广东省深圳市九年级英语全册 Chapter 9 The weird world of plants Reading教学课件 牛津深圳版.pptVIP

The weird world of plants * weird adj. 怪异的, 超自然的, 神秘的, 不可思议的, 超乎事理之外的 [口]不可思议的, 离奇的, 古怪的; 超自然的,神秘的, 令人毛骨悚然的 * The weird world The weird world of plants * Be sent to the people we love Produces grains which we eat Be used in building * gingko lichen venus flytrap It is a very, very tiny plant. It is a huge plant, the biggest in the world. It catches and eats insects. It lives for more than 1,000 years. giant redwood * The excerpts are from __________________. The excerpts are about: ___________________. nature films strange living things * 1 Debbie told Simon a lie. 2 Simon enjoyed watching the film. 3 Debbie was surprised when she watched the video. 4 The Venus flytrap catches insects for food. 5 Gingko trees are the oldest trees. * 6 There are many little plants in the seas. 7 There is a plant which grows more slowly than the lichen. 8 California in the USA has the oldest tree in the world. 9 Some trees have ants as their bodyguards. 10 The ants try their best to defend the tree that provides them with a home. * What happens if an insect touches the special leaves of the Venus flytrap? How small can plants be? What plant grows on stones and how long does it take to grow a few centimetres? The leaves suddenly shut like teeth and trap the insect in a little prison. Then the Venus flytrap absorbs it after it dies. Plants can be as small as one cell. The lichen plant grows on stones and it takes a hundred years to grow a few centimetres. * 4. What is the world’s hugest living thing? Where is the largest one and how tall is it? 5. What was recently discovered in Hebei Province? How old is it? The giant redwood tree is the world’s hugest living thing. The largest one is in California. It is 84 metres high. A gingko tree was discovered in Heibei Province. It is believed to be around 2,800 years old. * 6. What is the oldest tree in the world? How old is it? 7. How can you describe the relationship between one type of tree in South America and the ant