01.lesson 2. The Camel
01.lesson 2. The Camel
01.lesson 2. The Camel
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2 The Camel
The camel can go without water for a long time.
Some people think it stores water in its hump. This is keeps
not true. It stores food in its hump. The camel's body
changes the food into fat. Then the fat is stored in the
hump. A camel cannot store the fat all over its body. everywhere on
Fat all over an animal's body keeps the animal warm.
Camels live in the desert. They do not want to be warm
during the day.
The desert is very hot. The camel gets hotter and
hotter during the day. It stores this heat in its body noun for hot
because the nights are cool. a little cold
The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian
camel of Central Asia has two humps. It also has too
long, thick hair, because the winters are cold in
Central Asia.
There is a lot of sand in the desert. The camel has
long eyelashes. The eyelashes keep the sand out of the
camel's eyes.
Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel. more or less
Many people who speak Arabic need all these words to tell about
because the camel is very important to them.
Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.
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stores cool eyelashes desert
1. Arabic has 150 words to a camel.
2. The can go without water for a long time.
3. The camel has long _______
4. Some people think it _______ water in its hump.
5. Camels live in the _______
6. It _______ has long, _______ hair, because the
winters are cold in Central Asia.
7. A camel cannot store the fat its body.
8. It stores this in its body because the nights are _____
Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text . .
also eyelashes heat store
camels all over thick desert
during cool about describe
1. We milk, fruit, and vegetables in the refrigerator.
2. Fall is _______ in Canada. Winter is cold. Winter is
_______ cold in Russia.
3. Can you _______ an elephant? What does it look like?
4. There are different animals ------- the world.
5. Some people have long _______· around their eyes.
6. It does not rain very much in the _______
7. Mark's dictionary is very------· It has more than 1,000 pages.
8. We cook food with _______ from a stove.
9. Not many people ride on _______ now. They use cars.
10. Tom is 25 years old. Maybe he is 24 or 27.
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