Coconuts grow on trees. The word “coconut ” come from the old Spanish (西班牙语) for “bogeyman (鬼怪)”. Early people from Spain thought coconuts looked like the terrible heads of bogeymen!
Coconut tree grow in hot countries, especially near beaches. Maybe you’ve seen them on your holiday! When we pick it from the tree, a coconut look like a big green ball. Inside the green fruit is the coconut we know. It’s covered in a hard, hairy shell, and the inside made up of white flesh and coconut milk.
If you are strong enough to break a coconut open, you’ll find a world of goodness (精华)! The fresh is full of important fats, which give us lots of energy (能量). The coconut can be dried and added to other foods. It makes delicious ice cream, too. Even the milk inside the coconut is full of goodness. It has calcium (钙), which makes your bones (骨头) strong, and that would help you to climb the tree to reach the coconut!
The coconut tree must be one of the most useful trees in the whole world! You can use almost every bit of it. It provides food, drink and also oil for cooking or skin care. The hairy covering is used to make ropes. The empty shells can be used as food bowls. The leaves can be used to make baskets, and the wood can be used as firewood. Now that is a really helpful tree!
【小题1】How do coconuts get the name?| A．From their use. | B．From their size. |
| C．From their look. | D．From their growing places. |
| A．Coconuts. | B．Coconut trees. | C．Beaches. | D．Hot places. |
| A．The milk. | B．The flesh. | C．The hairy shell. | D．The outside skin. |
| A．The wood. | B．The leaves. | C．The empty shells. | D．The hairy covering. |
