高中英语 Unit4Exploring plants-Listening课件 新人教选修9.pptVIP

Listen to the other students’ reactions to Mark, Gordon and Andrea’s descriptions of the plants. Write down the expressions they use. UNUSUAL PLANT TH: Today Mark, Gordon and Andrea are going to tell us about some unusual plants. Mark, do you want to go first? M: Sure. Today, I want to talk about an insect-eating plant called a pitcher plant. Here’s a photo of it. Look at this part here. It’s shaped like a pitcher. It’s actually a leaf even though it looks like a flower. It’s really clever---the insects are attracted by the sweet smell coming from what they think is a flower. But it’s a trap. Once an insect goes down into the pitcher, it can’t get out as there are small hard hairs pointing downwards that prevent it from escaping. In the end, the insect falls down into a pool of liquid at the bottom of the pitcher and gets digested by the plant. S1: That’s amazing! S2: What fantastic plants! TH: Gordon. G: These are the plants I’m going to talk about. They’re often called “living stones”, but even though they do look a bit like stones, they are in fact plants. S3: Wow! S4: How interesting! G: Their scientific name is Lithops and they come from South Africa and Nambia. The body of a lithops is actually a pair of leaves that have become rounded like a stone. This is because this plant lives in very hot and dry places. When the leaves are shaped like this, not much water is lost from the plant. Another interesting thing about these strange plants is that they’re the same colour and appearance of the soil and stones around it. This makes them less obvious to animal looking for food. TH: Thanks, Gordon. Andrea. A: I’m going to tell you about Rafflesia arnoldii, a plant that has a flower about one metre wide. In fact, it’s the largest flower in the world. Rafflesia arnoldii doesn’t have any leaves, stems or roots. It doesn’t need them as it’s a parasite. It gets this food by living on another plant. You might think that this flower should smell wonderful but it