Unit-3the-interesting-world-of-plants

Unit3interestingworldofplantspeachblossomcherryblossom/sakuratulipsunflowerlavenderWhatdoyouknowabout..?roselotusricebamboo___________isusedforbuilding.___________producesgrain.___________issimilartothewaterlily.BambooRiceLotusSkimming:Lookatthepicturesandreadthefirstsentencesofeachparagraphonthenextpage.•1.WherearewaterliliesfoundfloatinginChina?()•A.IntheseaB.InpondsC.Inswimmingpools•2.Whatcanwedowithsomefloweringplants?()•A.EatthemB.SmellthemC.SellthemBA•3.Whichtreehasrootswhichgrowdownfromitsbranches?()A.ThebanyantreeB.ThegingkotreeC.Thebristleconetree•4.Wherewasanoldgingkotreefound?()A.InAmericaB.InShanghaiC.InHebeiProvinceAcScanning:Readthroughthetranscriptquicklyandfindthenamesoftheplants.Description1InAsia,partsofitareofteneaten.2Itisoneoftheoldestofalltrees.3Itcanhaveverylargeflowers.4Itcancoveralargearea.5Itiscalledthe“longevitytree”inChina.thelotusThebristleconepinetreetheVictoriaLilythebanyantreethegingkotreeWaterlilyThegingkotreeThebanyantreeThelotusBristleconepinetreetheVictorialilyPara.1•Topicsentence:_______________________•1.WherecanwaterliliesbeoftenseeninChina?•2.WhatisaVictorialily?•3.HowlargecantheleavesoftheVictorialilygettobe?•4.Whydoyouthinkitisinteresting?Para.2•Topicsentence:___________________•1.Whatdoesthelotuslooklike?•2.Whyisthelotusconsideredinteresting?•3.IseatinglotusthesamepopularinAsiaandtheWest?rootsseedsPara.3•Topicsentence:___________________•1.Whatistheinterestingfeatureofit?•2.Whichwordcanbeusedtodescribethesizeofit?•3.Howcanweunderstand“enormous“here?Canyoufindanexampleintheparagraph?Para.4•Topicsentence:___________________•1.WhatwasrecentlydiscoveredinHebeiProvince?Howoldisit?•2.Whattreeisamongtheoldesttrees?Abouttheoftrees2800morethan10004600Predictwhatthefollowingnumbersreferto.Thenreadtheparagraphtocheckwhetheryouhavegottherightanswers.ageSpeakingof________，theyareoften________in________,withtheir_______.There’sakindofwaterlilycalled________whose____________________________________.Asanearrelativesofthewaterlily,thelotusisaninterestingflowerwith________.InAsiancountries,______________________________ThebanyantreeisaninterestingtreewhichcanbefoundinSouthChinaandotherpartsofAsia.Itcancovera/an_____area.Theworld’slargestbanyantreecoversanarealargerthan_____________.Manygingkotreeshavebeenaroudformorethan_______,whichmakesthem__________“longevitytree”.Likegingkotrees,bristleconepinetreescanalsobeamong___________.afootballpitchpondfloatingpadsvictorialilyPadsaresohugethatapersoncanstandonitlongwhiterootsItsrootsandseedsarecookedandservedinmeals.enormousWaterlily1000yearsknownastheoldesttreesHomework:•1.Readthetextfluently.•2.Spellthenewwords.•3.Finishtheexerciseonexercisebook.