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英语课
By Zulima Palacio
Washington, D.C.
14 May 2007
 


In the middle of one of the busiest and most crowded areas of Washington D.C. there is an oasis 1 of peace.  And every year around this time, the U.S. National Arboretum 2 blossoms with thousands of azaleas.  Producer Zulima Palacio takes us on a visit there.  Jeffrey Young narrates 3 the story.






Azalea Collection in Washington


Azalea collection in Washington



Come on; walk with us up the path.  This is perhaps one of the best-kept secrets in America's capital city.


This is the azalea collection at the U.S. National Arboretum.  Fifteen-thousand of them, spread over 16 hectares of forested hillside.  Most of these azaleas are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. 


Barbara Bullock has been the horticulturist in charge of the collection for the last 17 years. "The azalea collection was the number one reason that the arboretum was opened to the public."


Soon after Washington's more celebrated 4 Cherry Blossom Festival, the National Arboretum's azaleas are in full bloom from April through June.


"I don't know how many species there are,” admits Bullock. “There are 7,000 cultivar in the reference book I use.   There are about seven main range of colors, but in every one of those colors, there are shades and tints 5, blends. There are hundreds and thousands of different ways the colors are manifested."


One azalea is a Glenn Dale cultivar with a unique combination of solid and striped blossoms on the same plant. Another has a different color combination on the same branch.


The multitude of colors, the fragrance 6, birds and paths, make this azalea collection in Washington, an oasis of peace and beauty.  Those who know the secrets of this place keep coming here year after year.


"If people find out about it, well, it would be great!" says Bullock proudly.




n.(沙漠中的)绿洲,宜人的地方
  • They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
  • The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。
n.植物园
  • We can go to the arboretum in the southern suburb.我们可以去南郊的植物园。
  • The arboretum is full of exotic flowers and rare herbs.植物园里长满了各种奇花异草。
v.故事( narrate的第三人称单数 )
  • It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
  • Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹
  • leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
  • The whole countryside glowed with autumn tints. 乡间处处呈现出灿烂的秋色。
n.芬芳,香味,香气
  • The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
  • The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。
学英语单词
2'-phosphodiesterase
a cutie pie
abnormal focal length
aggregation of individual preferences
air inlet valve of dredger's deliving pipeline
air-guns
alcala de la selva
archeri
Ariquemes
assinie
Auberger blood group system
Banbayan Pt.
bar rack
be food for worms
between-class correlation
Brachypodium sylvaticum
calex
capon test
carbon steel
catch copy
Central I.
chantha
chromophobic
couchful
day disk
deformational stress
detonation point
deutscheland
drive out of
duramatral
echymose
Elephanta Island
expected yield
fadged
fermentation inhibitor
floating point unit
folded and grooved seam
go hard or go home
half titles
harker lines
hideosities
Higher bid
imperialls
insinuate
iris detachment
Jeans viscosity equation
lactocidin
lbgs
lead metasilicate
left atrium failure
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
lock cylinder
loi-cadre
M.H.R.
macromitrium ferriei
marie dolores eliza rosanna gilberts
membranogenesis
mesh side cutter
Minskian
nodes
nonitemized
normal congruence
observantially
order parameter
pachometers
papular pruritic gloves and socks syndrome
paroxysmal coliky pain
patent licence-agreement
Phulsāri
pioneering work
plain ashlar
plant ledger card
pork fillet
preconising
PSD (power spectral density)
ragtop
relish
residual valency
Santa Maria, I.
satish
scientific data processing
search and seizure
Seawater Quality Standards
sharpness of focusing
side-by-side
Simonart band
Sleepwell
smazes
spherochromatism
starch slurry
stop-and-direction-indicator-lamps
storage cathode ray tube
sweetkin
tabby-cats
teamkillers
tetracontagons
tip clearance area
Tossåsen
uppermost part
us sea
water ejection tube
you're a star