Strange Plants

Strange Plants. Written by Kira Fried. Focus Question. What makes some plants strange?

《奇特的植物》。作者：基拉·弗里德。聚焦问题：是什么让有些植物如此特别？

When we think about plants, we often think of trees, flowers, and grass. Like most plants, these plants have green leaves. They also have roots growing into the ground.

当我们想到植物时，通常会想到树木、花朵和小草。 和大多数植物一样，这些植物都长着绿色的叶子。 它们还有扎进泥土里的根。

Some plants are not like most plants. This book is about some of these strange plants.

有些植物和大多数植物不一样。 这本书就要介绍其中一些奇特的植物。

Plants, called air plants, live in trees high above the ground. Their roots are not buried in dirt. Instead, they grow on tree branches. They take moisture from the air, not from the soil as most plants do.

叫做空气凤梨的植物，生长在离地很高的树上。 它们的根不会埋在泥土里， 反而长在树枝上。 它们从空气中吸收水分，不像大多数植物那样从土壤里获取水分。

Can you imagine plants that eat meat? Well, there are such plants. They eat insects, spiders, and even some other small animals. One well -known meat -eating plant is the Venus flytrap.

你能想象有植物是吃肉的吗？ 没错，真的有这样的植物哦。 它们吃昆虫、蜘蛛，甚至还有其他一些小动物。 捕蝇草就是一种非常有名的食肉植物。

Its leaves look like traps. They have small spikes along their edges. When a critter walks inside a leaf, the leaf snaps shut. The critter is trapped.

它的叶子看起来就像一个个小陷阱。 叶子边缘长着很多小小的尖刺。 当小虫子爬进叶子里的时候，叶子就会啪的一下合上。 小虫子就被捉住啦。