A larch is a tall tree with short needles, like a pine. In summer you might walk past one and think it is a pine. In late autumn, though, the needles turn gold and then drop off, and the tree stands bare until spring.

A larch is a tall tree with short needleslarch是一種高大、針葉短的樹 like a pine有點像松樹 In summer you might walk past one and think it is a pine夏天你經過它可能會以為是松樹 In late autumn, though不過到了晚秋 the needles turn gold and then drop off針葉會變金黃然後掉光 and the tree stands bare until spring樹會光禿禿地一直到春天

That is the odd thing: most needle trees keep their leaves all year, but a larch does not. It grows in cold northern places — mountains and high forests — and whole hillsides can go yellow before they go empty.

That is the odd thing這就是奇怪的地方 most needle trees keep their leaves all year大部分針葉樹整年都留著葉子 but a larch does not但larch不會 It grows in cold northern places它生長在寒冷的北方地區 — mountains and high forests ——山區和高地森林—— and whole hillsides can go yellow before they go empty整片山坡會先變黃、再變光禿

People use the wood for posts and outdoor building because it lasts well in wet ground.

People use the wood for posts and outdoor building人們用它的木材做柱子和戶外建築 because it lasts well in wet ground因為它在潮濕的地面上很耐用

The science name Larix is the old Latin word this English word came from. You will also meet Larch as a family name, borrowed from German; that is the same word, used for people.

The science name Larix is the old Latin word學名Larix是古老的拉丁字 this English word came from這個英文字就是從它來的 You will also meet Larch as a family name你也會看到Larch被當作姓氏 borrowed from German是從德文借來的 that is the same word, used for people那是同一個字，用在人身上