在中国，每年的3月12日，是植树节。每个国家都有自己的植树节，时间各不相同。

受到疫情的影响，大家可能暂时不能出去亲自植树，不过没关系，我们相信这场战役的胜利即将到来，一切也都能如人们所愿，所以，接下来就是做好防护，等待春暖花开的同时，学习一下“植树节”的相关英文表达，提升能力。

“植树节”的英文表达

“植树节”较为通用的英文表达：Arbor Day。arbor名词，意为“ 乔木；凉亭；藤架”。

例：Our thought on Arbor Day should be an expression of enduring feeling, thought and action and not just one single, isolated flame of interest.

我们在植树节的思想应该是一种持久的感觉，思想和行动的表达，而不仅仅是一个单一的，孤立的火焰。

同时，也可以用Tree Planting Day来表达“植树节”。

例：In China, Tree Planting Day is on March 12. It is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees.On that day, people can plant many trees.

在我国，植树节在每年的3月12日。植树节是鼓励个人和团队种植和爱护树木的一个节日。人们会在这一天中很多树。

植树过程相关的英文表达

参加过植树节活动的小伙伴都知道，植树需要一个步骤，比如先挖树坑，然后再放树苗等，才能完成树木的种植。下面就一起来看看种植过程中的英文表达。

植树的第一步就是要挖一个树坑，挖坑可以英语dig holes来表达。

例：Hares dig holes in the ground to live in.

野兔在地上挖洞居住。

第二步，把树苗放进挖好的树坑里。树苗的英文表达通常为young trees或sapling。

而放入的英文表达可以用put...in...。

例：The children put  young trees in the holes.

孩子们把树苗放进了树坑里。

第三步，浇水。浇水的英文表达为water (the trees)。

注意，water 作名词，意为“水”。作动词，意为“浇水”。

例：If we plant trees more, we must also take care of the trees by watering them until they grow up to be strong.

如果我们要植很多树，我们就要给树浇水，细心照顾，知道它们变得强大。

最后，埋土，简单说就是用土把树根盖住并填满树坑。埋土的英文表达为cover the roots with earth。

植树节小测试

阅读理解 (共8小题)

      阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

      A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below l6℃. Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere, warming the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world. 

      In the past hundred years, humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources: land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm animals. This action affects the environment as a whole. For example, a lot of carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit. 

      There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, when people cut down trees, generally they can only use the land for a year or two. Secondly, cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now, but in the long run it actually reduces the world’s wood supply. 

      Rainforests are often called the world’s drug store. More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than l% of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value. It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the world’s shrinking rainforests. 

1. Why can rainforests help to adjust the climate? 

    A. They reflect more heat into the atmosphere.

    B. They bring about high rainfall throughout the world.

    C. They rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than l6℃.

    D. They reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth.

2. What does the word “this” underlined in the third paragraph refer to?

    A. We will lose much more than we can gain. 

    B. Humans have begun destroying rainforests. 

    C. People have a strong desire for resources. 

    D. Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests. 

3. What can be inferred from the text ?

    A. We can get enough resources without rainforests.

    B. There is great medicine potential in rainforests.

    C. We will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained land.

    D. The level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns.

4. What might be the best title for the text?

    A. How to Save Rainforests

    B. How to Protect Nature

    C. Rainforests and the Environment

    D. Rainforests and Medical Development

B

      Rainforests are home to a rich variety of medicinal plants, food, birds and animals. Can you believe that a single bush (灌木丛) in the Amazon may have more species of ants than the whole of Britain! About 480 varieties of trees may be found in just one hectare of rainforest.

      Rainforests are the lungs of the planet—storing vast quantities of carbon dioxide and producing a significant amount of the world’s oxygen. Rainforests have their own perfect system for ensuring their own survival; the tall trees make a canopy (树冠层) of branches and leaves which protect themselves, smaller plants, and the forest animals from heavy rain, intense dry heat from the sun and strong winds.

      Amazingly, the trees grow in such a way that their leaves and branches, although close together, never actually touch those of another tree. Scientists think this is the plants’ way to prevent the spread of any tree diseases and make life more difficult for leaf-eating insects like caterpillars. To survive in the forest, animals must climb, jump or fly across the gaps. The ground floor of the forest is not all tangled leaves and bushes, like in films, but is actually fairly clear. It is where dead leaves turn into food for the trees and other forest life.

      They are not called rainforests for nothing! Rainforests can generate 75% of their own rain. At least 80 inches of rain a year is normal—and in some areas there may be as much as 430 inches of rain annually. This is real rain—your umbrella may protect you in a shower, but it won’t keep you dry if there is a full rainstorm. In just two hours, streams can rise ten to twenty feet. The humidity (湿气) of large rainforests contributes to the formation of rainclouds that may travel to other countries in need of rain.

5. What can we learn about rainforests from the first paragraph?

    A. They produce oxygen.          

    B. They cover a vast area.

    C.They are well managed.         

    D. They are rich in wildlife.

6. Which of the following contributes most to the survival of rainforests?

    A. Heavy rains.      B. Big trees.   

    C. Small plants.     D. Forest animals.

7.Why do the leaves and branches of different trees avoid touching each other?

    A. For more sunlight.             

    B. For more growing space.

    C. For self-protection.             

    D. For the detection of insects.

8.What can be a suitable title for the text?

    A. Life-Giving Rainforests            

    B. The Law of Jungle

    C. Animals in the Amazon             

    D. Weather in Rainforests