X1U4FunwithscienceReading——Thehumanmicrobiome:aninvisiblemicrouniverseTodescribethebiginfluencesmicroorganismshaveonourbodyandmind;Tostatethesignificanceofexploringthetinyuniverseofthehumanmicrobiome；Toanalysethewritingtechniquesoftheblogpost.Checkyourrecitation1.Wherecanyoufindmicroorganisms?2.Howdoyouthinkmicroorganismsharmorbenefitus?2.Howdoyouthinkmicroorganismsharmorbenefitus?Microorganismsbenefitusinvariousways.Forexample,theyareusedtomakecertainfoodsweenjoylikecheeseandyoghurt.Othersharmusbymakingusilllikethevirusesthatcausethecommoncoldandtheflu.1.Wherecanyoufindmicroorganisms?Asmicroorganismsaresotinyandnumerous,Ithinktheycanbefoundeverywhere.Theyliveinwater,soilandair,andonallobjects.Theyarealsofoundonandinsideourbody.WarmupReadforstructurePara1BlogpostParas2-5TheBodyPara6ConclusionIntroductionWhatisthegenre(體裁)ortypeofthepassage(expositorywriting說明文)?Para.1C.Microorganismsinfluenceourbodyandmindinbigunexpectedways.Para.2B.Theworldofmicroorganismsisfilledwithpossibilitieswaitingtobeexplored.E.Ourmicroorganismscomefromourmotheraswellastheexternalenvironment.D.Microorganismscanbeusedtoimprovehumanhealth.A.Microorganismsinfluenceourphysicalhealth.Para.4Para.3Para.5Para.6F.Microorganismsinfluenceourcognitiveandpsychologicalwell-being.Readfordetailedinformation

2．Whyaren'tweafraidofmicroorganismsinourbodies?A．Becausetheyarefewinnumber.B．Becausethey'renotactive.C．Becausemostofthemaretokeepushealthy.D．Becausetheirstructureissimple.1.Howmanymicroorganismsliveinandonourbody?About39trillion.para1readquietly2．WhichoneisWRONGaboutthesourceofmicroorganismsinthebody?A．Motherspassthemontous.B．Producedinourownbodies.C．Theimpactofforeignmicroorganismsonus.D．Allmicroorganismsstayconstantinourlives.1.Whyarethemicroorganismswereceivefromourmotheressential?

Becauseweneedthemtosurviveandgrow.para2listentothetapepara3Discussanddesignamindmapphysicalhealth()()()impactof()impactof()impactof()para4listentothetapeandfillintheblanksTheinfluenceofmicroorganismsgoes__________physicalhealthtoour________andpsychologicalwell-being.Believeitornot,gutmicroorganismsaffect______wellthebrainfunctions.______scientistsarestillattheearlystagesofuncoveringexactlyhowgutmicroorganismscommunicatewiththebrain,theydoknowthatthebrainandthegut“talk”toeachother.Forexample,whenthebodyisstressed,illorold,somegutmicroorganismsrespondnegatively,__________harmfulsubstances_______mayenterthebrainthroughthebloodstream.Whentheimmunesystem_______thesesubstances,itoftenkillshealthybrainnervecells.Furthermore,gutmicroorganismshelpregulatebrainchemistrywithcertainchemicalstheyproduce,soan__________ofbeneficialandharmfulmicroorganismsinthegutcan_________affectbrainchemistry.Thesegut-brain__________sometimesresultinsuchproblemsasmemorylossand____________.Itisthereforeimportantthatwetakegoodcareofourgutmicroorganismssoas____improveourcognitive_____________andenhanceourpsychologicalhealth.howbeyondWhilecognitivereleasingwhichattacksimbalancenegativelyinteractionsdepressiontocapabilitiesQ1:Thefindingshavegivenrisetoawholenewclassofmedicines.Q2:Wecanimprovetheimmunesystemthroughmicrobiometransplants.Q3:Wehavedevelopedmicrobiomevaccines.Q3:Microbiomevaccinescouldgetridofcurrenthealthissues.

para5readaloudTRUEorFalse?Inthefuture,wemightevenbecapableofdeveloping“microbiomevaccines”√×√√Inthelastparagraph,theauthorusesawritingtechnique—Simile(明喻)?Pleasefindthesentence.Theinvisiblemicrouniverseisfilledwithendlesspossibilitieswaitingtobeexplored,justlikethegreatuniverseoutthere.Theauthorcompares______________________

to_____________.para6theworldofmicrobiometheuniverseCriticalthinkingDescribethebiginfluencesmicroorganismshaveinourdailylife.CriticalthinkingBesidestheinfluencesmicroorganismshaveinthispassage,theycanalsobeusedtocreatefood,dinksandmedicine.

Food:yoghurt,cheese...Drinks:beer.wine...Medicine:probioticdrugs(益生菌藥物),antibiotics(抗生素)Homework:FinishtheexercisesattheendofthebookScienceisa