G1 A Year Without Rain

A Letter From Rain Tree

Dear all,

Hi, there! This is “Albizia saman”. You can call me Rain Tree.

I’m very tall!

Mm…I’m about 20 meters tall.

People said that my leaves and flower are beautiful.

Welcome to our school!

I can’t wait to meet you;)

Rain Tree XXX

(There’s a rain tree in our school. )

(Our school tree!)

The Rain Tree is our school tree. It was moved from the old campus.

At that time, it was a bare, bold and unspectacular tree.

Because our school was a farm before,

the soil here is very fertile.The tree is big and tall, now.

The reason that we preserve the tree is because it is a very rare species.

It opens it's flower buds in the morning,

and it'll drop down the dew from it's leaves,

and that's why it is called the " Rain Tree ".

The Rain Tree is a symbol of " Inheritance ".

Our school can be sustained,

and inherited for many generations.

Now, the rain tree is a very important part in our school.

You can see it in many activities.

At Christmas, there are some decorations on it.

It looks like a Christmas tree, it’s more beautiful than usual.

Last March, there was a big earthquake in Japan.

We hung many cards which we wrote to the Japanese under it.

Maybe the wishes can arrive Japan faster because its blessing.

And it’s very important in many students’ heart.

In a computer graphics competition, a student drew it, and got the good score.

The rain tree accompanies many students for their school life.

In our minds, it’s not only a tree, it’s also a friend.

1 意見:

王老师Mar 15, 2012 09:17 AM

I remember the Rain Tree in your school.

G2 Introduce Albizia saman (Rain Tree)

Introduce Albizia saman (Rain Tree)

 

This is my introduce about Albizia saman.It have one in our school,and it is very important for our school.It have a special meaning for us(忠孝’s STUDENTS)You can also serch it on the net,than you can find many information.It is a very old tree I think. So you can find about the story of it. (I think you can enjoy in it)

About Albizia saman,

Stem: Rain Tree is a wide-canopied tree with a large symmetrical crown. It usually reaches a height of 25 m (82 ft) and a diameter of 40 m (130 ft).

Leaves: Bipinnate compound leaves alternate, 2~5 pairs of pinna;2~8 pairs of lobulars, Ovate-oblong or slightly round. Up to 4.5 cm. Smooth surface. But there is a lot of villus behind the leaves.

Flowers: Several lineages of this tree are available, e.g., with reddish pink and creamish golden colored flowers. Corolla length of 1.7 cm. 20 stamens, filaments slender.

Fruit: Pod flat, and smooth. Length of 15~20 cm, slightly cylindrical.

Albizia saman’s source area is the tropics Americas, the west indies. It can reaches a height of 20 meters. The leaves usually falling in winter. Its name in Taiwan is 雨树, so you also can call it “rain tree”. It is a flowering tree, it will bloom in spring. These trees need live with enough sunshine and water in its growth period. We usually grow rain tree in the garden, it is a kind of shade tree.

 

The leaves of Albizia saman would fold because of the temperature and illumination.

The leaves hold in rainy weather and in the evening. The angles of the folding leaves are also different in morning, afternoon and the evening. Why it have to do so?? Because it has to reduce the losing water to prevent lacking water.

We will really happy if you like this report=))If you have chance to come to Taiwan and meet忠孝.You can come to see雨豆树and we will introduce it to you=)I hope you will very interesting in this introduce=))

G3 The Name About Rain Tree

Today where the most common names are from has a lot to do with leaves. Rain trees come from tropical America. In the morning, pinnate lobules will open to photosynthesis, and close in the afternoon to redue evaporate. And these small leaves are very sensitive. On cloudy days, they will close as if it were dark. If it rains at this moment, the heavy canopy will allow the rain to run down to the ground quickly.


Not only the small leaves and the weather have so subtle echo.The pod of rain trees will affected by the ambient humidity and have bend down appearance.When the humidity is high at night,the pod of rain trees will bend down.Therefore,we can tell if it will rain by looking at the condition of rain trees.


Another name of trees is more profound and more meaningful in ecology.People in tropical places think the lawn under rain trees is protected from the sunlight,but it can enjoy the rain on rainy days.In contrast to the lawns around the rain trees,they are more thriving.But this argument is too simple because it is likely that the grass under the rain tree is different from that around the rain tree.

