7 Amazing Plants

Amazing Plants by Andrew Whitmore Table of Contents Chapter 1 Why Are Plants Amazing? page 2 Chapter 2 Big-Time Plants page 4 Chapter 3 Odd Plants page 8 Chapter 4 The Sweet Smell of Plants page 12 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

神奇的植物作者:安德鲁·惠特莫尔目录第一章植物为什么神奇? 第2页第2章重要植物第4页第3章奇怪的植物第8页第4章植物的甜美气味第12页词汇表/索引第15页理解检查第16页

Chapter 1 Why Are Plants Amazing? The wide variety of plants makes them special. Some plants look and smell beautiful. Some plants look or smell like something other than a plant. The bird of paradise was named because of the way it looks. The Hawaiian flower seems to have a beak and spiky feathers. Some plants are very small. You would need a microscope to see them. Other plants are very big. You could make a lot of pumpkin pies with these pumpkins!

第一章为什么植物如此神奇? 种类繁多的植物使它们很特别。 一些植物看起来和闻起来都很漂亮。 有些植物看起来或闻起来不像植物。 天堂鸟因其外形而得名。 夏威夷花似乎有喙和尖刺的羽毛。 有些植物非常小。 你需要用显微镜才能看到它们。 其他的植物非常大。 你可以用这些南瓜做很多南瓜派!

Chapter 2 Big-Time Plants The raffia palm (PAHLM) has the longest leaves of any plant. One leaf can be as long as a school bus. Raffia palm leaves are so long that some people use them to build homes. The leaves of the giant taro plant are also huge. They look like elephant ears. But the largest leaf ever is even bigger than an elephant's body! Giant taro plants are nicknamed "elephant ear plants."

拉菲亚棕(PAHLM)的叶子是所有植物中最长的。 一片叶子可以和一辆校车一样长。 拉菲亚棕榈叶很长，有些人用它们来盖房子。 大芋头的叶子也很大。 它们看起来像大象的耳朵。 但是有史以来最大的叶子甚至比大象的身体还大!巨型芋头被戏称为“象耳植物”。

A rafflesia has giant petals. These flowers can be as wide as you are tall! Some plants have giant seeds. The coco-de-mer palm has seeds that are heavier than two bowling balls. The huge seeds of the coco-de-mer palm are heavy, but they can float on water. A rafflesia has no leaves, stem, or roots. Plants don't just grow straight up. They also send roots deep underground. Even small plants can have very long roots. Winter rye has deep roots with thousands of fine hairs. The hairs help soak up water. The winter rye's roots take up much more space than the rest of the plant. If this winter rye's roots were stretched out, it wouldn't fit on the page.

莱佛花有巨大的花瓣。 这些花可以和你的身高一样宽!有些植物有巨大的种子。 海椰子的种子比两个保龄球还重。 海椰子的巨大种子很重，但它们可以浮在水面上。 莱佛花没有叶子、茎或根。 植物不会笔直地生长。 它们的根也深深埋在地下。 即使是小植物也有很长的根。 冬黑麦有很深的根和成千上万的细毛。 毛发有助于吸收水分。 冬黑麦的根比植物的其他部分占据更多的空间。 如果这棵冬季黑麦的根被拉长，它就放不下这一页了。

Chapter 3 Odd Plants Some plants do odd things or look odd. Some even move! Sunflowers gently turn to face the sun. This helps them soak up as much light as possible. In French, sunflower is tournesol. That means "turns to the sun." A Venus flytrap opens to eat a snack. The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant. Its leaves are covered with hairs. When an insect touches one of the hairs, the leaves snap shut like jaws. The insect drowns in a liquid. Then the plant swallows it.

一些植物做着奇怪的事情或看起来很奇怪。 有些甚至会动!向日葵轻轻地转向太阳。 这有助于它们吸收尽可能多的光线。 在法语中，向日葵是tournesol。 意思是“转向太阳”。 捕蝇草张开嘴吃零食。 捕蝇草是一种食肉植物。 它的叶子上长满了毛。 当昆虫碰到其中一根毛时，叶子就会像嘴巴一样合上。 昆虫被液体淹没。 然后植物把它吞了下去。