# Tree

## Verb + tree

* climb a tree
* plant a tree
* cut down a tree
* trees grow
* trees are blown down

## Common expressions

* crash into a tree
* you fall out of a tree
* (leaves) fall off a tree
* take cover *under / beneath* a tree
* (the street) is lined with trees

## Exercises

### Verb + tree

1. We had to dig quite a big hole before we were able to ***plant*** the apple tree.
2. As a kid, I loved ***climbing*** trees. Luckily, I never *fell out of* one.
3. Some of these trees can ***grow*** up to 30 meters in height.
4. Thousands of trees were ***blown*** down in the great storm last month.
5. I don’t know why they ***cut*** down so many trees in the park. There’s hardly any left.

### Common expressions

1. By the end of November, all the leaves had fallen ***off*** the trees.
2. Many of the famous streets in Paris are lined ***with*** trees.
3. The bus left the road and crashed ***into*** a tree.
4. When the rain started, we took cover ***under*** a huge oak tree.

## Notes

1. **Note these adjective collocations:**
   1. *A fallen tree blocked the path and we had to climb over it.*

      一棵倒下的树挡住了路，我们不得不爬过去。
   2. *The car was crushed by a falling tree.*

      一棵倒下的树压坏了汽车。
2. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\***A “Christmas tree” is a real or artificial tree people have in their house *****at Christmas*****:**

   *We haven’t decorated our Christmas tree yet.*
3. **We use the verb “shed” to describe a tree losing its leaves:**

   \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\**In autumn many trees shed their leaves.*
4. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\***Trees are either *****deciduous***** (oak, birch, elm etc) or *****coniferous***** (pine, spruce, larch).**


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