中学生百科英语2The camel

2021年1月26日发(作者：财产权)
The camel can go without water for a long time. Some people
think it store

water in its hump. This is not true. It stores food in
its
hump.
The
camel
’
s
body
changes
the
food
into
fat.
Then
it
stores the fat into its hump. It doesn
’
t store the fat all over its body.
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 the heat in its body because the nights are cool.
The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of Central
Asia has two humps. It also has long, thick hair because winters
are cold in Centre 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.
Many people
who speak Arabic need all these words because the camel is very
important to them.