2021-2022学年度第30-31期总第862期
Exploring Ancient Life (page 6)

Careful reading
complete the profile of the octopus
Age:
Oddities
1.
2.
3.
4.

Special abilities:
1.
2.

Post reading
Choose another title for the passage
1. The octopus and the dinosaur-which is more ancient?
2. The oldest octopus fossil unearthed
3. The octopus-a mysterious ancient creature

Language study
Fill in the blanks
1. _________ the impressive age, the octopus is also one of the oddest creatures _________.

2. You would really have to go to outer space to _________ someone more different from us than this octopus.

3. It can transform itself to look like seaweed _________.

4. They are not only _________ for camouflage, but also an _________.

5. They behave intelligently, they do all these _________, _________ things.

参考答案
Careful reading
Age: 330million years
Oddities
1. mouths in armpits
2. three hearts
3. blue blood
4. one large central brain, one mini-brain in each of the eight arms

Special abilities:
1. when the central brain is trying to solve some problem, the mini-brains in the arms can think about something else
2. dynamic camouflage

Post reading
Key：C

Language study
1. apart from
in existence
2. come up with
3. in just the blink of an eye
4. take into account surroundings
approaching threat
5. novel
inventive