.html http://www.clker.com/clipart-map-of-venezuela.htmlhttp://www.shutterstock.com/pic-54445213/stock-vector-map-in-colors-of-venezuela.html http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-7548577/stock-photo-detailed-map-of-kenya-black-and-white-mercator-projection.html

4. What is the country ? www. mapsofworld.com, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1355562/Ukraine-flag-of, www.readux.net, http://www.33ff.com/flags/worldflags/Ireland_flag.html, http://belizephonecard.com/Belize/belizeflag.htm, http://www.tundria.com/WebDirs/museums- nat.shtml www. mapsofworld.com, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1355562/Ukraine-flag-of, www.readux.net, http://www.33ff.com/flags/worldflags/Ireland_flag.html, http://belizephonecard.com/Belize/belizeflag.htm, http://www.tundria.com/WebDirs/museums- nat.shtmlhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1355562/Ukraine-flag-ofwww.readux.net http://www.33ff.com/flags/worldflags/Ireland_flag.html http://belizephonecard.com/Belize/belizeflag.htmhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1355562/Ukraine-flag-ofwww.readux.net http://www.33ff.com/flags/worldflags/Ireland_flag.html http://belizephonecard.com/Belize/belizeflag.htm Belize

5. Vocabulary related to plants

6. What is the plant name ? http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-friendly/best-living-christmas-trees-00400000058922/page3.html, http://quotes-stories.blogspot.com/2010/09/lotus- beautiful-flower-with-message_11.html, http://vegangeneration.com/?page_id=340, http://asminhasimbambas.blogspot.com/2008/04/namibe-desert-and- welvitchia-mirabilis.html, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mirabilis/?page=2 http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-friendly/best-living-christmas-trees-00400000058922/page3.html, http://quotes-stories.blogspot.com/2010/09/lotus- beautiful-flower-with-message_11.html, http://vegangeneration.com/?page_id=340, http://asminhasimbambas.blogspot.com/2008/04/namibe-desert-and- welvitchia-mirabilis.html, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mirabilis/?page=2 http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-friendly/best-living-christmas-trees-00400000058922/page3.htmlhttp://quotes-stories.blogspot.com/2010/09/lotus- beautiful-flower-with-message_11.htmlhttp://vegangeneration.com/?page_id=340http://asminhasimbambas.blogspot.com/2008/04/namibe-desert-and- welvitchia-mirabilis.html http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-friendly/best-living-christmas-trees-00400000058922/page3.htmlhttp://quotes-stories.blogspot.com/2010/09/lotus- beautiful-flower-with-message_11.htmlhttp://vegangeneration.com/?page_id=340http://asminhasimbambas.blogspot.com/2008/04/namibe-desert-and- welvitchia-mirabilis.html

7. Describe as many items as possible. Source stockphotos.cz Source stockphotos.cz Does this fit ? PE foil hydroponics mulch substrate

8. What do you think you are looking at? Butterfly Park, Penang Butterfly Park, Penang http://cwwongphotography.blogspot.com/2011/02/ http://cwwongphotography.blogspot.com/2011/02/ an insect a butterfly an arthropod an octopus a flower a curtain The answer is coming …

9. Forest canopy http://www.whrc.org/ecosystem/boreal/fieldmeasurements.html http://www.whrc.org/ecosystem/boreal/fieldmeasurements.html Fish-eye photography Hemispherical photo Litter decomposition rate Evapotranspiration Man-made ecosystem Leaf area index Stem projection area

10. Plant Biochemistry

11. This is a typical part of molecule of … Source of photos: http://www.vicnezzdravi.cz/chlorofyl-info/, http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/6972/view, http://m.eb.com/assembly/121614,http://www.vicnezzdravi.cz/chlorofyl-info/http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/6972/viewhttp://m.eb.com/assembly/121614 http://www.svetvitaminu.cz/index.php?k=34&k1=37 AA

12. Plant enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase Are they: Carboxylation enzymes ? Proteolytic enzymes ? Antioxidative enzymes ?

13. Please read and pronounce names of the following enzymes carefully. They are coming… PEPCORUBISCO

14. Finally, some useful abbreviations ABA ABA IAA IAA GA GA ABBA ABBA JA JA MEJA MEJA Ala Ala Asp Asp Leu Leu Gly Gly

15. What is the plant species ? http://www.123rf.com/photo_7803360_tea-garden-in- mountain.htmlhttp://www.123rf.com/photo_7803360_tea-garden-in- mountain.html, http://www.123rf.com/photo_7803360_tea-garden-in- mountain.html

16. Tea picking © : http://www.michaelfreemanphoto.com/media/48ce2be2-26f5-11e0-bd6a-657c5e3d9de8-addabarie-tea-estate © : http://www.michaelfreemanphoto.com/media/48ce2be2-26f5-11e0-bd6a-657c5e3d9de8-addabarie-tea-estate

