5 từ vựng mỗi ngày - Day 7

 5 NEW WORDS EVERY DAY - DAY 7

Plants and trees around us are so various. There are 60, 605 species of tree in the world. They make our world greener and more beautiful.

Imagine, how the world will be if there aren't any trees? Trees provide us oxygen to maintain our lives. Furthermore, trees give us food. As we know, humans need variety of fruits from trees such nuts, seeds, leaves, bark and even sap. From these old days, our ancestors had known to collect fruits of tree to survive. Today, products such as apples, oranges and many many fruits are eaten daily across the globe.

Today, Englishbelife happily introduces about the tomato:

1. The benefits of tomatoes: (some main ideas)

They help to reduce risk of heart decease and cancer
They are also a great source of vitamins include:

Vitamin A: help to protect your eyes and support a healthy immune 

Vitamin C: boost antioxidant, lower blood pressure, protect against gout

Vitamin K: play a role in blood, bone metabolism, and regulate blood calcium levels.

Vitamin B6: improve mood, help chemicals in the immune system, helping it work better.

2. Parts of a tomato tree

Please look at the picture, it's easier to remember:

• root: rễ

• stem: thân

• leaf: lá

• flower: hoa

• fruit: trái

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3. Where they live:

In many parts of Viet Nam, especially in Lam Dong province, and Don Duong District is the majority of this product.

They are planted outdoors, but more and more insects there are, farmers in Lam Dong tend to grow them in the net, or in green house. They give more products and save labour as well.

4. The lifespan of tomatoes:

A tomato tree can live for around 6 months, they can thrive and grow best during spring and summer months, but in Lam Dong they can grow every time of the year. In general, farmers collect them twice a week or three times a week, depending on the price. In this province, the lifespan of tomatoes are almost shorter, maybe around four months. There are types of tomatoes farmers can collect every year and they live rather longer and give more fruits (mentioned in the next writing)

5. Secret for taking care of tomatoes:

Tomatoes need sun, nutrient dense-soil and support, make sure the space between two plants, stay away insects and fungi, because of when being caught by insects and fungi, it is very hard to cure and probably the tomatoes will die soon.

6. When to collect:

The tomatoes can be harvested when they reach the stage when it's 1/2 green and 1/2 pink. At that time, they are no loss of flavor, quality and nutrition are ensured.

Hope that the summary about tomatoes today will help you learn more about them and have interest in learning new words. Thanks for reading.

P/S: The most important thing of learning words is revising and practicing. So remember and maintain your practice. Good luck and see you next time.

Written by: Springclover