Reading A

1. Do you like plants?

2. What is your favorite plants?

Warm-up

Let me show you some of my favourite. Do you know how to call them?

tulip bamboo trees

Plants are a part of our world. They are like our friends. They make our world more beautiful.

3. Can you guess what we will read today?

Plants.

Some strange plants.

Warm -up

Let’s get to know some unusual plants.不寻常的

The The Venus Venus FlytrapFlytrap

cactucactuss

The The Giant Giant

RedwooRedwood d treetree

It is a dangerous plant , it will eat some inserts ,such as flies. It has sentitive leavesWhich work as traps.If you touch It ,it will shut at once .

A fly

1.weild 不寻常的 2.bodyguard 保镖

3.fly 苍蝇

4.sensitive 感觉敏锐的

5. trap 陷阱

6.shut 关闭

7.tonne 吨

8.unusual 特别的 , 不寻常的 , 罕见的

9.cactas 仙人掌

New words

New words:New words:

10.desert 沙漠

11.thirsty 口渴的 , 缺水的

12.period 一段时间 , 时期

13.precious 宝贵的 , 珍贵的

14.defend 防御 , 保卫 , 保护

15.fiece 凶猛的 , 凶残的

16.approach 靠近 , 接近

17.reward 奖励 , 回报

18.branch 树枝

A1 Look at the title, the pictures and the introduction and choose answers to the following questions.

1. What does this passage talk about?

a. Films. b. Plants.2. How do all of them look like?

a. Strange. b. Huge and old.

c. Hungry and thirsty.

Pre-reading

While-reading—Fast read and match the description with plants.

Description

Plant

1. It is very big and

high.

2. It kills insects.

3. It lives in deserts

and

is always thirsty

4. It has ants as its

bodyguards.

Venus

flytrap

Giant

Redwood

cactus

Acacia

tree

Description Plant

5. It has sharp leaves.

6. It is dangerous for

flies.

7. It first appeared in the

Americas.

8. Its sensitive leaves

can shut very quickly.

Venus flytrap

Acacia tree

cactus

Venus flytrap

A4 Read the passage again and decide whether the statements are T (True) or F (False).

1 The Venus flytrap only kills flies.

2 The Venus flytrap kills insects with

the hairs on its leaves.

3 California has the highest tree on

Earth.

4 The cactus in deserts does not need

a lot of water.

F

F

T

F

While-reading

A4 Read the passage again and decide whether the statements are T (True) or F (False).

5 The ants do not want share the

Acacia tree with other insects or

animals.

6 The Acacia tree is attacked by the

ants.

F

T

Try to finish the blanks.

This is the _____________ This is the _____________

It is a very ___________ It is a very ___________

plant for insects like _____. plant for insects like _____.

It has very _________ leaves It has very _________ leaves

which wok as_______. There are ______ on the which wok as_______. There are ______ on the

leaves. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaves. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the

leaves will______ together immediately. Insects leaves will______ together immediately. Insects

often try to ________ from it, but the plant is often try to ________ from it, but the plant is

much ______ than them. They are quickly much ______ than them. They are quickly

______,and then the plant slowly eats Them.______,and then the plant slowly eats Them.

Venus flytrap.

dangerous

flies

sensitive

traps hairs

shut

escape

faster

caught

What’s the plant called?What’s the plant called?

The big plant is planteThe big plant is plante

d in _________ One Gid in _________ One Gi

ant Redwood there staant Redwood there sta

nds ______ metres hignds ______ metres hig

h. It weighs about two th. It weighs about two t

housand _______. No ohousand _______. No o

ther type of tree grows ther type of tree grows

_______ than the Gian_______ than the Gian

t Redwood.t Redwood.

It’s giant redwood.

California.

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tonnes

higher

What is the plant called?What is the plant called?

It was first found in the _________. It is It was first found in the _________. It is

usually found in _______, but this _______ usually found in _______, but this _______

plant collects up 8 tons of water during plant collects up 8 tons of water during

brief ______ of rain. It brief ______ of rain. It

has very sharp leaves has very sharp leaves

to help protect its to help protect its

________ water.________ water.

It is the cactus.

Americas

deserts

仙人掌

thirsty

periods

precious宝贵的

What is the plant called? What is the plant called?

It is planted in ______________.It is planted in ______________.

It is ________ by armies of It is ________ by armies of

____. ____. The _______ ants attack The _______ ants attack

any any other insects or animals which other insects or animals which

_________ , and even destroy other trees _________ , and even destroy other trees

which grow nearby. The tree gives “_______ ” which grow nearby. The tree gives “_______ ”

to these ants, like special _________ to live in to these ants, like special _________ to live in

and plenty of food to eat.and plenty of food to eat.

It is a special kind of Acacia tree. 金合欢树

South America

defended

fierce

approach

ants

rewards

branches

Useful expressions:

1. 两千吨

2. 在短期

3. 密切的关系

4. 大量的食物

5. 收集

6. 被保护

two thousand tonnes

during brief periods of

close relationship(s)

plenty of food

collect up

be defended by

Useful expressions:

7 从…中逃脱 escape from

8. 一些… 另一些 some …others

9. 大量的 plenty of

Post-readingGroup-work: oral practise

Describe one of the plants we learned today to your group. Your can use the picture to help you.

cactucactuss

The The Giant Giant Redwood Redwood

treetree

The The Venus Venus FlytrapFlytrap Acacia tree

见学案

(1) Write a short passage to talk

about one of the four strange

plants.

(2) Finish the Exercise paper 。