17. This is a plant species associated with tea. http://www.herbalremedicine.com/herbal-treatment/herbal-remedies-for-sore-eyes.htmlhttp://www.herbalremedicine.com/herbal-treatment/herbal-remedies-for-sore-eyes.html, http://www.herbalremedicine.com/herbal-treatment/herbal-remedies-for-sore-eyes.html http://www.allherbaltea.com/jasmine/http://www.allherbaltea.com/jasmine/, http://www.allherbaltea.com/jasmine/http://mgonline.com/articles/jasmine.aspx

18. Some facts about jasmine Ever had jasmine tea? The Jasmine leaf is a dark olive color with a hint of a floral scent from jasmine. The floral scent is dry with a medium body. It is recommended that you flavor Jasmine tea with a little bit of sweetener. There are about 200 species of jasmine shrubs. The flowers are white or yellow. They have a sweet scent. The scent has been said, to enhance all of your senses so that you have only pleasant thoughts. Jasmine is thought to have healing qualities for depression and it is thought to have relaxing qualities and to help with dry skin.

19. What is your first impression? Source: http://theenglishteablog.wordpress.com/ Source: http://theenglishteablog.wordpress.com/ Where is she from? England, of course.

20. Where is she from? What is a Japan expression for „drining tea“

21. Have you ever had an Earl Grey tea ? Sources: http://www.google.cz/imgres?q=bergamot+oil+%22Earl+Grey+tea%22&um=1&hl=cs&lr=&sa=N&biw=1397&bih=828&tbm=isch&tbnid=- G5f76vAZmprKM:&imgrefurl=http://earlgraytea.net/store/B0007RK3A8/Taylors-Earl-Grey-Tea-Box-50- Bags&docid=W4qoq1DwAhugyM&imgurl=http://earlgraytea.net/img/images/I/41UL%25252BAAM80L.jpg&w=302&h=404&ei=Y_rTTsaCJ4nptQalo7ykDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=725&vpy=375&dur=1031&hovh=260&hov w=194&tx=101&ty=169&sig=112889445280779812368&page=8&tbnh=144&tbnw=105&start=204&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:25,s:204, http://earlgraytea.net/store/B0007RK3A8/Taylors-Earl-Grey- Tea-Box-50-Bags 105&start=204&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:25,s:204

22. What is Bergamot oil ? Bergamot Oil are also know as Bergamot Orange. Bergamot name come from the city Bergamo in Lombardy, Italy, where the oil was invent first. This tree are a member of Rutaceae family. Citrus bergamia (Botanical Name) are widely cultivated in Italy, at present also started in Southern France. Its tree are high approximately three to four meter having star-shaped flowers and smooth leaves, fruit colore are green to yellow. http://www.essentialoilscompany.com/bergamot.htmhttp://www.essentialoilscompany.com/bergamot.htm, http://www.atreyeeimpex.com/essential-oils.html,http://www.atreyeeimpex.com/essential-oils.html http://plantsandoils.hubpages.com/hub/Bergamot-oil-the-health-and-aromatherapy-product-benefits-of-Bergamot-essential-oilhttp://plantsandoils.hubpages.com/hub/Bergamot-oil-the-health-and-aromatherapy-product-benefits-of-Bergamot-essential-oil, http://agroindustriindonesia.blogspot.com/2011/07/orange.htmlhttp://agroindustriindonesia.blogspot.com/2011/07/orange.html, http://www.destination360.com/europe/italy/maphttp://www.destination360.com/europe/italy/map 1 2 3 45 6

23. Little bits of grammar

24. Just fill in a proper term. 1 A......... is a plant. It is yellow and beautiful. (a) sunflower (b) sea cucumber (c) goldfish (d) butterfly

25. A …….. is a plant. It grows best in damp, rainforest areas and doesn't like too much direct sunlight. (a) corn (b) horn (c ) fur (d) fern Just fill in a proper term. 2 Fractal graphics http://www.root.cz/clanky/algoritmus-nahodne-prochazky-rwa-a-deterministicky-algoritmus-dia/

26. …………… is a plant and is often used in salads. (a) lenticel (b) lettuce (c ) lama (d) lemming Just fill in a proper term. 3 Source: www.lemmingfilm.com

27. This tree produces a sweet sap that people pour on pancakes and waffles. The tree species is a ………. (a) Marple (b) marble (c) maple (d) blazer Just fill in a proper term. 4 http://www.omiru.com/index.php/2008/06/30/ae-three-button-blazer/ http://debolina-raja-gupta.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html

28. There are may species of lianas in tropical rainforests of the World. Plant ecologists rank them into the group of ……….. (a) gliders (b) riders (c ) clovers (d) climbers Just fill in a proper term. 5

29. Conversation Unexpected turn in local weather. Unexpected turn in local weather. Gardening is (is not) my favourite activity. Gardening is (is not) my favourite activity. Topic according to your choice Topic according to your choice

30. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your attention