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Red an delicious

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This picture should look very familiar.

It's a picture of a strawberry, a fruit that we have all eaten. But have you ever thought about what makes a strawberry special?

The white-green specks on the outside of the strawberry are its seeds. Think about the other fruits you know of -- grapes, apples, watermelons, oranges -- where are their seeds?

The seeds of all of those fruits are on the inside. In fact, those fruits grow around the seeds.

A strawberry is totally different. It grows straight from the plant, the way a flower or vegetable does.

Think about that next time you munch on this sweet snack!

The words of the day

speck

斑點 (ban1 dian3)

to munch on

嚼 (jiao2)

Stop munching on those potato chips; we're going to eat dinner soon.

別再嚼這些洋芋片,我們馬上就要吃晚餐了。


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