A Corpse Flower Blooms and Stinks

A Corpse Flower Blooms and Stinks Whoa! What's that smell?! Is there a dead fish somewhere?! Are there dirty socks? Is there stinky cheese? Is there… poop?!? 這是什麼氣味?是死掉的魚、臭襪子、臭起司，還是糞便的氣味呢? This year, a corpse flower bloomed.* *It’s at a museum in California. That bad smell came from this very big, beautiful, dark red flower. 今年加州一座博物館裡有一株巨花魔芋開花了，它又叫做屍花。花朵本身暗紅色，又大又漂亮，但是很難聞。 It doesn’t have a nice name! But the name tells us the smell is VERY bad. "Corpse" means dead body…! 它沒有一個好名字，Corpse就是屍體，從名字我們就可以知道它有多難聞。 These flowers smell when they bloom. Smelling bad helps them! Some insects eat dead animals. These insects love this flower's smell! They help the flowers make seeds. 它開花的時候會散發臭味。有一些吃動物屍體的昆蟲喜歡這種氣味，會來拜訪，幫忙授粉。 There aren't many corpse flowers. They don't bloom often. They bloom for a very short time - one or two days! 屍花很稀有，而且它們不常開花，花期也只維持短短的一到兩天。 So when one blooms, it's in the news! It’s on TV! It's a star! People get excited! One man drove fourteen hours to see one! 所以只要屍花開花都會上新聞，大家都很期待，有人甚至開車開了14個鐘頭，就為了親眼見到。 This beautiful flower smells bad. But the smell does something good! Nature is cool, isn't it?! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 這種特殊而巨大的花，花形漂亮，氣味卻難聞。 1. stinky 臭的 What’s this bad smell? 這個難聞氣味是什麼? I think it’s coming from those lilies. 我想是那些百合發出來的。 They become stinky after being in the vase for several days. 它們在花瓶裡待了幾天之後就會變臭。 2. bloom 開花 I love lilies when they begin blooming. 我很喜歡百合剛剛開花的時候。 Me too. They are beautiful flowers. 我也是，確實是漂亮的花。 3. red 紅色的 Did you know there are red lilies? 你知道有紅百合嗎? No, I didn’t. 我不知道呢。 They are very nice. Good for Mother’s Day! 很好看，很適合母親節。 4. this year 今年 My mom loves red flowers. 我媽媽喜歡紅花. Then you know what to give her this year. 那你就知道今年要送她什麼了。 今天的單字很好玩。 stinky臭的 bloom開花 red紅色的 this year今年 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What happens when corpse flowers bloom? a. They eat insects. b. Insects eat them. c. They smell bad. 2. How long do corpse flowers bloom? a. One or two days b. One or two weeks c. One or two years 3. How many hours did a man drive to see a corpse flower? a. four b. fourteen c. forty Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn