Bammboo grows up straight and thin, with branches at the top. It has long leaves. It looks like a tree, but it is really a kind of grass.

There are more than five hundred kinds of bamboo in the world. Some grow over ten meters tall. Some are only a few inches tall. Bamboo grows best in warm and wet places.

The long stem of bamboo is hollow. They are light and strong. People use them to build houses and bridges. Bamboo is also made into paper. People like to eat them.

Do you like bamboo?

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竹子長得又直又細(xì)，頂部有枝條，葉子修長。它像一棵樹，但實(shí)際上是一種草。

世界上有500多種竹子，有的高達(dá)10多米長，有的只有幾寸高。竹子最適合長在溫暖和潮濕的地方。

竹子長長的莖是空的，它們很輕很結(jié)實(shí)。人們用它們來建房子和搭橋。竹子也能用于造紙。人們很愛吃竹子。

你喜歡竹子嗎?