时间:2019-01-25 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课

 Mike: So Dusty, you told me that you tend to grow your own kind of plants and things, and you're into kind of greenery and into kind of like ecology.


Dusty: Yeah.
 
Mike: You grow your own plants on your balcony, is that right?
 
Dusty: Right, yeah. Well, you know, I live in Tokyo, and the balcony gets a lot of sunlight. It was actually a pretty good growing season, so we grow a lot of herbs on our balcony, like basil, thyme, mint 1, or lemongrass. They grow quite well. Even coriander, we have growing right now.
 
Mike: Wow.
 
Dusty: It's just going well.
 
Mike: So you use that stuff 2 for your own cooking and everything, right?
 
Dusty: Yeah. You can really see the difference, especially when you're making sauces and things. It just has a lot more flavor 3 to it. We've also started growing some vegetables, so we've got carrots going, and we've got lettuce 4. We're going to start doing grapes in about a month or so.
 
Mike: Wow! You must have a huge balcony.
 
Dusty: We are lucky. We got a pretty big balcony, but it doesn't take much room. And even some things you would never expect, like goya or grapes grow well on the balcony.
 
Mike: Really?
 
Dusty: Yeah.
 
Mike: Wow!
 
Dusty: And it's like good-
 
Mike: I always thought goya was like a tropical 5 kind of vegetable.
 
Dusty: It will do okay in Tokyo.
 
Mike: Really?
 
Dusty: Yeah. And then the grapes, you know, the grape quality isn't very good.
 
Mike: Okay.
 
Dusty: But during the summer, they have leaves, and so it kind of cools down your balcony. In then in the winter, the leaves drop away, so you still get a lot of sunlight. It's kind of a very eco-friendly way of cooling your house.
 
Mike: So what advice would you give to somebody if they wanted to, let's say, grow their own vegetables or herbs, or whatever, on their balcony?
 
Dusty: Well for one thing, don't be scared to stack 6 things.
 
Mike: Okay.
 
Dusty: Yeah. If you don't have much room, it's okay to kind of build a little shelf above one. Herbs don't need a ton of sunlight.
 
Mike: Oh, really? Okay. Wow, I didn't know that.
 
Dusty: So you'll be fine with that. And then also, grow things you're actually going to use. Like last year, we grew jalapeno peppers, and we grew habaneros.
 
Mike: Wow!
 
Dusty: Yeah. Habaneros are great. We've got tons of them, but we just couldn't eat them. It was so spicy 7.
 
Mike: Oh, really?
 
Dusty: Yeah. In the end, we eventually deep fried 8 some of them and had like cheese poppers.
 
Mike: You mean, you eat them like deep-fried, all straight habanero peppers?
 
Dusty: Deep fried with cheese inside. But yeah, that was about the only way we could do it. And even just handling them, like your eyes would hurt afterwards.
 
The other thing is be ready for bugs 9. Even if you're up like eight storeys or nine storeys, you'll be amazed 10 how many - you'll wake up one morning and just find your plants covered in caterpillars 11.
 
Mike: Really?
 
Dusty: Yeah.
 
Mike: Wow! I guess so. I mean, in fact, that makes sense. Insects fly, so they would eventually get themselves up there.
 
Dusty: Yeah.
 
Mike: Thanks a lot, Dusty. That's really interesting - fascinating stuff.
 
重点词汇:
 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
greenery
 
I heard you're into greenery.
 
We use the word greenery to talk about grass, plants, trees, etc. Notice the following:
 
There's not much greenery in the city.
The greenery of New Zealand is amazing.
grow your own plants
 
And you grow your own plants too.
 
We sometimes grow our own plants in a garden, but most often in and around our house. Notice the following:
 
When I try to grow my own plants, they always die.
Do you grow your own plants?
take much room
 
Pants don't take much room.
 
The term 'take much room' is used to describe how much space we use for something. Notice the following:
 
My new king size bed takes too much room.
His guitar collection doesn't take much room.
eco-friendly
 
It's an eco-friendly way.
 
