Bambooisoneofthenature’smostsurprisingplants.(1)許多人稱這種植...

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Bamboo is one of the nature’s most surprising plants. (1) 許多人稱這種植物為樹，但它是一種草。

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. (2) There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains (平原).

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables (繩索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong.

In Africa, (3) engineers are teaching poor farmers how to use bamboo to find water . These African countries need cheap ways to find water because (4) they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills (鑽) can help to make the poor thirsty fields be watered.

任務一：將1處翻譯成英文。

任務二：將2處翻譯成中文。

任務三：將3處改成複合句。

任務四：寫出4處“they”指代的內容。

任務五：(5) 找出該文段的中心句。

【回答】

1. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

2. 有一千多種竹子生長在世界各地的山地和平原上。

3. engineers are teaching poor farmers how they can use bamboo to find water

4. (these) Afican countries

5. Bamboo is one of the nature’s most surprising plants..

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