我们这一周学到了什么？
What Are We Learning This Week?
春季带来帮助植物生长的阵雨。
Spring brings rain showers that help plants to grow.
本周的问题
This Week’s Big Questions
为什么植物的生长需要雨水呢？如果在春天没有足够的阵雨，你可以怎样帮助植物生长呢？
Why do plants need rain to grow? If there weren’t enough rain showers in the spring, how could you help the plants to grow?
出门在外
Out on the Town
在附近散散步，寻找春天的迹象与正在生长的植物。到家以后，将刚结束的春季漫步画成一幅画。你都看到了哪些春天的迹象呢？
Take a walk around your neighborhood and look for signs of spring and plants growing. When you get home, draw a picture of your spring walk. What signs of spring did you see?
我们本周的单词
Show Me! Our Words of the Week
说 / Say It:
植物 / Plant (n)
解释 / Explain It:
植物就是一株长在地上的生物，有着叶子与根。我在我的花园里种植了许多不同种类的植物。
A plant is a living thing that has leaves and has roots that usually grow in the ground. I grow many types of plants in my garden.
说一说 / Talk About It:
描述一下这些植物。
Describe the plants.
说 / Say It:
生长 / Grow
解释 / Explain It:
生长就是变得更大更高。这些豆类植物正在生长得更高。
To grow is to become bigger or taller. These bean plants are growing taller.
说一说 / Talk About It:
我们如何能知道这些豆子是正在生长的呢？
How can we tell the beans are growing?
说 / Say It:
阵雨 / Rain Showers
解释 / Explain It:
阵雨是一种持续时间很短的降雨。春天的阵雨仅仅持续几分钟，但是为花儿们很好地提供了水分。
A rain shower is rain that only lasts for a short period of time. The spring rain shower only lasted a few minutes, but gave the flowers a good drink of water.
说一说 / Talk About It:
我们为什么需要春天的阵雨呢？
Why do we need rain showers in spring?