(36周)I Am a Leaf

I am a leaf.

我是一片叶子。

Hi, I'm a leaf. I live on a maple tree. See the ladybug? She's crawling on me. It tickles.

嗨，我是一片叶子，住在一棵枫树上。看到那只瓢虫了吗？她正趴在我身上爬呢，好痒呀。

Many leaves live in my tree. We have a summer job. We make tree food. We make it from air and sunlight. Mmmmm. That sun feels good.

我的树上住了好多好多叶子。 我们夏天有份工作哦。 我们要给大树做食物。 用空气和阳光就能做出来哦。 唔—— 太阳晒着真舒服呀。

We also need water to make tree food. Rainwater goes into the soil. It goes into the tree's roots. It goes up the tree. It flows into my veins. My veins are like little pipes.

我们做大树食物还需要水哦。 雨水渗进泥土里。 流进大树的树根里。 顺着树干往上爬。 流进我的叶脉里。 我的叶脉就像细细的小管子哦。

I mix sunlight, air, and water. Then I add something green. It's called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is green. It makes me green.

我把阳光、空气和水混在一起。 然后再加一点绿色的东西。 它叫叶绿素哦。 叶绿素是绿色的。 所以我也是绿色的呀。

All summer long, I have made tree food. Once a caterpillar came by. Nibble, nibble, nibble. It ate a little hole in me. But I still did my job.

整个夏天，我都在给大树做食物。 有一次一只毛毛虫爬过来。 咔嚓，咔嚓，咔嚓。 在我身上咬了个小洞洞。 但我还是好好完成我的工作哦。