植物如何保護自己?

植物如何保護自己?

How Do Plants Protect Themselves?

一朵花美美地佇立在枝椏上，只要我們用手輕輕一掰，它就斷了。植物真是嬌弱啊！然而事實上，有很多植物為了防止被動物踩壞或啃掉，也練就了各種保護自己的獨門絕活哦！今天我們請了五種植物來給我們講講它們是如何保護自己的。

by Jenny

Rose: We are roses. We look pretty and smell good. We are not very strong. But we have thorns to scare off animals. Then they can’t eat our beautiful flowers.

protect [pr?'tekt] v. 保護

thorn [θ??n] n. 刺（復數：thorns）

scare off [ske? ?f] 嚇跑

cactus ['k?kt?s] n. 仙人掌（復數：cacti ['k?ktaΙ]或cactuses ['k?kt?sΙs]）

desert ['dez?t] n. 沙漠

cover ['kΛv?] v. 覆蓋

spine [spaΙn] n. 刺（通常由葉子進化而成，譬如仙人掌的刺。復數：spines）

hurt [h??t] v. 使疼痛

leaf [li?f] n. 葉子（復數：leaves）

Cactus: We are cacti or cactuses. We live in the hot, dry desert. The animals would like to drink the water and juice in our bodies. So we cover our bodies with many spines. They can hurt animals and your hands.

Panda Plant: I’m a panda plant. My leaves are covered with thick hairs. The bugs cannot get through the hairs to eat my leaves.

Poison Ivy: I’m poison ivy. The juice in my leaves is very dangerous. It can cause an itchy rash on your skin. Don’t ever try to touch me!

Tomato: I’m a tomato. I make my leaves taste very bad, so that animals don’t like to eat me.

thick [θΙk] adj. 濃密的

hair [he?] n. 茸毛（復數：hairs）

bug [bΛg] n. 小蟲（復數：bugs）

get through [get θru?] 通過

poison ivy ['p?Ιzn 'aΙvΙ] n. 毒葛，毒藤

dangerous ['deΙnd??r?s] adj. 危險的

cause [k??z] v. 引起

itchy ['Ιt?Ι] adj. 發癢的

rash [r??] n. 皮疹

ever ['ev?] adv. 在任何時候

taste [teΙst] v. 嘗起來

off這個單詞很簡單，意思和“離開，脫離”有關，而且可以和很多不同的動詞搭配使用，變出豐富的表達！我們一起來學學吧！

get off：從……下來 Which station shall I get off? 我應該在哪一站下車？

jump off：跳離，跳下 It is dangerous to jump off the wall. 從墻上跳下來很危險。

take off：脫下；起飛 Should I take off my shoes? 我需要把鞋子脫了嗎？

When will the plane take off? 飛機什么時候起飛？

turn off：關掉 Please turn off the lights before you leave. 請在離開前把燈關了。

put off：推遲 Dad will put off the trip until next week. 爸爸把旅行推遲到下周。

show off：炫耀 Male peacocks like showing off their beautiful feathers.

雄性孔雀喜歡炫耀它們漂亮的羽毛。

wash off：洗掉 We can use soap and water to wash off germs.

我們可以用肥皂和清水來洗掉細菌。

scare off：嚇跑 If you make a noise, you’ll scare off the birds.

如果你弄出聲響就會把小鳥都嚇跑。

哎呀，迷糊的植物精靈把五種植物的秘密武器給搞亂了。聰明的你，能幫它們找回屬于自己的武器嗎？

為了自保生存，植物們都想出了各種求生技能。而作為喜愛栽培植物的你，要想照顧好它們當然也不能馬虎。以下有一些照顧植物的小提示，大家一起來學習學習吧～

? Keep your plants healthy: Water them; give them suitable sunshine; fertilize the soil.

照料植物的健康：給它們澆水；給它們適當的陽光；給泥土施肥。

? Watch your plants: Check your plants for bugs. If you find them, pick them off and kill them.

守護植物的安危：檢查是否有蟲害。如果有，把它們抓出來并干掉。

? Keep your plants “clean”: Spray plants with soapy water or other bug-killers to keep bugs away.

保持清潔衛生：噴灑肥皂水或殺蟲水來清除害蟲。

? Invite “good bugs”: Lady bugs are the most common “good bug”. They don’t eat plants… they eat other bugs.

邀請“好蟲子”：小瓢蟲是最常見的“好蟲子”。它們不吃植物……而是吃其他的蟲子。

現在，大家知道該怎么照顧你的植物了嗎？加油哦！歡迎把你的種植經驗寫成英文小作文，寄給我們的小豆豆哦！期待你的來信!