1. 1. He wished to forget everything associated with his former life. 2.It is a mainly dry country with only a few coastal areas that have adequate rainfall to support a large population. 3.The storm was responsible for most of the damage of the crops. 4.I soon spotted what the mistake was. 5.The children are in desperate need of love and attention. 6. Look over there-----there is a very long, winding path leading up to the house.

2. 7. 出于兴趣学英语是很重要的。 P52 8. 他把他的成功归因于勤奋，耐心和决心。 9. 中国是一个古老的国家拥有大量的人口。 (with) 10. 东营以它温和的气候，明亮的阳光，丰 富的自然资源而著名。 11. 读英语杂志是学英语的一个很好的方法。 12. 第一件你应该干的事情是尽快的结识她。

3. I. Fast Reading

4. 1.What is the main idea of the nine parts? Part 1.The _____of plant collecting expedition. Part 2. It was not until__________ that …. Part 3. An important group of collectors were… Part 4. Sir Joseph Banks Part 5….was an enormous challenge. Part 6. an invention----glass container Part 7. Robert Fortune used Wardian cases. Part 8. _______was a very important period of plant exploration. Part 9.European botanists were interested in______.

5. II. Careful Reading

7. 1. multiple choice 1)According to the text, plant exploration refers to______. A. the research of plants in Europe B. the Europeans on expeditions to collect plants C. the French missionaries on expeditions to collect plants D. the Europeans collecting exotic plants secretly in other countries

8. 2) The first plant collecting expedition was made by______. A. French Catholic missionaries B. Sir Joseph Banks C. Egyptians D. Dr Nathaniel Ward 3)What was the biggest challenge for a plant collector at that time? A. Diseases that he/she might come across B. Conflicts with local people C. How to keep plants alive D. The fluency of the language

9. 4) Which of the following is True? A. Sir Joseph accompanied Robert Fortune on his first voyage from England to Oceania. B. In 1833, not all the plants shipped by Ward survived the six month journey. C. Robert Fortune was the earliest plant collectors to use Wardian cases. D. A successful tea industry was established.

10. 5) We can infer from the text that_____ A. the Egyptians collected many new plants and took them back to Egypt. B. no plants could survive the long voyage before the Wardian case was invented. C. the Europeans didn’t have free movement in China in the mid 19th century. D. Fortune made a lot of money by doing tea business in India.

11. Important Points

12. 1. Many ancient civilizations saw the value of… 2. The first plant collecting expedition recorded in history was around 1500BC… 3.However, it was not until the ….that the exploration of the botanical world began on a large scale. The exploration of the botanical world didn’t begin on a large scale until eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 4. 对 … 感兴趣： become interested in/take great interest in 他对澳大利亚危险的生物很感兴趣。

13. He takes great interest in Australia’s dangerous creatures. 5. 抓住做某事的机会： take/catch/seize the opportunity of doing sth 你应该抓住体验它的独一无二的生态的机会。 You should take the opportunity of experiencing its unique ecology. 6. set sb up 立业，做事 7.The purpose of the trip for Banks was to record the plant and animal life they came across. 8.Banks collected vast quantities of plants in the land now known as Australia.

14. 9.The world of plant exploration was completely changed with Dr Nathaniel Ward’s invention … His fingers were numb with cold. 10. This invention, called the Wardian case, allowed plants to be transported on long journeys. 11. He made several trips to China between 1843 and 1859. make a trip to sp 12.Not only did Fortune introduce over 120 species of plants to Western gardens but he also shipped 20,000 tea plants from Shanghai to India, where a successful tea industry was established.

15. not only…but also… 前后连接两个句子时， not only 后的句子要用部分倒装，但 but also 后的分句 不用倒装。如： Not only does the sun give us light but also it gives us heat. Not only is this young man clever but also he is hardworking. 13. They valued the study of the natural sciences and many of the missionaries knew a lot about plants and animals. 14. result in 15. were very excited with the knowledge that China had a vast variety of plants…