Download Advanced English for Plant Biologists

Advanced English
for Plant Biologists
Miloš Barták
Department of Plant Physiology and Anatomy
Institute of Experimental Biology
Masaryk University, Brno
March 2013
What is the country ?
Banksia coccinea
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http://robertjenner.redbubble.com/sets/18099/works/3858612-5-banksia-coccinea, images.mooseyscountrygarden.com,
http://www.infovek.sk/predmety/biologia/metodicke/borovicovite/index.php
What is the country ?
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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
What is the country ?
Belize
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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/museumsnat.shtml
Vocabulary related to
plants
What is the plant name ?
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http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-friendly/best-living-christmas-trees-00400000058922/page3.html, http://quotes-stories.blogspot.com/2010/09/lotusbeautiful-flower-with-message_11.html, http://vegangeneration.com/?page_id=340, http://asminhasimbambas.blogspot.com/2008/04/namibe-desert-andwelvitchia-mirabilis.html, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mirabilis/?page=2
Describe as
many items as
possible.
Does this fit ?
• PE foil
• hydroponics
• mulch
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Source stockphotos.cz
• substrate
What do you think you are looking at?
• an insect
• a butterfly
• an arthropod
• an octopus
• a flower
• a curtain
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The answer is coming …
Butterfly Park, Penang
http://cwwongphotography.blogspot.com/2011/02/
Forest canopy
Fish-eye photography
Hemispherical photo
Litter decomposition rate
Evapotranspiration
Man-made ecosystem
Leaf area index
Stem projection area
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http://www.whrc.org/ecosystem/boreal/fieldmeasurements.html
Plant Biochemistry
This is a typical part of
molecule of …
AA
Source of photos: http://www.vicnezzdravi.cz/chlorofyl-info/, http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/6972/view, http://m.eb.com/assembly/121614,
http://www.svetvitaminu.cz/index.php?k=34&k1=37
Plant enzymes
superoxide dismutase,
catalase,
ascorbate peroxidase,
glutathione reductase
Are they:
Carboxylation enzymes ?
Proteolytic enzymes ?
Antioxidative enzymes ?
Please read and pronounce
names of the following
enzymes carefully.
They are coming…
PEPCO
RUBISCO
Finally, some useful
abbreviations
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ABA
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MEJA
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IAA
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Ala
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GA
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Asp
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ABBA
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Leu
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JA
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Gly
What is the plant species ?
http://www.123rf.com/photo_7803360_tea-garden-inmountain.html,
Tea picking
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© : http://www.michaelfreemanphoto.com/media/48ce2be2-26f5-11e0-bd6a-657c5e3d9de8-addabarie-tea-estate
This is a plant species
associated with tea.
http://www.herbalremedicine.com/herbal-treatment/herbal-remedies-for-sore-eyes.html,
http://www.allherbaltea.com/jasmine/,
http://mgonline.com/articles/jasmine.aspx
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.
What is your
first impression?
Where is she
from?
England,
of course.
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Source: http://theenglishteablog.wordpress.com/
Where is she from?
What is a Japan expression for
„drining tea“
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-50Bags&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
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.
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http://www.essentialoilscompany.com/bergamot.htm, http://www.atreyeeimpex.com/essential-oils.html,
http://plantsandoils.hubpages.com/hub/Bergamot-oil-the-health-and-aromatherapy-product-benefits-of-Bergamot-essential-oil,
http://agroindustriindonesia.blogspot.com/2011/07/orange.html, http://www.destination360.com/europe/italy/map
Little bits of grammar
Just fill in a proper term.
A ......... is a plant. It is yellow and
beautiful.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
sunflower
sea cucumber
goldfish
butterfly
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Just fill in a proper term.
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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
Fractal graphics
http://www.root.cz/clanky/algoritmus-nahodne-prochazky-rwa-a-deterministicky-algoritmus-dia/
Just fill in a proper term.
…………… is a plant and is often used in
salads.
(a) lenticel
(b) lettuce
(c ) lama
(d) lemming
Source: www.lemmingfilm.com
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Just fill in a proper term.
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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
http://www.omiru.com/index.php/2008/06/30/ae-three-button-blazer/
http://debolina-raja-gupta.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
Just fill in a proper term.
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
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Conversation
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Unexpected turn in local weather.
Gardening is (is not) my favourite
activity.
Topic according to your choice
Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you for your attention