留美老师带你每日说英文 第1063期:为何香草那么珍贵
时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:留美老师带你每日说英文
英语课
Vanilla 1 vines take two to four years to fully 2 mature, and their flowers only bloom for one day of the year. In order for the plants to produce beans, they have to be pollinated that day. In most places where vanilla is grown, it isn't a native plant, and there aren't bugs 3 or birds capable of pollinating the flowers.
香草藤需要两到四年才能完全成熟,香草藤的花一年只开一天,为了使植物产生豆子,那天他们必须被授粉。在大多数香草种植的地方,它不是土生土长的植物,没有虫子或鸟类能够为花授粉。
学习重点:
1.vanilla 香草兰;香草
vanilla (n.) 香草兰;香草
pumpkin 4 spice (n.) 南瓜派香料
cinnamon (n.) 肉桂
2.mature 发育成熟;成长
mature (v.) 发育成熟;成长
immature 5 (adj.) 不成熟
3.bloom 开花;绽放
bloom (v.) 开花;绽放
be in bloom (phr.) 开花
4.pollinate 授粉
pollinate (v.) 授粉
pollen 6 (n.) 花粉
5.native (动植物) 原产于 (某地) 的;土生的
native (adj.) (动植物) 原产于 (某地) 的;土生的
6.capable 有能力的;熟练的;能干的
capable (adj.) 有能力的;熟练的;能干的
capable of sth/doing sth (phr.) 有能力做...;能做...
n.香子兰,香草
- He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
- I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
adj.疯狂的,发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 );病菌;虫子;[计算机](制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的)错误
- All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞,都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.南瓜
- They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
- It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
adj.未成熟的,发育未全的,未充分发展的
- Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅,不夠成熟。
- The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。
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