UNIT 2 Plant a Plant! Lesson 14: People and Plants

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[0:00.244]UNIT 2 第二单元
[0:01.985]Plant a Plant! 培育植物
[0:03.795]Lesson 14: 第14课：
[0:06.092]People and Plants 人和植物
[0:08.334]THINK ABOUT IT! 想一想
[0:09.663]·Which do you eat more, plants or meat? 植物和肉类，你那一种吃得更多些？
[0:13.038]·Can we live without plants? 离开植物我们可以生活吗？
[0:15.032]Why or why not? 为什么？
[0:16.872]·What do people use plants for? 人们利用植物来做什么？
[0:19.735]Are you hungry? 你饿吗？
[0:21.064]These apples look good! 这些苹果看起来不错！
[0:23.058]People use plants in many ways. 人们通过很多方法利用植物。
[0:26.893]·For food. ·食物
[0:28.529]There are about eighty thousand different plants in the world that people can eat. 世界上有八万种不同的可供人们吃的植物。
[0:35.431]But half of the world's food comes from only three plants: 但是世界上一半的食物仅来自三种植物：
[0:40.595]rice, corn¹ and wheat. 大米，玉米和小麦。
[0:44.378]·For shelter². ·住所
[0:46.321]We use wood from trees to build houses and furniture. 我们用木材建造房屋，制做家具。
[0:52.302]Tables, chairs and beds are furniture. 桌子，椅子和床都是家具。
[0:56.750]So is your desk. 你的课桌也是。
[0:59.767]·For medicine. ·做药材
[1:01.710]We make many medicines from plants. 我们使用的很多药物都提取于植物。
[1:04.726]What's medicine? 什么是药物？
[1:06.413]Doctors use medicine to help sick people. 医生用药物帮助病人。
[1:10.861]·For clothing. ·做衣服
[1:12.906]Is your shirt made of cotton? 你的衬衫是用棉布做的吗？
[1:16.076]Cotton is made from the cotton plant. 棉布来自于棉花。
[1:19.961]Do you have a hat made of straw³? 你有用草做的帽子吗？
[1:23.336]Straw hats are made from the stems⁴ of grass plants. 草帽是用草的茎做成的。
[1:29.369]·For things we use to work. ·做我们工作时用的东西
[1:32.743]Look at the things on your desk. 看你桌上的东西。
[1:35.203]Books, paper, pencils, erasers and the ink in your pen all come from plants. 书，纸，铅笔，橡皮和你钢笔里的墨水都是用植物做的。
[1:44.201]We can't live without plants! 我们离开植物就不能生存！
[1:47.201]LET'S DO IT! 做一做
[1:48.652]In a small group, make a list of the plants you eat every day. 分小组，列一份清单，写出你们每天吃的食物。
[1:54.591]What would happen to us if there were no plants? 如果没有植物，我们身上会发生什么？
[1:58.597]Try using this phrase⁵: "If we had no plants,_____" 试着应用下面的句子：“如果没有植物，_____”
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1 corn   

n.(美)玉米，(英)小麦，谷物(中)包裹

参考例句：

• Corn was first grown in America.玉米最先在美国种植。
• Was the camel carrying corn?那头骆驼驮的是谷物吗？

2 shelter   

n.掩蔽，掩蔽处，避身处；庇护所，避难所，庇护；vt.庇护，保护，隐匿；vi.躲避

参考例句：

• We took shelter from the rain in a cave.我们在一个山洞里避雨。
• Trees are a shelter from the sun.树木可以遮挡阳光。

3 straw   

n.稻草，麦杆，吸管；adj.用稻草做的，用来作稻草的，麦杆色的，无价值的，象稻草人的，非正式民意测验所发现的

参考例句：

• The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.这位老农民正把稻草搓成绳子。
• May I have a straw for my drink?给我一根喝饮料的吸管好吗？

4 stems   

n.（花草的）茎( stem的名词复数 )；词干；（高脚酒杯的）脚；烟斗柄v.遏制[阻止]（液体的流动等）( stem的第三人称单数 )；封堵；遏止

参考例句：

• The present wave of strikes stems from discontent among the lower-paid. 当前的罢工浪潮起因于低工资雇员们的不满情绪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her interest in flowers stems from her childhood in the country. 她对花卉的兴趣产生于她在乡下度过的童年时代。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。