1 The red and round face is like an apple, and it can be eaten raw or cooked.
（红圆脸儿像苹果，生吃熟炒都能行。）
2 Purple trees with purple flowers. It grows purple melons after blooming purple flowers. Purple melons with sesame seeds.
（紫色树，开紫花，开过紫花结紫瓜，紫瓜里面装芝麻。）
3 It’s white and square, tender and flavorful. It can be used for cooking and soups. Beans are its father and mother, but it is different from its father and mother.
（白又方，嫩又香，能做菜，能煮汤，豆子是它爹和妈，但它和爹妈不一样。）

1. tomato
2. eggplant（茄子）
3. tofu

二 读一读，想一想，答一答。
Dick is seven years old, and his sister Mary is five. Today their mother takes them to their grandma’s house and then she goes out.
The children play for an hour, and then at four thirty their grandma takes Dick into the kitchen. She gives him a nice

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cake and a knife and says, “Like a gentleman, give the bigger piece to your sister.” Dick thinks about this for a moment（片刻）. He says to Mary, “You cut this cake, Mary.”
为什么Dick让Mary分蛋糕呢？想一想，说一说吧。

因为Dick想让Mary把更大块的蛋糕分给自己。