求高一牛津第二学期英语unit3morereading课文就是植物的,morereading
求高一牛津第二学期英语unit3morereading课文
就是植物的,morereading
求高一牛津第二学期英语unit3morereading课文就是植物的,morereading
求高一牛津第二学期英语unit3morereading课文
就是植物的,morereading
Theinterestingworldofplants
WaterliliescanoftenbeseeninChina,withtheirroundleaves,orpads,floatinginponds.InHangzhou,thereisakindofwaterlilywhosepadsaresohugethatapersoncanstandonthem.ThisisaVictorialily,thelargestkindofwaterlilyintheworld.Itspadsaremorethantwometreswideanditswhiteorpurpleflowerscangrowaslargeas45centimertresacross.
Somefloweringplantscanalsobeeaten.Thelotus,anearrelativeofthewaterlily,sisuchaplant.Ithanalongwhiteroot,inwhichtherearemanyholes.InAsiancountries,lotusrootsandseedsareoftencookedandservedinmeals.IntheWest,eatinglotusrootsorseedsisnotaspopularasitisinAsia.
Thebanyantreeisaninterestingtreewithmanyrootsgrowingdownfromitsbranches.ItcanbefoundinSouthChinaandotherpartsofAsia.Whenitsrootsreachtheground,theyplantthemselvesandgrowbark.Eventuallytheyeitherbecomepartoftheoriginaltreetrunkorbecomeseparatetreetrunks.Usingthismethod,banyantreescancoveranenormousarea.Theworld'slargestbanyantree,inIndia,coversanarealargerthanafootballpitch.Eventhoughitisonlyonetree,itlookslikeawholeforest!
Speakingoftrees,agingkotreebelievedtobearound2800yearsoldwasrecentlydiscoveredinHebeiProvince,China.Manygingkotreeshavebeenaroundformorethan1000years---thatisthereasonwhytheyareknownas'longevitytrees'inChina.Whliegingkotreescanliveforalongtime,theyarenotevennearbeingtheoldesttrees.BristleconepinetreesinAmericaareamongtheoldestlivingtrees.OnebristleconepinetreeinNevadaisover4600yearsOld!
waterlily:睡莲
pad:浮叶
float:漂浮
pond:池塘
Victorialily:王莲
flower:v.开花
lotus:荷花
relative:同类事物
banyantree:榕树
bark:树皮
separate:不同的
enormous:巨大的
pitch:场地,球场
speakof:提起
gingkotree:银杏树
longevity:长寿
bristleconepinetree:狐尾松树