H2O

My mom beats the heat with watermelon. That’s one way to stay hydrated.

By the way, the chemical symbol of water is H2O. Do you know what “H” stands for? It’s hydrogen. Do you see the similarity between “hydrogen” and “hydrated”? “Hydro” means “water” in Greek, so when you see a word with “hydr,” you can guess that the word is associated with water. These are some examples of words with “hydr”: fire hydrant (消火栓）, hydroelectric (水力発電)、and hydrangea (あじさい). Knowing the origin of word will help you learn new words.

You can add another word to your vocabulary today. That is “dehydration” (脱水、脱水症状).

 In this weather, if you don’t keep hydrated, it’s easy to get dehydrated. Drink lots of H2O!