新课标小学英语阅读100篇 99

　　99.Fall秋天

　　In the fall. leaves drop to the ground.在秋天。树叶掉到地上。

　　Many trees have nuts or fruits.许多树坚果或水果。

　　Animals may begin to store food.动物可能开始储存食物。

　　Some birds collect nuts and acorns² to store.有些鸟收集坚果和橡子存储。

　　Other birds fly to a warmer place for the winter.其他的鸟飞到一个温暖的地方过冬。

　　They won't return until the spring.他们不会回来直到春天。

　　Days become shorter. Cold weather is coming.天变得更短。寒冷的天气来了。

　　The fur³ of many animals gets thicker许多动物的皮毛变得更厚

　　because they need a thick coat to protect them.因为他们需要一个厚外套保护他们。

　　People also wear warmer clothing and prepare for winter.人们也穿温暖的衣服,准备过冬。

　　In some areas there may be rain or even snow,在某些领域可能有雨甚至雪,

　　but in many southern areas it is still warm.但在许多南方地区仍然是温暖的。

　　Fall is also the time when farmers harvest their crops⁵.秋天是同时,农民们收割庄稼。

　　People look forward to fall for many reasons.人们期待秋天有许多原因。

　　The most important one is that fall is the harvest season.最重要的是,秋天是丰收的季节。

　　WORD BANK

　　ground/graund／n．地面，土地

　　nut n.坚果

　　acorn¹ n．[植]橡树果

　　store v．贮藏，贮备，存储

　　southem adj．南部

　　地区的，南方的

　　crop⁴ n.农作物

　　look forward to盼望

　　harvest／'ha:vist／n.收获；收成

　　-v收获，收

　　割

1 acorn   

n.橡实，橡子

参考例句：

• The oak is implicit in the acorn.橡树孕育于橡子之中。
• The tree grew from a small acorn.橡树从一粒小橡子生长而来。

2 acorns   

n.橡子，栎实( acorn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Great oaks from little acorns grow. 万丈高楼平地起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Welcome to my new website!It may not look much at the moment, but great oaks from little acorns grow! 欢迎来到我的新网站。它现在可能微不足道，不过万丈高楼平地起嘛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 fur   

n.毛皮；毛；软毛

参考例句：

• The woman is wearing a fur coat.这位妇女穿着一件皮大衣。
• Bear is covered with with fur.熊体表覆盖着皮毛。

4 crop   

vt.剪切，收割，修剪，种植；n.农作物，产量，平头 vi.收获

参考例句：

• This year's crop is better than any other year's.今年的收成比以往哪一年都好。
• This plant doesn't crop very heavily.这种作物收成不很大。

5 crops   

pl.农作物

参考例句：

• Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into new crops. 目前正鼓励农民兼种新的农作物。
• The crops will not grow on exposed hillsides. 在裸露的山坡上庄稼没法生长。