All About The Sonoran Desert

All about the Sonoran Desert.

一切都和索诺兰沙漠有关。

The Sonoran Desert is very hot and very dry. For most of the year, it does not get any rain. Yet many plants and animals live in this desert.

索诺兰沙漠非常炎热，也非常干燥。 一年中的大部分时间，这里都不会降雨。 但依然有很多动植物生活在这片沙漠里。

Plants of the Desert This tall plant is a cactus. The cactus can live here because it stores water in a special way. When it rains, the cactus roots soak up water. The plant swells up and gets bigger. The cactus uses the water until it rains again.

沙漠里的植物 这种高高的植物是仙人掌。 仙人掌能在这里生存，是因为它有特殊的储水方式。 下雨的时候，仙人掌的根会吸收水分。 整株仙人掌会膨胀起来，个头变大。 仙人掌会消耗这些水分，直到下一次降雨。

This small plant is a cactus too. When the cactus is little, it grows in the shade of a taller plant. A plant that helps a cactus grow is called a nurse plant.

这种小小的植物也是仙人掌。仙人掌还小的时候，会在更高的植物的阴凉处生长。 帮助仙人掌生长的植物叫做保育植物。

The cactus has very long spines. The spines help shade the plant from the hot sun.

仙人掌长着很长的尖刺。这些尖刺可以帮仙人掌遮挡炙热的阳光。

This desert plant has no leaves. The plant dropped its leaves to save water.

这种沙漠植物没有叶子。 为了保存水分，它的叶子都脱落了。