新标准初中英语九年级(下):UNIT2 Grow rice
时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:外研社新标准初中英语九年级
[00:02.70]Module 8 LIFE ON AN AMERICAN FARM
[00:07.90]Unit 2 They started to grow rice in the fields.
[00:13.88]Listen and read.
[00:16.67]Rice is a cereal1 grain that has been grown
[00:19.91]since ancient times.
[00:22.70]It is a member of the grass family
[00:25.33]and it grows from two to 19 feet tall.
[00:29.12]It has long, pointed2 leaves
[00:31.64]and the seeds at the end of the rice stalks3
[00:34.59]are the rice grains that we eat.
[00:37.24]In the United States,
[00:38.96]rice farming is carried out in the warmer areas
[00:41.97]of the country,
[00:43.75]for example, California and Louisiana.
[00:48.08]Rice was introduced to the country
[00:50.25]in the mid-17th century.
[00:53.04]The Europeans who arrived there in the 17th
[00:56.41]cnetury were the first people grow rice
[00:59.74]in the United States.
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1
cereal
n.谷类,五谷,禾谷
参考例句:
I have hot cereal every day for breakfast.我每天早餐吃热麦片粥。
Soybeans are handled differently from cereal grains.大豆的加工处理与谷类的加工处理不同。
2
pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
3
stalks
n.主茎,花梗,叶柄( stalk的名词复数 )
参考例句:
flowers on long stalks 长茎上的花
Don't nip any stalks off the plant. 别掐断植物茎! 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I have hot cereal every day for breakfast.我每天早餐吃热麦片粥。
- Soybeans are handled differently from cereal grains.大豆的加工处理与谷类的加工处理不同。
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。