FT--摘草莓

凌子

Learn about strawberries

M: Now it's the strawberry harvest season. Today, We are going to a farm where we can go in the fields and pick our own strawberries. Do you like eating strawberry? 草莓采摘的季节到了，我们一起期摘草莓吧。

K: Yes, it is sweet and juice.

M: Where we can get the strawberries ?

K: We can buy strawberries in the supermarket or the fruit shop. We can pick our own strawberries at the farm. 通常我们都是在超市买草莓，这次我们亲自去摘草莓吧。

M: I like strawberry,too. What does a strawberry look like? 草莓长什么样？

K: It is red. 红色

M: And it is shaped like a heart. There are many seeds on the surface of the strawberry. And a seed will become a new plant. now, let's learn other facts about strawberry. 心形，表明有很多籽。

strawberries are the favorite fruit of many kids. And you? 很多人爱吃草莓

Strawberries can provide Vitamin C for kids. Vitamin c is good for your health. Orange can provide vitamin C ,too.  草莓营养丰富

One cup of strawberries is only 55 calories. That means eating strawberries can not make you fat. So, tuck in. 一杯草莓只含55卡路里。那意味着吃草莓不会使你发胖。所以，吃吧。

Strawberries are a member of the rose family. What a surprise! 草莓居然是玫瑰家族的成员

On average, there are 200 seeds in a strawberry. 一颗草莓有200粒种子。

The fruit size of the very early strawberries was very small. But farmer

plant them very well. The fruit is bigger and nice now.  最早的草莓很小。

Americans love to plant strawberry and make strawberry jam, too.

Body parts of the strawberry:

Learn Parts of Strawberries flowers

Look, flowers begin to grow on the strawberry plants. Can you see the yellow and white strawberry blossoms？These are white petals.

看，草莓上开始长花了。你能看到黄色和白色的草莓花吗，这些是白色的花瓣。

How many white petals can you see? Look at the yellow center. This is mummy pistil /ˈpɪstɪl/ (the femal organs/parts of a flower)，this is daddy stamen.(stamen around pistil)

你能看到多少白色的花瓣？看黄色的花芯。这是母的雌蕊，这是雄蕊。

One flower one berry！Look, the green baby strawberry begin to form from the yellow center of the blossom/ˈblɑːsəm/ (果树的花)

一朵花一个果！看，绿色的小草莓从花的黄色中心开始形成。

Look，this is bud /bʌd/.（下图1）Around the outside are the sepals. /ˈsi:pl/ .They form a little cup to protect the flower，as the flower blossoms，the sepals open too！

看，这是花蕾。外面是萼片。它们形成一个小杯子来保护花，当花开花时，萼片也会张开。

如何授粉

Inside each flower are the male and female parts. What makes a new fruit grow?

每朵花里面都有雌雄两部分。新水果是怎么长出来的？

The male parts are called stamens /ˈsteɪmən/，stamens is dad，look, these are many stamens.

雄性部分叫雄蕊，雄蕊就是爸爸，看，这些都是雄蕊。

Many daddy stamens are around mummy pistils/ˈpɪstɪl/ . They sticking out in the circle.很多雄蕊围绕在雌蕊周围。他们在圆圈里冒出来。

At the Top of each daddy stamen，pollen /ˈpɑːlən/ （a fine powder produced by flowers.） is made. See the yellow powder.在每个雄蕊的顶部，都有花粉。看黄色的粉末。

They are pollen, daddy stamens can produce pollen！

它们是花粉，雄蕊可以产生花粉！

So at the center of the flower, there are pistils/ˈpɪstɪl/ , there are mommy！

The female part of the flower is called pistil/ˈpɪstɪl/ （mommy）.

The mommy pistils/ˈpɪstɪl/ have sticky tops，Mummy pistils can receive the pollen.

所以在花的中心，有雌蕊，mommy！花的雌性部分称为雌蕊。雌蕊有粘性的顶端，可以接受花粉。

Let's see a flower. This is receptacle./rɪˈseptəkl/ .The receptacle will become berry. Receptacle can produce seeds.

我们看这一朵花。这是花托。花托会变成果子。花托能产生种子。

Plants cannot move. They cannot carry the pollen themselves.

植物不能移动。它们不能自己携带花粉。

They need helpers to take pollen from daddy stamens to mommy pistils.

他们需要帮手把花粉从雄蕊传到雌蕊上。

Do you know who are the helpers? Bees and butterfly are some of plant best helpers. 授粉的媒介—蜜蜂，蝴蝶

They are attracted to the colorful petals[ˈpetl]花瓣！

They like the smell of sweet flowers juice，the nectar[ˈnektər]花蜜！

As they gather，pollen[ˈpɑːlən]划分 stick to their bodies！

When they land on the flower of others. Some of this pollen falls off.

Then the receptacle[rɪˈseptəkl] will become berry.

There are many seeds on the surface of the strawberry！

This process is called pollination/ˌpɑːləˈneɪʃn/.

这个过程叫做授粉。

Scavenger Hunt

主持人：We found most in the list but still some remain , such as worm . So we are going to dig a hole to see if we can find out a worm in soil. we have to find a piece of soft soil, because worm can make the soil soft while wiggling.

can we find a worm? Anyone who can find a hard twig for me ,I need dig a hole.

Digging a hole with children together.

Baby: Here is the worm. we found a worm 所有的小朋友都来看worm.

注：A scavenger hunt is a game, usually played outdoors, in which the players must collect various objects from a list of things they have been given. 寻物游戏，参加者在规定的时间内寻找指定的物品，以先找到者或先找到的队为胜。