How a Seed Grows

How a Seed Grows

种子怎样长大

A seed is a little plant. It is a plant that has notstarted to grow. Apple trees and daisies, carrots and corn, clover and wheat, all grow from seeds.

种子是小小的植物，是还没有成长的植物。苹果树、雏菊、胡萝卜、玉米、苜缩和小麦，全都是从种子发芽长大的。

Here is a tree seed. Someday it will be a tree like this. Here is a flower seed. Someday it will be a flower like this.

这是树木的种子。将来有一天，它会长成这种树。 这是花的种子。将来有一天，它会开出这种花。

Some seeds grow slowly. These are the seeds of an oak tree. An oak tree grows very, very slowly. Suppose you planted an oak tree seed. You would be a father or a mother, or even a grandfather or a grandmother, and the oak tree would still be growing.

有些种子长的很慢。这些是橡树的种子。 橡树长得非常非常慢。如果种下一粒橡树的种子，等你当了爸爸妈妈，甚至当了爷爷奶奶，橡树还在一直成长。

Some seeds grow fast. This is abean seed. It grows very fast. It grows so fast that it becomes a bean plantin just a few weeks. You can plant bean seeds yourself. We used pole beans. You can use pole beans, bush beans, or lima beans. You can plant the seeds in eggshells or tin cansor old cups or little flowerpots. Be sure that your containers have holes in the bottom.

有些种子长得很快。这是豆角的种子。它长得非常快，短短几个星期，就长成豆苗了。 你也来种豆角吧。我们种的是架豆，你可以种架豆、地芸豆或棉豆。 你可以把种子种在蛋壳、锡罐、旧茶杯或是小花盆里。不过要注意，容器下面一定要有洞。

We used eggshells. We useda pencil to make holes in theeggshells. We filled twelve eggshells withsoil like this. We made a hole in the soil witha finger, like this. When you have made a hole inthe soil, plant a bean seed in it. Plant one seed in each hole. Cover the seed with soil.

我们使用的是蛋壳。先用铅笔在蛋壳上戳几个洞。 把十二个蛋壳都装满了土，就像这样。接着，用手指在土里戳一个洞。 戳好洞后，把豆角的种子放进去。每个洞放一粒。在种子上面盖些土。