Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
The world’s largest flower, titum arum, in Meise Botanic Garden in Belgium is well known. The titum is known not only for its gigantic size but for its stinky smell. The flower smells terrible. Though it smells bad, people still stick their noses in it. It has stinky red flower. These flowers open only for two days. The flower takes three to ten years to grow fully. There is a rotten meat smell from the flowers. Insects get attracted to it.
gigantic (巨大な), stinky (くさい), smell (におう), stick (差し込む), rotten (腐った)
Questions:
- Why is the flower famous?
- Where does this flower grow?
- How many days do the flowers open?
- How long does this flower take to grow?
- Have you seen such flowers?
- Would you like to smell a stinky flower? Why?
- What is your opinion?