1 意見:

Angel(安綺)Mar 17, 2012 01:11 AM

maybe you can put some pictures
it's not easy to understand what you want to say
=___=

G4 The Stories of Rain Tree and I:雨树情怀( yu shu ching huai )

>>Before you read……
These stories are written by writers, they use their pens to write down the stories between rain trees and they. Now, let’s read these stories, and enjoy them under the rain tree……

1.〈About Rain Tree〉/ by blogger wrier:

「…… 雨豆树，雨如豆下。虽然我还不知雨豆名称的由来，但我的解读是当冬天他的小叶转黄一一落下时，那情景就像是雨不停的飘下，这时若站在树下感受，也颇有浪漫 之意。雨豆树是一种夜晚会睡觉的树，晚上你会看到他将叶子合起。……次日太阳出来时，他又将是一天的忙碌，展开笑靥替人们服务，随着太阳的日升日落而休 息……。」

【The gist】
It means: he thinks that its name called ‘‘rain tree’’ is because he thinks when its leaves turn in yellow and fall in winter, they are like rain falling. It’ll be very romantic when you stand under the rain tree. And rain tree will sleep at night, you’ll see it closes its leaves. The next day, when the sun rises, it’ll be busy again. It provides services to the people with smiles and rests after the sun sets…...

2.〈雨豆树下的「负荷」〉/ by 吴晟

「……例如雨豆树，以及雨豆树 下的上课情景。……在几棵大树下，助教开始介绍：这是雨豆树、含羞草科落叶大乔木，类似大叶合欢。和含羞草一样，夜晚叶片会闭合，……雨豆树是二回偶数羽 状复叶，大叶互生，小叶对生；下雨之前，水气饱和的关系，叶片纷纷闭合起来，这是很有趣的生态现象，因此英文名称是rain tree。……。每当经过这些绿荫盎然的雨豆树，总会在脑海中浮现陪伴志宁上课时，在雨豆树下出神仰望的情景。」

【The gist】
It’s a story about the writer and his son. The writer memoried that one day they attended class under the rain tree. The teacher began to introduce the tree and also explaned why it called ‘‘rain tree’’.( All about rain tree ---- you can take a look at G2’s article.) After that, when the writer passes these trees every times, he would think of that time again when he attended class with his son, and they were spellbound as looking up the rain tree.

10 意見:

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   王老师Mar 11, 2012 12:46 AM

   记得我小学教室窗外也有一颗很老很老的雨豆树。我几乎每天都在雨豆树下打球。
   每当雨季时，树下经常会积水，就这样我们校园里就多了一个‘池塘’。科学老师就把教室‘搬’到雨豆树下，我们就在‘池塘’里捉蝌蚪...
2. 
   
   Nicole(黃詩涵)Mar 13, 2012 11:49 PM

   Oh.So you have seen 雨豆树 before.It is very strong and beautiful,right?What country were you in at that time?
3. 
   
   王老师Mar 14, 2012 12:45 AM

   花园城市 ——新加坡
   
   Ps: 去看看《我可能不会爱你》吧!
4. 
   
   Tina(雅婷)Mar 14, 2012 08:05 AM

   《我可能不会爱你》is very popular in Taiwan,too.
   many people want to learn how to play "大仁之歌" on ukulele
   
   check out this link:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpTHmw2RmAw
5. 
   
   Yueh-hua LiMar 14, 2012 04:35 PM

   Our school has a ukulele club on Monday. Students and teachers learn how to play it after school. Everyone is charmed by 大仁哥.
6. 
   
   王老师Mar 15, 2012 09:22 AM

   我也喜欢大仁哥 :o) 超迷人的酒窝...
   
   记得大仁哥去新加坡工作吗？如果你仔细看新加坡的情景，你一定会看到许多雨豆树。
7. 
   
   Angel(安綺)Mar 17, 2012 01:06 AM

   新加坡有许多雨豆树?
   Really?
   But I didn't see any there！
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   王老师Mar 17, 2012 07:11 AM

   雨 豆树 are very common in singapore. when you arrived at s'pore changi airport, the motorway that takes you into the city centre is largely lined with 雨豆树.
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   Nicole(黃詩涵)Mar 18, 2012 06:18 AM

   Oh I think they are very beautiful.Oh so you also see 《我可能不会爱你》there?It is very popular in Taiwan.
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    王老师Mar 18, 2012 11:56 AM

    我♥ 台湾偶像剧♥♥♥it helps me to keep my ears 'tune in' to Chinese sounds.
    
    i can watch most of them on http://sugoideas.com/