3 All About Cranberries

All About Cranberries by Annie St. Michael Table of Contents Chapter 1 What Is a Cranberry? page 2 Chapter 2 Where Do Cranberries Grow? page 4 Chapter 3 Who Likes Cranberries? page 10 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

《关于小红莓的一切》安妮·圣。 第一章蔓越莓是什么? 第2章蔓越莓生长在哪里? 谁喜欢蔓越莓? 第10页词汇表/索引第15页理解检查第16页

Chapter 1 What Is a Cranberry? A cranberry is a small fruit. Cranberries have clear, shiny skin. Most cranberries are a deep shade of red. If you cut a cranberry in half, you would see its tiny seeds. Cranberries are small berries. berry leaf stem Cranberries grow on vines with tiny leaves that curl up on the stems. Cranberry vines are evergreen plants. Evergreens stay green through all the seasons. Their leaves do not change colors or die in the winter.

第一章什么是蔓越莓? 蔓越莓是一种小水果。 蔓越莓有透明、有光泽的表皮。 大多数蔓越莓都是深红色。 如果你把蔓越莓切成两半，你会看到它的小种子。 蔓越莓是一种小浆果。 蔓越莓生长在藤蔓上，叶子很小，卷曲在茎上。 蔓越莓藤蔓是常绿植物。 常青树一年四季都是绿色的。 它们的叶子在冬天不会变色或死亡。

Chapter 2 Where Do Cranberries Grow? Cranberries grow in the northern part of the United States. Some grow wild, but most are planted and grown by farmers for food. United States of America The states that grow the most cranberries are Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. You can see the sandy soil in this cranberry bog in New Jersey. Cranberries grow in bogs. A bog is a place where the ground is soft and wet. Cranberries need a lot of rain to grow, about an inch of water every week. Bogs are wonderful places for cranberries because they get a lot of rain. The ground in a bog has sandy soil, which is also good for growing cranberries.

第2章蔓越莓生长在哪里? 蔓越莓生长在美国北部。 有些是野生的，但大多数是农民为了食用而种植的。 种植蔓越莓最多的州是华盛顿州、俄勒冈州、威斯康星州、新泽西州和马萨诸塞州。 你可以看到新泽西州这个蔓越莓沼泽里的沙土。 蔓越莓生长在沼泽里。bog是指地面柔软潮湿的地方。 蔓越莓需要大量的雨水才能生长，每周大约需要一英寸的水。 沼泽是蔓越莓生长的好地方，因为那里雨水充足。 沼泽的地面有沙质土壤，也适合种植蔓越莓。

Cranberry Seasons • In spring, the vines start to grow. • Then beautiful white or pink flowers open up on the vines. • In summer, petals fall from the flowers. Tiny green buds are left on the vines. The cranberry fruits start to grow from those tiny buds. • Then the cranberries grow larger and turn a deep red color. • In fall, cranberries are ready to be picked. These cranberry buds are about to open into pink flowers.

•春天，蔓越莓开始生长。 •然后，美丽的白色或粉色花朵在藤蔓上开放。 •夏天，花瓣从花上飘落。 藤蔓上留下了绿色的小芽。 蔓越莓的果实从那些小芽开始生长。 •蔓越莓会长大，变成深红色。 •秋天，蔓越莓就可以采摘了。 这些蔓越莓的花蕾就要开出粉红色的花朵了。

To pick cranberries, growers flood the bog with water. The cranberries are lighter than the water and float to the top. Soon the bog is crowded with huge amounts of cranberries. The cranberries in this bog have floated to the top of the water. These cranberries are ready to be shipped to markets. The grower uses a machine to pick cranberries from the water. Then trucks carry the cranberries in boxes to markets all over the country. After the fall, growers keep the bogs flooded during winter months. The water helps to protect the vines from the cold of winter.

为了采摘蔓越莓，种植者在沼泽里注水。 蔓越莓比水轻，浮在水面上。 很快，沼泽里就挤满了大量的蔓越莓。 沼泽里的蔓越莓浮到了水面上。 这些蔓越莓已经准备好运往市场了。 种植者使用机器从水中采摘蔓越莓。 然后卡车把小红莓装在盒子里运往全国各地的市场。 秋天过后，种植者在冬天的几个月里保持沼泽被水淹没。 水有助于保护葡萄藤免受冬天的寒冷。