reading a. 1. do you like plants? 2. what is your favorite plants? warm-up let me show you some of...
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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.
84
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 。