人教版高中英语选修9：Unit 4 Exploring plants Using language.pptVIP

Bee Humming-bird Butterfly moth Difficult words and expressions evolve evolution attach to bat tube odour give out 发展；进展；进化 发出；分发 气味 管子 演变；进化 附上；贴上 蝙蝠 What is the text about? What do pictures show you? What is the chart about? The text is about flowers and their animal pollinators. The pictures show different kinds of animal pollinators and their flowers. The chart lists animal pollinators and the characteristics of the flowers they pollinate. Read the text and answer the questions. 1. What is the advantage for animals of visiting flowers? Animals get food called nectar from the flowers. 2. Why do some plants need animals? Some plants need animals to pollinate them. 3. How does an animal pollinate a flower? An animal pollinates a flower by collecting pollen from a flower and passing it onto another flower. 4. What features of a flower are important in attracting animal pollinators? The features of a flower that are important in attracting animal pollinators are its colour, shape, size and smell. 5. What is nectar? Nectar is a sweet liquid produced by flowers and collected by bees. 6. What kinds of animals are most flowers pollinated by? Most flowers are pollinated by bees, moths and butterflies. Are these statements true or false? 1. Bees follow coloured lines to the nectar inside the flower. 2. Flowers that are white or pale can be seen by night pollinators. 3. Butterflies are attracted to sweet-smelling flowers. T T F 4. Bats pollinate flowers at night. 5. Flower colour is not important to hummingbirds. 6. All pollinators need to land on the flower if they are to find the nectar. T F F Find other nouns in the chart that mean the same as “smell”. List adjectives from the chart that are used to describe different kinds of smells. Nouns that mean “smell”: _____________. Adjectives that describe smells: _________________________________ __________________. odour, perfume delicate, fragrant, odourless, st