A Tree Is a Plant

A Tree Is a Plant

树是一种草木

A tree is a plant. A tree is the biggest plant that grows. Most kinds of trees grow from seeds the way most small plants do. There are many kinds of trees. Here are a few of them. How many do you know?

树是一种草木，树是生长的最大的草木，大多数树木是从种子成长起来的，就像大多数小草木一样。 树木有很多种，这是其中几种，你知道多少种呢？

This tree grows in the country. It might grow in your yard, too. Do you know what kind it is?This is an apple tree. This apple tree came from a seed. The seed was small. It grew inside an apple. Have you ever seen an apple seed? Ask an adult to help you cut an apple in two. The seeds are in the center. They look like this.

这种树在乡下生长，你的院子里也有可能种植，你知道它们是什么吗？ 是苹果树，苹果从种子生长而来，种子很小，种子来源于苹果 你见过苹果籽吗？让大人帮你把苹果切成两半，种子在中间，就是这个样子

Most apple trees come from seeds thatare planted. Sometimes an apple tree grows froma seed that falls to the ground. The wind blows leaves over the seed. The wind blows soil over the seed. All winter the seed lies under the leaves and the soil. All winter the seed lies under the ice and snow andis pushed into the ground. Spring comes. Rain falls. The sun comes out and warms the earth. The seed begins to grow.

多数苹果树是播种的种子长成的，有时是落在地上的种子长成的，风吹着树叶 把种子覆盖，风吹着泥土 把种子覆盖。 整个冬天种子呆在树叶和泥土下面，整个冬天种子躲在在冰雪下面，然后溜入地下。 春天来了，雨水来了，春风吹暖着大地，种子开始成长

At first the young plant does not look like a tree. The tree is very small. It is only a stem with two leaves. It has no apples on it. A tree must grow up before it has apples on it. Each year the tree grows. It grows tall. In seven years it is so tall that you canstand under its branches. In the spring there are blossoms on the tree. Spring is apple-blossom time.

开始这小植株并不像一棵树，它非常小只有茎和两片叶，也没有长苹果，树要长很大才能长苹果，每年树越长越高。 七年后你可以站在它的树枝下了，春天树会开花，春天是苹果花的盛开期

The blossoms last only a few days. Then they fall to the ground. Now there are green leaves on the tree. Among the leaves thereare small apples. The apples are where the blossoms were before. The apples are green, and they are almost too small for you to see. The apples grow slowly.

花开了几天就开始凋落，现在树上满是绿叶，绿叶间夹杂着小苹果。 苹果长在以前开花的地方，苹果是绿的小得甚至看不到，它长得很慢