新标准初中英语九年级(下):UNIT2 Grow rice
[00:02.70]Module 8 LIFE ON AN AMERICAN FARM
[00:07.90]Unit 2 They started to grow rice in the fields.
[00:13.88]Listen and read.
[00:16.67]Rice is a cereal grain that has been grown
[00:19.91]since ancient times.
[00:22.70]It is a member of the grass family
[00:25.33]and it grows from two to 19 feet tall.
[00:29.12]It has long, pointed leaves
[00:31.64]and the seeds at the end of the rice stalks
[00:34.59]are the rice grains that we eat.
[00:37.24]In the United States,
[00:38.96]rice farming is carried out in the warmer areas
[00:41.97]of the country,
[00:43.75]for example, California and Louisiana.
[00:48.08]Rice was introduced to the country
[00:50.25]in the mid-17th century.
[00:53.04]The Europeans who arrived there in the 17th
[00:56.41]cnetury were the first people grow rice
[00:59.74]in the United States.
[01:00.70]
[00:07.90]Unit 2 They started to grow rice in the fields.
[00:13.88]Listen and read.
[00:16.67]Rice is a cereal grain that has been grown
[00:19.91]since ancient times.
[00:22.70]It is a member of the grass family
[00:25.33]and it grows from two to 19 feet tall.
[00:29.12]It has long, pointed leaves
[00:31.64]and the seeds at the end of the rice stalks
[00:34.59]are the rice grains that we eat.
[00:37.24]In the United States,
[00:38.96]rice farming is carried out in the warmer areas
[00:41.97]of the country,
[00:43.75]for example, California and Louisiana.
[00:48.08]Rice was introduced to the country
[00:50.25]in the mid-17th century.
[00:53.04]The Europeans who arrived there in the 17th
[00:56.41]cnetury were the first people grow rice
[00:59.74]in the United States.
[01:00.70]
