(上海)牛津版九年级上册Unit7 Reading A

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Reading AThe weird world of plants

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Trees all over the worldTrees can be found all over the world. They grow in jungles, on mountains, in hot dry deserts and even in very cold areas. Trees can grow in many different types of places, but

they all need sunlight and water to grow.Therefore, many kinds of trees have

developed special ways to help themselveslive in different places.

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In deserts, where there is not much rainfall, trees need to hold water. The baobab tree saves water in its trunk. The trunk gets smaller as it uses up the water. The northern areas of the world, like North America, Russia and Scandinavia, are covered with tall pine trees. These trees can live well though the sunlight is not very strong. Some mountain trees are very small and grow very close to the ground. This protects them from the strong winds that blow on the mountains.

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The tropical rainforests of the world are in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. There are millions of trees growing close together. In order to get more sunlight, some trees there grow up to 50 metres tall to catch the sunlight.

Throughout the world, trees are being killed by acid rain. This is caused by pollution from cars and factories. The rain that falls on trees damages their leaves and stops them from growing properly.

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1. Where does a baobab tree store water?In its trunk

2. What does the underlined phrase “tropicalrainforests” mean in Chinese?热带雨林

3. How do cars or factories kill trees?By polluting the air

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短语收藏夹 1. escape from 从……中逃脱 在沙漠里 2. in deserts 充当，挡任 3. work as 4. shut together 一起关闭 由……保护着 5. be defended by 6. give rewards to 给予……奖励 高达 7. up to 例如 8. such as 9. so...that... 如此……以致…… 10. a kind of 一种 大量的 11. plenty of

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根据汉语意思完成句子。 1. 这个皇宫每天都由许多士兵保卫着。 The palace ____ ____ ____ many soldiers every day. is defended by 2. 政府给予每位杰出的科学家奖励。

gives rewards to The government _____ _____ _____ every greatscientist. 3. 当你一碰这棵植物，它敏感的叶子就会一起关 闭。 When you touch this plant, its sensitive leaves will shut together ____ ____.

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4. 那个小偷试图从超市逃脱。

That thief tried to escape from the supermarket. _____ _____5. 我累得再也走不动了。 so ____ ____ I was ____ tired that I couldn’t walk any longer.6. 当有空时，我喜欢阅读，比如杂志、报纸和小说

When I am free, I enjoy reading, ____ ____ such asmagazines, newspapers and novels.

7. 葡萄是一种有益的水果，你多吃点吧。Grapes are ____ ____ ____ helpful fruit. Help a kind of yourself to some more.

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1. Do you like plants? 2. Are you familiar with plants?

3. Can you guess what we will talk about today? Plants.

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New words:bodyguard 保镖；警卫

trap fly 苍蝇

陷阱

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不寻常的 A1 Look at the title, the pictures

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nd the introduction and choose answers to the following questions.

1. What does this passage talk about? a. Films. a. Huge and old. b. Plants. b. Strange.

2. How do all of them look? c. Dangerous.

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Let’s get to know some unusual plants.

不寻常的

The Venus Flytrap cactus

The Giant Redwood tree

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Look at the picture and answerWhat the plant is called?

It is a flytrap.

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Look at the first paragraph and find out the answers..

Venus flytrap. This is the ______________

It is a very ___________ dangerousplant for insects such as _____. flies It has very _________ leaves sensitive which wok as ______. There are ______ on the leaves. traps hairs shut If a fly touches one of these hairs, the leaves will _____ together immediately. Insects often try to ________ escape faster from it, but the plant is much ______ than them. They are quickly _______, and then the plant slowly eats caught them.

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What’s the plant called?It’s giant redwood. The big plant is planted in _________ One Giant California. Redwood there stands 84 ______ metres high. It weighs about two tonnes thousand _______. No other type of tree grows higher _______ than the Giant Redwood.

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What is the plant called? It is the cactus. 仙人掌 It first appeared in the _________. It is Americas usually found in _______, but this _______ deserts thirsty plant collects up to 8 tons of water during brief periodsof rain. It ______ has very sharp leaves to help protect its precious 宝贵的 ________ water.

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What is the plant called?It is a special kind of Acacia tree. 金合欢树

It is planted in ______________. South AmericaIt is ___________ by armies of defendedants The _______ ants attack any fierce ____. approach other insects or animals which ___________, and

even destroy other trees which grow nearby. Therewards tree gives “________ ” to these ants, like specialbranches __________ to live in and plenty of food to eat.

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A3 Read the descriptions below and put in the name of the plants.

Description

Plant

1. It is very big and high. Giant Redwood

2. It kills insects. 3. It lives in deserts andis always thirsty 4. It has ants as its bodyguards.

Venus flytrapcactus Acacia tree