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阅读理解
We all cry for water when we are thirsty. But
do you know, in very hot, dry weather, plants also make very low sounds as if they
are crying for help?
You see, in a plant's stem there are several
hundred "water pipes" that bring water from soil all the way up to the
leaves. When the ground turns dry, it becomes harder and harder for plants to do
this.
In very hot days, plants have to get any water
that they can get.
Scientists Robot Winter has found out that when
plants can get no water, their "water pipes" snap(发出声音). When that happens,
the whole plant vibrates(颤动) a little.
Robot knows that healthy, well-watered plants
are quiet. He also knows that dry plants are many insects' favorites and they often
attack(袭击)
them. How do the insects know which are healthy plants and which are not? Robot
thinks that the insects may hear the plants "crying" and they may come
to kill them.