Oranges
Everybody
loves oranges. They are sweet and juicy. They are in sections, so it is easy to
eat them. Some oranges do not have any seeds. Some have a thick skin, and some
have a thin skin.
The
orange trees is beautiful. It has a lot of shiny green leaves. The small white
flowers smell very sweet. An orange tree has flowers and fruit at the same
time.
There
were orange trees twenty million years ago. The oranges were very small, not
like the ones today. The orange tree probably came from China. Many different
kinds of wild oranges grow there today. The Chinese started to raise orange
trees around 4400 years ago. Chinese art has lovely old pictures of oranges and
orange trees.
Farmers
on other parts of Asia and the Middle East learned to raise oranges from the
Chinese. Then they taught Europeans. The Spanish planted orange trees in the
New World (North and South America). They took them to Florida first. Oranges are
a very important crop in Florida today.
In
English, orange means both a fruit and a color. We use the name of the fruit
for the color.
Music
and Behavior
Where
did you go yesterday? Did you hear music at any of those places? There is a
good chance that you did. Today most stores and restaurants play music. You might
even hear music in an office or on a farm.
Scientists
believe that music affects the way people behave. According to some scientists,
the sound of western classical music (Mozart and Bach) makes people feel
richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on
food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less
money. With no background music, people spend even less.
Scientists
also believe that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. People actually
chew their food faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy busy
hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants can make
more money this way. Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn
better. They say that music helps students to be more alert. It is true that
people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can help you
relax.
The next time you hear music somewhere, be careful. It might change the way you behave.
