高考英语作文 Bamboo(竹子)

    Almost everyone has seen bamboo. Bamboo grows up straight and thin, with branches at the top. It has long leaves.It looks like a tree, but it is really a kind of grass.

     There are more than five hundred kinds of bamboo. Some grow over ten meters tall, and some are only a few inehes tall. Bamboo grows best in places where it is warm and it rains often.

     The long stem of bamboo is hollow, which makes them light and strong.People use it to build houses and bridges over rivers. It can be used to make tables,chairs, baskets and many other things. Bamboo is also made into paper. The tender young shoots of bamboo are tasty. People like to eat them.

     Do you like bamboo?

    竹子

    几平每个人都见过竹予。竹子长得又直又细，顶部有枝条，叶子修长。它像一棵树，但实际上是一种草。

    世上有500多种竹子，有的高达10多米，有的只有几寸高。竹子最适合长在温暖潮湿的地方。

    竹子长长的茎是空的，这使它很轻很结实。人们用它来建房子和在河上搭桥。竹子可以用来做桌子、椅子、篮子和许多其他东西。竹子也能用于造纸。鲜嫩的竹笋很可口，人们很爱吃。

    你喜欢竹子吗?