高中英语 Unit 4 Exploring plants Using language课件 新人教版选修9.pptVIP

Using Language;Words;petal tube delicate fragrant daisy odour odourless dull musty fruity ;Expressions;How would you describe each plant? What do you think is unusual about each plant? 2. One of the pictures shows pitcher plants and another shows “living stones”. Which picture shows which plant? The name of the plant in the other picture is Rafflesia.;living stone;Rafflesia;pitcher plants;Now listen to Mark, Gordon and Andrea telling their class about these plants. Which student talks about which plant?;3 Listen again and complete the table with the correct information. You might need to listen several times.;;;;UNUSUAL 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 flo