植物如何保护自己?

植物如何保护自己?

How Do Plants Protect Themselves?

一朵花美美地伫立在枝桠上，只要我们用手轻轻一掰，它就断了。植物真是娇弱啊！然而事实上，有很多植物为了防止被动物踩坏或啃掉，也练就了各种保护自己的独门绝活哦！今天我们请了五种植物来给我们讲讲它们是如何保护自己的。

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 [prə'tekt] v. 保护

thorn [θɔːn] n. 刺（复数：thorns）

scare off [skeə ɒf] 吓跑

cactus ['kæktəs] n. 仙人掌（复数：cacti ['kæktaΙ]或cactuses ['kæktəsΙs]）

desert ['dezət] n. 沙漠

cover ['kΛvə] v. 覆盖

spine [spaΙn] n. 刺（通常由叶子进化而成，譬如仙人掌的刺。复数：spines）

hurt [hɜːt] v. 使疼痛

leaf [liːf] n. 叶子（复数：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. 浓密的

hair [heə] n. 茸毛（复数：hairs）

bug [bΛg] n. 小虫（复数：bugs）

get through [get θruː] 通过

poison ivy ['pɔΙzn 'aΙvΙ] n. 毒葛，毒藤

dangerous ['deΙndʒərəs] adj. 危险的

cause [kɔːz] v. 引起

itchy ['ΙtʃΙ] adj. 发痒的

rash [ræʃ] n. 皮疹

ever ['evə] adv. 在任何时候

taste [teΙst] v. 尝起来

off这个单词很简单，意思和“离开，脱离”有关，而且可以和很多不同的动词搭配使用，变出丰富的表达！我们一起来学学吧！

get off：从……下来 Which station shall I get off? 我应该在哪一站下车？

jump off：跳离，跳下 It is dangerous to jump off the wall. 从墙上跳下来很危险。

take off：脱下；起飞 Should I take off my shoes? 我需要把鞋子脱了吗？

When will the plane take off? 飞机什么时候起飞？

turn off：关掉 Please turn off the lights before you leave. 请在离开前把灯关了。

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

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

雄性孔雀喜欢炫耀它们漂亮的羽毛。

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

我们可以用肥皂和清水来洗掉细菌。

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

如果你弄出声响就会把小鸟都吓跑。

哎呀，迷糊的植物精灵把五种植物的秘密武器给搞乱了。聪明的你，能帮它们找回属于自己的武器吗？

为了自保生存，植物们都想出了各种求生技能。而作为喜爱栽培植物的你，要想照顾好它们当然也不能马虎。以下有一些照顾植物的小提示，大家一起来学习学习吧～

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

照料植物的健康：给它们浇水；给它们适当的阳光；给泥土施肥。

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

守护植物的安危：检查是否有虫害。如果有，把它们抓出来并干掉。

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

保持清洁卫生：喷洒肥皂水或杀虫水来清除害虫。

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

邀请“好虫子”：小瓢虫是最常见的“好虫子”。它们不吃植物……而是吃其他的虫子。

现在，大家知道该怎么照顾你的植物了吗？加油哦！欢迎把你的种植经验写成英文小作文，寄给我们的小豆豆哦！期待你的来信!