时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2015年ESL之日常生活


英语课

Landscaping a Home


Mona: I want a lawn. I’ve always pictured our new house with a lawn. 


Kellan: Lawns require a lot of water and upkeep. I think we should use hardscape for most of the yard and plant only drought-tolerant plants. 


Mona: I don’t want my yard to be full of gravel 1 and rocks. I picture a water feature in the middle, with annuals and perennials 2 planted all around it, surrounded by a big, beautiful lawn. 


Kellan: We can have some kind of slow-growing ground cover if you want to, but the rest isn’t practical. 


Mona: I don’t know what you mean. We can plant a hedge over there and install planters along the walkway. 


Kellan: Who will do the pruning 3 and mulching? Who will pull the weeds and mow 4 the lawn? Who will rake the leaves when the seasons change? 


Mona: Well, I guess I will, with your help. 


Kellan: Don’t count on me. My motto is: No muss, no fuss! 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 gravel
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
2 perennials
n.多年生植物( perennial的名词复数 )
  • Name six perennials and six annuals suitable for indoor flower arrangement. 列出多年生及一年生花朵各六种,它们必须是适合插花的。 来自互联网
  • Herbage can be divided into three categories: annuals, biennials, and perennials. 草本植物可分成一年生、二年生和多年生。 来自互联网
3 pruning
n.修枝,剪枝,修剪v.修剪(树木等)( prune的现在分词 );精简某事物,除去某事物多余的部分
  • In writing an essay one must do a lot of pruning. 写文章要下一番剪裁的工夫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline. 小树要砍,小孩要管。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 mow
v.割(草、麦等),扫射,皱眉;n.草堆,谷物堆
  • He hired a man to mow the lawn.他雇人割草。
  • We shall have to mow down the tall grass in the big field.我们得把大田里的高草割掉。
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