Unit 5-Unit 6 逐句跟读文章视频（带翻译）2026-2027学年外研版英语八年级下册

Plants for life. Nature presents us with endless wonders. Most people get interested and ask questions. But one person took his interest all the way to the fields. He was born in the flowering season of early summer and made plants his life. This person was one one sigh. For over seventy years, professor wang explored china's plants with great passion and hard work. He discovered a named about one thousand, three hundred and seventy new plant species. To Carry out his research, he spent years in wild mountains and forests. Once he fell seriously ill while doing field work in unna. Though he nearly died while never stopped his work. He lost sight in his right eye at the age of eighty three. But he didn't let anybody know. With a magnifier in hand, he still Carried on with his research for another ten years. Despite his huge success, one seldom thought about personal honour or wealth. Although he received the first class award of the national natural science award twice, he hardly mentioned IT. For him, the award belt to the team, and he was just doing his job. In fact, one was always quiet about his achievements. He was such a great scientist. But for a long time, even his granddaughter had no idea. Plants grow and sleep with the seasons. So did professor wine. He passed away at the age of ninety six with the falling leaves of autumn. When people came to say goodbye, they didn't hear any sad notes. Instead they got to listen to beethoven's postal symphony. This was one's favorite piece of music. IT softly told people about his lifelong g exploration and love of nature. A river of life below the earth. You probably remember the flaming mountains from journey to the west. But do you know where the real flaming mountains are? They are interpret in the east of the sinjon yoga autonomy's region. It's known as one of the hottest areas in the world. The desert sand can be as hot as eighty degrees serious in midsummer. That's enough to make your feet burn. IT may sound crazy, but the locals can cook an egg on the desert sand. Rainfall in turpin is only sixteen millimeters a year. IT is one of the driest places in china. How do people survive in such a terrible climate? The secret lies in the ancient court system. The core system interpret includes more than one . thousand wells. They appear every twenty to thirty meters. Some of them are one hundred meters deep. Under these walls are large underground canals. Water from the mountains falls into the wells. IT then runs underground in the canals. IT is kept cool and safe from the desert heat. There are over five thousand kilometers of underground canals in the area. That's nearly as long as the yellow river. Thanks to the cores system, people can grow plants for food in this difficult environment. And amazingly, all of this was completed with only hand tools. No wonder it's among the top three projects of ancient china. Today, the area faces a water shortage. There is less water from the mountains, lower rainfall and a large increase in water use. Although modern technology is solving some problems, the cores system still plays an important role. Now more and more Young people are taking action to protect IT. The centuries old water system will surely be Carried into the future. From the eyes of laro shoe. IT was an early morning of grain and air. Lively birds sang sweetly ly in the trees. Villages, hurry to the fields. Under the blue sky, golden fields shown like the sun. The wind blue sending sweet smells into the air. Adults were busy cutting the wheat. Children raised behind to pick up the ears. This is one of the best memories of my childhood. I grew up in the countryside of shandong province. Most of the villages they lived by farming. The twenty four solar terms meant so much to them. The changes of the terms guided both their farming activities and daily lives. The terms help them understand why things happened at certain times and how they should react. When I grew up and left my hometown, the twenty four solar terms followed me. I always feel excited when a new term is set to begin. I longed to share these feelings in my paintings and poems. I didn't know how popular the paintings would become. I'm so happy that many people, especially the Young, are taking a new interest in the ancient wisdom. In the hundreds of comments below my posts, others shared similar memories and feelings. Now people may be moving away from farming. However, the ancient way of dividing tim stays close to our hearts. The twenty four solar terms are known as the fifth great invention of china. They help people understand why nature works this way. Many of the twenty four solar terms bare social and cultural meanings, too. People celebrate their arrival with traditional activities. For example, many people still eat spring pancakes at start of spring and dumplings at start of winter. The ancient calendar has never disappeared from the life of the chinese. Secrets court in time. Imagine a dinosaur in an ancient forest. IT is running around looking for its next meal. With an angry cry, IT opens its mouth, raises its beautiful feather covered darns and. Wait, fathers on a dinosaur. Four hundreds of years, people believed that dinosaurs looked like huge lizards. Just look at all those dinosaurs in books, films and T, V. shows. However, thanks to a piece of Amber, scientists now know that this idea is wrong. In the Amber from southeast dasia, they found the tale of a dinosaur with fathers. These beautiful gold's stones quietly keep pieces of the past. They can tell us whether dinosaurs had feathers, but that's not all. They also help us understand that life on earth has always changed. A piece of wamba from northern europe, for example, holds a flower. This species no longer grows in this area. But the find proves that IT did thirty five million years ago. In the future, Amber may also help us discover if other species have changed over time. Thanks to Amber, more than three hundred unknown species have been discovered. In a piece of Amber from africa, scientists found thirteen hts. Research shows that they are a completely new species. Scientists used to believe that ants came from the northern half of the earth. The discovery of this african species has changed old beliefs about the history of ants. Who knows whether this piece of Amber will tell us more secrets? As a window on the past, Amber has been much studied. However, it's still not fully understood. We should put more effort into research. Then we can use this key to unlock more secrets of nature.