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Unit 5 A whole planet under glass (Students’ Book – p40)

exotic unusual / foreign‫غريب‬ Interactive‫تفاعلي‬ Spectacular

‫مدهش‬
purposes educational humidity greenhouses project preserve exhibit
value

‫هدف‬ ‫قيمة تربوية‬ ‫رطوبة‬ ‫منازل زجاجية‬ ‫مشروع‬ ‫يحافظ على‬ ‫ عرض‬/ ‫معرض‬
‫للنبات‬

The Eden Project, which opened in the year 2000, is a living plant museum in the countryside in the south -
west of England. It is a very popular attraction and millions of visitors come every year to see plants from
all over the world growing in this special environment. Some plants grow outside, but many are in
specially-built domes, called „biomes‟ where the temperature and humidity are carefully controlled. The
biomes are like greenhouses and one, the Humid Tropics biome, is the largest greenhouse in the world. It
is over 55m high and 200m long and contains many thousands of exotic plants not found in England. One
of the purposes of the project is to show how dependent human beings are on plants and to educate people
on the importance of preserving our natural environment. Aside from the plant life, the Eden Project has
fascinating interactive exhibits for people of all ages. Many of the visitors are groups of school c hildren
and the Eden Project combines educational value with scientific interest and a huge variety of spectacular
plant life.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is special about the Eden Project?
……………………………………………………………………………………
2. Who visits the Eden Project?
……………………………………………………………………………………
3. Why do tourists visit the project?
……………………………………………………………………………………
4. What does the underlined word It (line 5) in the text above refer to?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. What are “biomes”?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. What is “The Eden Project”?
………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. What is the importance of the project?
………………………………………………………………………………..

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Find words in the text which mean the following:

8. unusual, foreign ………………..
9. keeping safe from injury or harm ………………..
10. very big ………………..
11. goals ………………..
Rewrite these sentences about the text to correct the information:
12. The biomes contain plants from England only.
……………………………………………………………
13. Only old people come to the exhibits.
……………………………………………………………………..
14. The project shows how plants depend on people.
…………………………………………………………
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How plants protect themselves from their enemies? (Activity Book – p 28)
protect ‫يحمي‬ seed ‫بذرة‬ thorn ‫شوكة‬ trunk ‫جذع‬ substance ‫م ّداة‬ feed permanently‫اائمم‬
‫يطعم‬

attack ‫يهمجم‬ quantity ‫كميّدة‬ stem ‫سمق‬ stinging sticky ‫الصق‬ poison escape ‫يهزب‬
‫السع‬ ‫سم‬

It may seem very strange, but plants are always in danger from animals which want to feed on them. If this
happens, the plant can be damaged or even killed.
So, because their roots, trunks, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds are under constant attack from mammals, insects or
birds, plants have developed ways of protecting themselves from these enemies.
Here are some of the ways plants stop animals from attacking and eating them.
Sharp thorns and stings: Some plants which grow in dry climates, for example cactuses, store large quantities
of water in their stems. To protect themselves, they have sharp thorns.
Animals will hurt themselves if they try to get to the water from these plants. Other plants, li ke stinging nettles,
can „inject‟ painful or irritating substances into their enemies by means of the sharp hairs on their leaves.
Poison : There are many plants which protect themselves by poisoning their enemies.
In some cases the poison they contain is so powerful that it can kill any living thing which touches or eats them.
The poison can be in the leaves, the seeds or berries, or in other parts of the plant.
Insects: Some acacia trees in hot African countries are protected by ants which live permanently on their branches. If
an animal starts to eat the tree‟s leaves, the ants attack it.
Sticky gum: Some plants, such as horse chestnut trees, are covered with a sticky substance, like wet paint, which
can prevent insects from eating them. Sometimes this substance is so strong that insects‟ feet or wings get stuck
and they cannot escape.

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Answer the following questions:
1. Why do plants need to protect themselves? …………………………………………………………..……………..
2. Which part of a nettle can hurt enemies? ……………………………………………………..……………………..
3. Where can the poison be found in plants? …………………………………………………….…………………….
4. Why do plants need to protect themselves against insects? ………………………………..…….………………....
5. Which plant is protected by a kind of insect? …………………………………………………………….…………
Find words in the text which mean the following:
6. run away ……………………..
7. a sharp pointed part that grows on a plant ……………………..
8. a small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow ……………………..
9. the main part or large stem of a tree ……………………..
Rewrite these sentences about the text to correct the information:
10. Animals have developed ways to protect themselves from wild plants.
…………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………….…………
11. Acacia trees protect ants for a short period of time.
…………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………….…………
12. Cactuses grow in humid climates.
…………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………….…………
13. Plants growing in dry climates store large quantities of water to protect themselves.
…………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………….…………

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:‫الحلول‬

A whole planet under glass

1. It is a living plant museum
2. People of all ages
3. to see plants from all over the world growing in this special environment.
4. the Humid Tropics biome
5. specially-built domes where the temperature and humidity are carefully controlled.
6. a living plant museum in the countryside in the south-west of England.
7. The Eden Project combines educational value with scientific interest and a huge variety of spectacular plant
life.
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8. exotic
9. preserving
10. giant
11. Purposes
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12. The biomes contain plants from all over the world.
13. People of all ages come to the exhibits.
14. One of the purposes of the project is to show how dependent human beings are on plants.
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How plants protect themselves from their enemies?

1. Because animals might damage or kill them.
2. the hairs on its leaves
3. in many parts, including the leaves, the seeds and the berries.
4. Because the insects want to eat them
5. some acacia trees in Africa
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6. escape
7. thorn
8. seed
9. trunk
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10. Plants have developed ways to protect themselves from wild animals.
11. Ants protect Acacia permanently
12. Cactuses grow in dry climates.
13. Plants growing in dry climates have sharp thorns to protect themselves.
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