Yams /jæmz/
Yams are long, brown vegetables that grow underground.
The inside of yams is white, yellow, or purple.
People often boil, bake, or fry yams to eat them.
Yams taste sweet and are very soft when cooked.
Many families eat yams in soups, stews, or as a side dish.
It is simple to wash and peel yams before cooking.
山药是一种长形棕色的蔬菜，生长在地下。
山药里面可能是白色、黄色或紫色。
人们常常把山药煮、烤或炸来吃。
山药煮熟后味道甜甜的，非常软糯。
很多家庭会在汤、炖菜或配菜里吃山药。
做饭前，山药很容易清洗和去皮。
配套练习✍️
🔎语境型完形填空（Contextual Cloze）
Yams grow ______ the ground.
（underground / above / around）
The color inside yams can be white, yellow, or ______.
（purple / green / orange）
People can ______ yams to eat them.
（boil / paint / build）
Yams taste ______ and soft after cooking.
（sweet / salty / sour）
Families sometimes eat yams as a ______ dish.
（side / main / small）
📝句型模仿（Sentence Building）
My aunt likes to ______ yams for the family dinner.
（可选词：bake, drive, hug）
🔗句型模仿（Sentence Building with Linking Words）
Yams are easy to use after ______.
（可选词：they are peeled, shoes dance, birds sleep）
Some people enjoy yams because ______.
（可选词：they taste sweet, cats run, trains sing）
练习答案✅
完形填空：
underground
purple
boil
sweet
side
句型模仿：
My aunt likes to bake yams for the family dinner.
句型模仿（带连接词）答案：
Yams are easy to use after they are peeled.
Some people enjoy yams because they taste sweet.
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