介绍:
本文适合北京、上海、广州、深圳等地的小学六年级和初一年级学生练习听力、模仿朗读和阅读理解。
Water is very important to living things生物. Without water there can be no life生命 on Earth地球. All animals动物 and plants植物 need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices, factories工厂 and schools. Where else is water needed?
水对生物来说是至关重要的。没有水，地球上就不可能有生命。一切动植物都需要水。人也需要水。我们要喝水，用水烧饭和洗澡。机关、工厂和学校也需要水。还有别的什么地方需要水呢？
Water covers about seventy percent of the Earth’s surface表面. There is water in seas, rivers, lakes, springs (泉) and wells.
水约占地球表面总面积的百分之七十。海洋、河流、湖泊、泉眼和井里都有水。
Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the driest最干燥的 part of the world there is some water in the air. You cannot see it or feel it when it is part of the air. The water in oceans海洋and lakes and streams is a liquid液体. The water in the air is not a liquid but a gas气体. We call it water vapour ['veɪpə]水蒸气.
水几乎到处可见。即使在世界上最干旱的地方，空气中也有水。当水存在于空气中时是看不见摸不着的。海洋、湖泊和溪流中的水呈液态。空气中的水不是液态，而是气态，我们管它叫水蒸气。
Clouds are made of water. They may be made of tiny drops of water水滴. They may also be made of snow crystals晶体. Snow crystals are tiny crystals of ice. Ice is frozen冻结的 water or water that has become solid固体.
云是由水形成的。它们可能是由小水滴形成的，也可能是由雪晶形成的。雪晶是细小的冰晶。冰是冻结的水或是已变成固态的水。
