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Lesson 11 Amazing Plants
第11課 令人驚奇的植物
A flying flower?
一種會飛的花？
Look at this plant.
看這種植物。
Its flowers look like egrets.
它的花朵像白鷺。
What are egrets?
白鷺是什么？
They are a kind of bird.
他們是一種鳥。
Because this plant's flowers look like flying egrets,people call it the egret flower.
但是這種植物的花看起來像飛翔的白鷺，人們叫它白鷺花。
It grows in eastern Asia.
它生長著東亞。
Isn't it beautiful?
它漂亮嗎？
Can plants be shy?
植物會害羞嗎？
We all know that people can be shy.
我們都知道人們會害羞。
But how can a plant be shy?
但是植物怎么會害羞呢？
When something touches this plant's leaves,
當有東西碰到這種植物的葉子時，
they close up tightly.
他們立刻緊緊的閉起來。
After a few minutes,the leaves open up again.
幾分鐘之后，葉子又打開。
This plant is fun for small children to play with.
這種植物小朋友們喜歡玩。
What makes a tree laugh?
什么導致樹在笑？
When it comes to laughing,this tree is really funny.
當它開始笑時，這棵樹真的很好玩。
This is because the fruit of this tree has a hole in it.
這是因為樹的果實里面有個洞。
If the wind blows,this amazing tree "laughs".
如果風吹了，這種令人驚奇的樹“笑了”。
When people first hear it laughing,
當人們第一次聽到它笑時，
they are usually quite surprised and begin to laugh along with the tree.
人們通常會非常驚奇，然后和樹一起笑。
It grows in the middle of Africa.
它生長在非洲的中部。
Can a fossil be alive?
化石是活著的嗎？
Look at this plant.
看這種植物。
It grows in the southwest of Africa.
它生長在非洲的西南部。
Like most plants, it has roots.
像大多數植物一樣，它有根部。
But it has only two leaves and a stem.
但是它只有兩片樹葉和一根莖。
Its two leaves continue to grow for its whole life.
它的這兩片樹葉一直生長，直到生命結束。
Does it look old?
它看起來很老嗎？
This plant can live as long as 1 500 years,so people call it a living fossil.
這種樹可以活1500年，所以人們稱它為活著的化石。
