植物
Plants are very important living things.
植物是非常重要的生物。
Life could not go on if there were no plants.
如果沒有植物,生命也就無法維持下去了。
This is because plants can make food from air, waterand sunlight.
因為植物可以利用空氣水和陽光制造養(yǎng)料,
Animals and man cannot make food from air,waterand sunlight.
而動物和人卻不能利用空氣,水和陽光制造食物。
Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals.
動物的食物來源于植物和其他動物。
Man gets his food by eating plants and animals,too.
人也是以植物和動物為食的。
Therefore,animals and man need plants in order to live.
因此,動物和人需要植物來維持生命。
If you look carefully at the plants around you,
如果仔細觀察周圍的植物,
you will find that there are many types of plants.
你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)它們種類繁多,
Some plants are large while others are small. Most plants are green.
有大有小,多數(shù)是綠色的。
Plants,like all living things, need air,water and sunlight.
植物,像所有的生物一樣,需要空氣,水和陽光
Plants do not grow well when they are close together.
當它們聚集在一起的時候,就長不好。
They need room to spread their roots to get water
植物需要空間,使根能夠伸展出攝取水分
and to spread their leaves to get sunlight.
使之也能夠伸展開吸收陽光。
But air,water and sunlight are not enough.
但是只有空氣,水和陽光還不夠。
Plants need also a certain amount of warmth.
植物還需要一定的溫度。
Plants will grow almost anywhere
植物幾乎可以在任何地方生長,
there is plenty of air,water, sunlight and warmth.
只要有充足的空氣,水,陽光和溫度。