Lesson 2: The Camel

THE CAMEL

The camel can go without water for a long

time. Some people think it stores water in its keeps (lưu trữ)
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 in its hump. It cannot store the fat
all over its body. Fat all over an animal’s body everywhere
keeps the animal warm. Camels live in the sa mạc
desert. They do not want to be warm during the
day.
The desert is very hot. The camel gets hotter noun for hot
and hotter during the day. It stores this heat in its a little cold
body because the nights are cool.
The Arabian camel has one hump. The
Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two humps. It too
also has 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 sand cannot go
into the camel’s eyes. about = more or less
Arabic has about 150 words to describe a describe = tell about
camel. Arabs need all these words because the
camel is very important to them.
Lesson 2: The Camel

A. Vocabulary – Từ vựng (thông tin dựa vào bài đọc)

all over during eyelashes hump
also cool thick desert
stores camel describe winters
sand about fat heat

Put the right word in the blanks. The sentences are from the text.
1. Arabic has ______________________ 150 words _______________ 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 _________________.
5. Camels live in _______________________.
6. It __________________ has long ___________________ hair because the winters are
cold in Central Asia.
7. It cannot store the fat ______________ its body.
8. It stores this _____________________ in its body because the nights are ___________.
B. Vocabulary (new context) – Từ vựng (ngữ cảnh khác)
also winters about hotter
camels cool heat desert
during food all over describe
hump eyelashes thick store

1. We ______________ milk, fruit, and vegetables in the refrigerator.

2. Fall is ___________________ in Canada. Winter is cold. Winter is ____________ cold
in the Soviet Union.
3. Can you ___________________ an elephant? What does it look like?
4. There are different animals ________________ the world.
5. Some camels have one _______________ and some have two.
6. Some people have long ____________________ on their eyes.
7. It does not rain very much in the ________________________.
8. Mark’s enginerring text book is very ________________. It has more than 1000 pages.
9. We cook food with _________________ from a stove.
10. Not many Arabs ride on _________________. Now they use cars.
11. Tom is ______________ 25 years old. Maybe he is 24 or 27.
C. Questions
1. Where do camels live?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What does a camel store in its hump?
Lesson 2: The Camel

………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. The camel doesn’t store fat all over its body. Why?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Why does it store heat during the day?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Which camel has one hump? Which has two?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Why does a Bactrian camel have long thich hair?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Why does a camel need long eyelashes?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Why does Arabic have 150 words to describe a camel?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
D. Comprehension
Circle around the letter of the best answer.
1. The camel can go without __________ for a long time.
A. food C. fat
B. Water D. heat
2. It stores ___________ in its hump.
A. water C. food
B. heat D. hair
3. The __________ camel has one hump.
A. arabian B. Bactrian
4. Long __________ keep sand out of the camel’s eyes.
A. thick hair C. eyelashes
B. humps D. ears
5. The Bactrian camel has long thich hair because __________________.
A. it lives in a hot desert C. winters are cold in Central Asia
B. it stores fat in its hump D. the sand gets in its eyes
E. Main Idea
Circle the number of the main idea of the text.
1. There are two kinds of camels.
2. The camel has a good body for life in the desert.
3. The camel stores food in its hump.