UNIT 2 Plant a Plant!
第二单元 培育植物
Lesson 14: People and Plants
第14课: 人和植物
THINK ABOUT IT! Which do you eat more, plants or meat?
想一想 植物和肉类,你那一种吃得更多些?
Can we live without plants?
离开植物我们可以生活吗?
Why or why not? What do people use plants for?
为什么? 人们利用植物来做什么?
Are you hungry? These apples look good!
你饿吗? 这些苹果看起来不错!
People use plants in many ways. For food.
人们通过很多方法利用植物。食物
There are about eighty thousand different plants in the world that people can eat.
世界上有八万种不同的可供人们吃的植物。
But half of the world's food comes from only three plants:
但是世界上一半的食物仅来自三种植物:
rice, corn and wheat.
大米,玉米和小麦。
For shelter.
住所
We use wood from trees to build houses and furniture.
我们用木材建造房屋,制做家具。
Tables, chairs and beds are furniture.
桌子,椅子和床都是家具。
So is your desk.
你的课桌也是。
For medicine.
做药材
We make many medicines from plants.
我们使用的很多药物都提取于植物。
What's medicine?
什么是药物?
Doctors use medicine to help sick people.
医生用药物帮助病人。
For clothing.
做衣服
Is your shirt made of cotton?
你的衬衫是用棉布做的吗?
Cotton is made from the cotton plant.
棉布来自于棉花。
Do you have a hat made of straw?
你有用草做的帽子吗?
Straw hats are made from the stems of grass plants.
草帽是用草的茎做成的。
For things we use to work.
做我们工作时用的东西
Look at the things on your desk.
看你桌上的东西。
Books, paper, pencils, erasers and the ink in your pen all come from plants.
书,纸,铅笔,橡皮和你钢笔里的墨水都是用植物做的。
We can't live without plants!
我们离开植物就不能生存!
LET'S DO IT!
做一做
In a small group, make a list of the plants you eat every day.
分小组,列一份清单,写出你们每天吃的食物。
What would happen to us if there were no plants?
如果没有植物,我们身上会发生什么?
Try using this phrase: "If we had no plants,_____"
试着应用下面的句子:“如果没有植物,_____”
n. 庇护所,避难所,庇护
v. 庇护,保护,