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高中英语-牛津译林版-高二上册-模块5 Unit 2 The environment
If you can find a tree which has been cut down,you will see many rings,or circles,on the base of the trunk.By learning to read these rings,you can find out about the tree's life.
The number of rings tells you how old the tree is.Each year,new wood is formed on the outside of the tree.This new wood is light in color when the tree is growing in spring and summer,and dark in winter when the tree is not growing much.So,if you count the rings of darkorlight colored wood,you can often find out how old the tree is.
You can also tell which years have been good years and which years have been bad years.When the lightcolored rings are very wide,it means that the tree has been growing quickly that year.If the rings are narrow,it has been growing slowly.If the rings on a tree trunk were greatly magnified,you would be able to see why the rings are lightcolored when the tree is growing quickly and darkcolored when the tree is growing slowly.The tree trunk is made up of microscopic tubes,like some pipes,carrying water from the soil,through the trunk,and up to the leaves.They are wide and thinwalled when the tree is growing quickly and they are carrying a lot of water.They are narrow and stuck together when the tree is not growing so quickly.
When a tree is old,the tubes in the centre of the tree don't carry water.The walls of the tubes have become thick with materials which have stuck along them over the years,forming a kind of wood called“heartwood”.This kind of wood is darker in color than the young,growing wood on the outside of the tree.
You don't very often see whole tree trunks which have been cut across.But once you learn to read a cross section of the wood,you can see much more in wood which has been used to make boxes,houses and other things.
In most wood,instead of seeing the trunk cut across,you are seeing it cut along its length.Because you don't see the whole tree,you can't tell how old it is.
Title: of a Tree
General information | Old trees | ||
Items | Facts | Items | Facts |
Where can rings be seen | On the of a trunk | The tubes in the centre of the tree | Don't carry water |
The of rings | Helps us know about its age | The walls of the tubes | Become ; Form |
lightcolored rings | Show the tree grows quickly | ||
Narrow rings | Mean the tree grows slowly | ||
Microscopic tubes | Function | Carry | |
Features | Wide and when growing quickly | ||
Narrow and stuck together when growing |
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Keep it clear and simple
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Conclude with a statement of goodwill(友好). You may have rejected this application, but if you intend to consider this person for another job in the future, you may express that as well. However, that isn't always necessary. In some situations such endings might offend(冒犯) the reader.
A. End on a positive note B. Make your decision as soon as possible C. Never give away what you are going to do D. Briefly state how you came to your decision E. A rejection letter doesn't have to be necessarily long F. Don't write anything that may make the reader feel bad G. Although writing a rejection letter can be difficult, there are situations when it's absolutely necessary. |
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