环境和树 Trees and Environment

我wǒ家jiā附近fùjìn有yǒu一个yí ge公园gōngyuán，公园gōngyuán里lǐ有yǒu很多hěn duō老lǎo树shù。

Near my home there's a park, and the park has many old trees.

可是kěshì最近zuìjìn两年liǎng nián，公园gōngyuán里lǐ的de树shù越来越yuèláiyuè少shǎo了le。

But in the last two years, the park has had fewer and fewer trees.

环境huánjìng变得biàn de不太bú tài好hǎo，鸟niǎo也yě比bǐ以前yǐqián少shǎo了le。

The environment has become not so good; there are also fewer birds than before.

为了wèile让ràng环境huánjìng变得biàn de更gèng好hǎo，学校xuéxiào决定juédìng带dài大家dàjiā去qù公园gōngyuán种zhòng树shù。

In order to make the environment better, the school decided to take everyone to the park to plant trees.

星期六xīngqīliù早上zǎoshang，同学们tóngxuémen都dōu带dài着zhe小树xiǎoshù，高高兴兴地gāogāoxìngxìng de去qù公园gōngyuán。

Saturday morning, the classmates all brought young trees and happily went to the park.

到dào了le公园gōngyuán，大家dàjiā一起yìqǐ种zhòng了le很多hěn duō小树xiǎoshù。

When they arrived at the park, everyone planted many young trees together.

老师lǎoshī说shuō，树shù多duō了le，公园gōngyuán会huì越来越yuèláiyuè漂亮piàoliang，鸟niǎo也yě会huì越来越yuèláiyuè多duō。

The teacher said that with more trees, the park will become more and more beautiful, and there will be more and more birds too.

种zhòng完wán树shù，大家dàjiā都dōu很hěn累lèi，但是dànshì看kàn着zhe小树xiǎoshù，心里xīnli很hěn高兴gāoxìng。

After planting the trees, everyone was tired, but looking at the young trees, they felt happy inside.

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Key words 生词

环境huánjìngenvironment

公园gōngyuánpark

种zhòngto plant

越来越yuèláiyuèmore and more

决定juédìngto decide

漂亮piàoliangpretty; beautiful

为了 + goal (in order to)

为了 introduces the purpose of the action that follows.

为了让环境变得更好，学校决定带大家去公园种树。

越来越 + adjective (more and more)

越来越 shows a quality is continuing to increase over time.

公园会越来越漂亮。

V + 着 (an action continuing as a state)

着 after a verb shows the action's result continues, often describing manner.

同学们都带着小树，高高兴兴地去公园。

1. 这两年，公园里的树怎么样了？

2. 为什么学校决定带大家去公园？

3. 老师说，树多了会怎么样？

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