VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - Putting Your Head to Growin
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA慢速英语2009年（三）月
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
We have talked about growing carrots and beets 1. This week, we move from root vegetables to a leafy vegetable. Cabbage is related to mustard, turnips 2, kale and collards. The leaves that form a head of cabbage can be purple, red or green. "White" cabbage is really a light green.
Cabbage is a good source of vitamin C and other nutrients 3. Cato the Elder, an influential 4 Roman thinker two thousand years ago, praised its medical value. If you eat it raw, he suggested dipping it in vinegar.
Think about growing cabbage if you live where the weather is cool and the soil is moist and fertile. Spring and fall are good times to begin. Experts say cabbage does not need full sun and grows easily if you water it regularly and protect against insects and disease.
The University of Illinois Extension says cabbage is easily transplanted from bare-root plants or cell packs. Bare-root plants have no soil on their roots. Cell packs are containers in which seeds are started.
Susan Trice from the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service says cabbage takes about sixty to ninety days to grow. She says the amount of space needed between the plants depends on how big you expect the heads to be. Cabbage can be picked any time after the heads have formed.
Always keep the plants moist. Watch for yellowing or black spots on the stems. Yellow or brown areas shaped like the letter V on leaves may be a sign of black rot infection.
Insects, transplants and seeds can spread infections. If you suspect that seeds may be diseased, place them in water at fifty degrees Celsius 5 for twenty minutes. The Cooperative Extension Service at Oklahoma State University says buying high-quality seeds can help.
On March seventeenth, many Irish Americans will eat a traditional meal of corned beef and cabbage to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.
Cabbage leaves can be steamed or cooked in a small amount of boiling water until they soften 6. Cabbage smells terrible if you cook it too long. Uncooked cabbage, cut thinly, is used in cole slaw and other salads.
Sauerkraut is cabbage fermented 7 in its own juice. It means "sour cabbage" in German. Salt is traditionally used to pull water out of the cabbage.
And Chinese cabbage is popular not just in China. It is commonly used, for example, in kimchee, a spicy 8 Korean food made with fermented cabbage.
And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. Our reports are at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Bob Doughty 9.
- Beets are Hank's favorite vegetable. 甜菜根是汉克最爱吃的蔬菜。
- In this enlargement, barley, alfalfa, and sugar beets can be differentiated. 在这张放大的照片上，大麦，苜蓿和甜菜都能被区分开。
- Well, I like turnips, tomatoes, eggplants, cauliflowers, onions and carrots. 噢，我喜欢大萝卜、西红柿、茄子、菜花、洋葱和胡萝卜。 来自魔法英语-口语突破（高中）
- This is turnip soup, made from real turnips. 这是大头菜汤，用真正的大头菜做的。
- a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
- Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
- He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
- The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
- The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。
- Plastics will soften when exposed to heat.塑料适当加热就可以软化。
- This special cream will help to soften up our skin.这种特殊的护肤霜有助于使皮肤变得柔软。
- When wine is fermented, it gives off gas. 酒发酵时发出气泡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His speeches fermented trouble among the workers. 他的演讲在工人中引起骚动。 来自辞典例句
- The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
- Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。