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这篇文章的题目是： Water
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先来读文章：
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1.Water is vital, or needed, for life on earth.
水对于地球上的生命是至关重要的。
life on earth 地球上的生命
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2.All animals and plants need water to survive.
所有的动物和植物都需要水来生存。
animals and plants 动植物
need water 需要水
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3.Plants and animals that live on "dry" land can get water from soil, streams, rivers, lakes. puddles, dew, or rain.
生活在“干燥”土地上的动植物可以从土壤、小溪、河流、湖泊中获取水分。水坑、露水或雨水。
"dry" land “干燥”土地
get water from 从……获取水分
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4.Water is also vital for human life.
水对人类的生命也是至关重要的。
human life 人类的生命
5.People collect and store water for drinking and washing, for our pets and farm animals, and for supplying water to crops.
人们收集和储存水，用于饮用和清洗，为我们的宠物和农场动物，并为作物提供水。
collect and store water 收集和储存水
farm animals 农场动物
supplying water to crops 为作物提供水
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6.Each person needs to take in about two quarts of water daily to stay alive and healthy.
每个人每天需要摄入大约两夸脱的水来维持生命和健康。
take in 摄入
about two quarts of water 大约两夸脱的水
stay alive and healthy 维持生命和健康
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7.Like many other substances, water can exist in more than one form.
像许多其他物质一样，水可以以一种以上的形式存在。
many other substances 许多其他物质
more than one form 一种以上的形式
8.It can exist as a solid, Liquid or gas.
它可以以固体、液体或气体的形式存在。
9.All of these forms occur naturally.
所有这些形式都是自然发生的。
10.The liquid form is the one we think of most often.
我们最常想到的是液体。
The liquid form 液体
think of most often 最常想到
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11.This is simply water as in the water that we drink or that comes out of a hose.
这只是水，就像我们喝的水或从水管里流出的水一样。
comes out of a hose 从水管里流出
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12.The solid form, which is ice, exists in very cold places and the gaseous form, which is water vapor, exists in the air around us.
固态形式，即冰，存在于非常寒冷的地方，气态形式，即水蒸气，存在于我们周围的空气中。
The solid form 固态形式
exists in 存在于
very cold places 非常寒冷的地方
water vapor 水蒸气
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13.Water vapor also exists in steam produced from hot springs or geysers.
水蒸气也存在于从温泉或间歇泉中产生的蒸汽中。
hot springs 温泉
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再来读一遍完整的文章：
Water is vital, or needed, for life on earth. All animals and plants need water to survive. Plants and animals that live on "dry" land can get water from soil, streams, rivers, lakes. puddles, dew, or rain. Water is also vital for human life. People collect and store water for drinking and washing, for our pets and farm animals, and for supplying water to crops. Each person needs to take in about two quarts of water daily to stay alive and healthy. Like many other substances, water can exist in more than one form. It can exist as a solid, liquid or gas. All of these forms occur naturally. The liquid form is the one we think of most often. This is simply water as in the water that we drink or that comes out of a hose. The solid form, which is ice, exists in very cold places and the gaseous form, which is water vapor, exists in the air around us. Water vapor also exists in steam produced from hot springs or geysers.
根据短文，回答问题。
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1.What is the main idea of this story?
A.Water is needed for life on earth.
B.Each person needs to drink about two quarts of water eah day.
C.Water on "dry" land comes from soil, streams, rivers, lakes. puddles, dew, or rain.
2.Name three different forms of water.
3. Water vapor is what form ol water?
A.Solid.
B.Liquid
C.Gas
4.What form of water is ice?
5.Where are some examples of places that you might find water vapor?
6.The word "vital" means
A.friendly
B.needed
C.not very good
参考答案：
1.A 2. Solid, liquid or gas.
3.C 4.Solid.
5.Hot springs or geysers. 6.B
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