First Flower in Spring

One Story A Day

一天一个故事

First Flower in Spring Outside our kitchen window, there is a tree. No one in our family knew what kind of tree it was when we first moved in. Early that spring, the tree started to grow little buds and yellow petals. But there was still snow on the ground! At first, I thought the yellow buds were the leaves of the tree. My sister agreed and guessed, " It must be the cold weather that made the tree leaves yellow, instead of green. ” But a few weeks later, green leaves began to appear on the tree branches along with the yellow petals! We then realized that the yellow" leaves" that appeared first were actually flowers!

春天的第一朵花 在我们厨房的窗外，有一棵树。没有人在 我们家刚搬进来的时候就知道这是什么树了。 那年早春，这棵树开始长出小嫩芽和黄色的花瓣。但是地上仍然有雪! 起初，我以为黄色的嫩芽是树上的叶子。姐姐同意了，她猜道:“一定是天气太冷了，树叶不是绿的，而是黄的。” 但几周后，绿色的叶子和黄色的花瓣开始出现在树枝上!然后我们意识到，最先出现的黄色“叶子”实际上是花!

This was the first time we saw a tree bear flowers before leaves. The discovery made us all very excited! Mom and Dad borrowed a book from the library. Together, we learned about this flowering plant. It is called forsythia. To us, it's the first sign of spring.

这是我们第一次看到树在长叶子前开花。这一发现使我们大家都非常兴奋! 爸爸妈妈从图书馆借了一本书。 我们一起了解了这种开花植物。它被称为连翘。对我们来说，这是春天的第一个迹象。