gifts on their birthdays. They get rings!

Every year a tree grows a little bigger. As it grows, the trunk gets another layer of wood; it gets another ring. You cannot see the rings because they are inside the tree. But if you look at the trunk of a cut down tree carefully, you will find the rings. One ring indicates one year. Some trees can live only for five to ten years. But some can live for hundreds or even thousands of years, like General Sherman.

Man cuts down hundreds of trees every year to build houses, to make furniture, to cook food, and to make paper. If this continues, one day there will be no more trees in the world. What will happen then? We all will die!

So what shall we do? We should avoid cutting trees as far as possible. Meanwhile, we must plant a lot of trees. Every one of us should plant at least one tree every year.

vapour (n): a mass of very small drops 
of water in the air
eucalyptus (n) : a kind of tall tree
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I. Answer the following questions:
  1. How are trees useful to us?

  2. How is starch prepared by trees?

  3. What are annual rings of a tree?

  4. Do you think trees are enemies to people? Why do people cut down trees?

  5. What will happen if we do not stop felling of trees?

  6. How can we provide a better environment for the future generation?

  7. What are the most useful things in the world?

  8. Which piece of information do you find the most interesting in the passage?
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