Eaten any wood today? You may have! And you possibly brushed your teeth with it and you are even dressed with wood. You might know that paper is made from wood. But we get a lot more from trees than paper! In fact, more than 5,000 wood products make our lives better each day. It's true! From toothpaste to photo film, wood products are all around us.

    Wood resin(树脂) is one of many chemicals we get from trees. When a tree gets hurt, resin will form as a protective(保护性的) coating around the wound to stop the insect. People collect the resin and use it to produce paint, glue and soap.

    There are also tree-based chemicals in many of the foods we eat and drink. Some of these chemicals are used to add colours to soft drinks, others to keep food from going bad too quickly. For example, snack food, milk shake and ice creams can be made with cellulose (纤维素) from trees.

    Our life is full of products that come from trees. Now, how many tree products can you see from where you are sitting right now?

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    Starbucks(星巴克) coffee shops have good drinks and comfortable seats. They are  places to have a drink. The  Starbucks opened in 1971, in Seattle, Washington. At first, it was just a common coffee shop. In the 1980's, the managers turned Starbucks into an Italian-style(意大利风格的) coffee shop. Soon, there were Starbucks coffee shops in many American cities. In the 1990's, Starbucks went  . They opened the first shop in Japan in 1995. After that, shops opened in countries all over Asia. By the year 2000, there had been  3,000 Starbucks coffee shops around the world. Starbucks is much more than a coffee shop. The company is part of many community(团体) projects. For example, there is a group of managers called the "Green Team". They  trees and clean neighbourhoods in their city. So, next time you have a drink at Starbucks, feel good about yourself. It's nice to know that some companies care about you and your environment, not just your money.

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