Unit3FurtherreadingWhatisaqueerplant?Decidewhetherthefollowingplantsarequeerornot.1.Readthearticlecarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1)Howcanadandelionseedfly?2)Wheredotheplantsthatgrowintheairgettheirfood?Whatfooddotheyliveon?3)Inwhatwaydoesapitcher-planteatinsects?Canyoudescribeit?Theygetfoodfromthedustandthefog.Thetinyumbrellaontheendofeverydandelionhelpsitfloatoffonthewind.Thepitcherofthepitcherplantisreallyatrap.Whentheinsectgetsdowntothewater,heisunabletogoback.Hefallsintothewateranddrowns.Theinsectsoonbecomesgoodfoodfortheplants,sowesaythisplanteatsinsects.4)Canyougiveanothertitleforthearticle?5)Whatdotheword“that”and“if”inLine3,Paragraph1respectivelyreferto?6)Lookattheword“that”inParagraphs2and3.Whatdoeseachofthemreferto?StrangePlantsThatreferstothetinyumbrellaontheendofeverydandelion.Itreferstothedandelionseed.2.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththeproperformsofthewordsandexpressionsgiven.1)peoplehadgonetothefrontandfewcameback.2)Manyofthegraduatesfromuniversityfindjobsnow.3)Heisleavingthisterm.4)WhenIwasachild,mothertoldmenottogetclosetotheriverorIwould.5)Thatwasanenjoyableevening!6)Heansweredallthequestionsthelastone.7)Phillip,canyouseesomethingredonthewater?8)I’veneveranyonedoingthat.9)We’vegotsupport.10)Jim’shandswerewithhoney.Agreatmanyareunabletoattheendofdrownreallyexceptfloatingheardofagreatdealofsticky3.Makesentencesofyourownbyusingthefollowingexpressions.A.see/watch/hearsb.dosth.:(see/watch/hearcertainactionfromthebeginningtotheend)Forexample:Onedayyouwillseethefly-awayseedsgotravellingonthewind.B.see/watch/hearsb.doingsth.:(see/watch/hearapartofcertainaction)Forexample:Haveyoueverseenaseedflyingalonglikeabirdoranairplane?Iheardtheclockstrike12lastnight.Icouldseethesmokerisingfromthechimney.4.SurftheInternettofindaninterestingstoryaboutsomeplant.Rewritethestoryinabout100wordsandthenshareitwiththewholeclass.课文注释1.Youmayknowthatwhenthedandelionblossombecomeswhiteandlight,seedsaregettingreadytoflyaway.也许你知道当蒲公英的花朵变得通体雪白、轻盈无比时，那就是它的种子准备好要四处飘散的时候了。1）此句为that引导的宾语从句，从句中又带有when引导的时间状语从句。HetoldmethatifIhadbeenthere,Iwouldhaveseenthefamousstar.他告诉我要是我当时在那里就能见到明星了。Allofusknowthatwhenevershecomeshere,shewillgiveusalecture.所有的人都知道任何时候只要她来，她准会给我们做报告。2）get/bereadytodo;get/bereadyfor（1）准备好Haveyougotreadyforajourney?你们准备好旅行了吗？Areyoureadyforthecompetition?你准备好参加比赛了吗？I’vegotmyoverallson,soI’mreadytostartwork.我已经穿上了长罩衣，准备开始工作了。（2）决心做某事，愿意并急欲采取行动He’salwaysreadytohelphisfriends.他总是乐于帮助朋友。Thetroopswerereadyforanything.部队已作好一切准备。（3）即将做某事，正要做某事Shelooksreadytocollapseatanytime.她看样子随时都可能垮下来。【辨析】bepreparedfor,bepreparedtodobepreparedfor：对某事物（尤指令人不愉快的事）做好准备。Iknewtherewereproblems,butIwasn’tpreparedforthis!我知道有些问题，却未料到这一点！bepreparedtodo：能够并愿意做某事。I’mpreparedtolendyouthemoneyifyoupromisetopayitback.我愿意把钱借给你，你得答应还给我。I’mnotpreparedtostayandlistentotheseoutrageousinsults.我可不愿在这儿受这种奇耻大辱。2.Ontheendofeverydandelionseedisatinyumbrellathathelpsittofloatoffonthewind.在每粒蒲公英种子的末端，都长着一把小伞，帮助种子随风飘荡。该句为倒装句中的完全倒装。本课还有类似...
