7 The Road to Rice

THE ROAD TO RICE by Shalini Vallepur

沙利尼·瓦勒普尔的《通往稻米之路》

HOP IN THE RICE BOWL Welcome to my food truck, the Rice Bowl! My name is Mina, and I make the best rice dishes around. What would you like to eat? MENU Sushi White rice bowl Brown rice bowl Oh, no! I've run out of rice! I need some more. Hop in the Rice Bowl, and let's get on the road to rice! THE RICE BOWL

跳进米碗欢迎来到我的餐车，米碗！我叫米娜，我做的米饭是世界上最好的。 你想吃点什么？ 菜单寿司白米碗糙米碗哦，不！我的米饭吃完了！我还需要一些。 跳进米碗，让我们踏上通往米的道路！饭碗

THE ROAD TO RICE Rice grows all over the world except in Antarctica. Rice is a grain that comes from a type of grass. THE RICE BOWL Rice grass There are over 40,000 types of rice! TYPES OF RICE Basmati Wild Jasmine Long brown Risotto Sushi Rice grains come in three different lengths: long, medium, and short. I use short-grain rice. It gets sticky when cooked, which makes it perfect for sushi!

水稻之路除了南极洲，世界各地都种植水稻。 大米是一种来自一种草的谷物。 世界上有4万多种水稻！米的种类印度香氛野茉莉长棕色烩饭寿司米有三种不同的长度：长、中、短。 我用短粒米。煮的时候会变得粘稠，这使得它成为寿司的完美选择！

PERFECT WEATHER Rice grows best in warm places that get a lot of rain and sun. Rice grows on a type of field called a paddy. Rice paddy, Thailand Paddies are fields that have been flooded with water. THE RICE BOWL First, a rice paddy is plowed. Then, the paddy is flooded. Seedlings grow in beds before being planted in the rice paddy. Plowing can be done with a machine or with the help of animals.

完美的天气水稻在雨量充沛、日照充足的温暖地区生长得最好。 水稻生长在一种叫做稻田的田地里。 稻田是被水淹没的田地。 首先，稻田被翻耕。 然后，稻田被淹了。 秧苗在栽到稻田里之前先在床上生长。 耕地可以用机器或动物的帮助来完成。

THE PADDY These workers are planting seedings in a flooded paddy. THE RICE BOWL We made it to the rice paddy! Rice seedlings are planted when they are 30 days old. It takes about three to six months for the plants to grow. The rice paddy stays flooded with water while rice grows.

稻田这些工人正在淹水的稻田里播种。 我们来到了稻田！水稻幼苗在30天的时候种植。 这些植物生长大约需要三到六个月的时间。 水稻生长期间，稻田一直充满水。

HARVEST The paddy is drained before the harvest begins. Then, workers cut the rice stalks using tools called sickles. Harvesting rice by hand is very hard work. SICKLE Combine harvester Sometimes machines are used to harvest rice quickly. They make harvesting rice easier.

收割开始前把稻田排干。 然后，工人们用镰刀切割稻秆。 用手收割水稻是很辛苦的工作。 镰刀联合收割机有时用机器快速收割水稻。 它们使收割水稻更容易。