Something that is eco-friendly is kind to the environment. Notice the following:
 
Cotton shopping bags are much more eco-friendly than plastic.
The city is starting to invest 12 in more eco-friendly technology.
handling
 
Handling peppers can make your eyes hurt.
 
When we handle something that means we touch it or hold it in our hands. Notice the following:
 
Handling Chemicals can be dangerous.
All restaurant employees are trained in food handling.


n.薄荷,铸币厂;vt.铸造(硬币),创造(词)等
  • The mint makes coins.铸币厂制造硬币。
  • This candy tastes of mint.这糖果有薄荷味。
n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
  • We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
  • He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
n.味,滋味,味道;风味;vt.调味,加味于
  • I like the flavor of chocolate.我喜欢巧克力的味道。
  • Each flavor was totally unique.每一种味道都是独一无二的。
n.莴苣;生菜
  • Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿,我好做色拉。
  • The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。
adj.热带的,热带的,炎热的
  • You must grow these tropical flowers in a glasshouse.你必须把这些热带花卉种在温室里。
  • This disease is widespread in tropical areas.这种疾病在热带地区蔓延很广。
n.堆叠,堆;vt.堆积,成叠放在;vi.堆成一堆
  • There's a whole stack of bills waiting to be paid.有一大堆账要付呢。
  • They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
adj.加香料的;辛辣的,有风味的
  • 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。
adj.油煎的;油炒的
  • I ate everything fried.所有油炸的我都吃。
  • I prefer fried peanuts.我选择炸花生。
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》
adj.吃惊的,惊奇的v.使大为吃惊,使惊奇( amaze的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Just the size of the place amazed her. 仅仅地方之大就使她十分惊奇。
  • I was amazed at her knowledge of French literature. 她的法国文学知识之丰富使我大为惊奇。
n.毛虫( caterpillar的名词复数 );履带
  • Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. 毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。
  • Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths. 毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。 来自辞典例句
v.投资;投入(时间等);授予,赋予
  • I have decided to invest in a new car.我已经决定买一辆新汽车。
  • The best time to invest is now.现在是投资的最佳时机。
学英语单词
3-Hydroxy-N-methylmorphinan
abides by
accept full responsibility for
adjustable hanging pole
affettuoso
akaryocyte
ammonisation
application of optimization
ascids
assertion data base
autokinetic
automatic trimming
babist
bi-directional microphone
broadside
bypass stack
centre of friction
centrospermaes
chrysostome
close cover group
coagulatory settler
colouring materials
control region length register
corticotropin-releasing hormone
country beams
defeminization
dispelling wind and eliminating dampness
ditiomustine
dkg.
DMPE
duckfoot bend
electric floating crane
farmboys
five Zang-organs and six Fu-organs
fraena
FSML
fuel element drying facility
fume exhaust system
gas metal arc welding
genus Synanceja
gregarious phase
hard liquor
hard-cased
Hatasu
hipbelts
Hodge's forceps
hunterite
ichthyolites
intraepidermal neutrophilic iga dermatosis
intraspecific crossing
Kavrepalanchok
keep account
koponen
lachrymal vase
Lesser Slave L.
local preachers
lotsa
maidana
mangons
mescalines
methyl allyl chloride
MS Pro
NAPT
net tonnage
palivizumab
polidocanol
position timing
practical supporting capacity
pre-marital health examination
pressing bush
priestliness
project duration
put sb off his mettle
pyrosclriite
ragesome
ranatensin C
random connection
rubbaboo
Scoresby Land
segment descriptor stack
seminatural ecosystem
ship's weather instrument
shtik
slender froelichia
snidery
spent fuel cask
standard grey scale
static load stress
study randomization date/time
surface enzyme
TCDB
thioacetamides
tidal-flat channel
timer scale
turbulent flow air register
unit friction power
united states constitutions
vouli
working quality
X-hour
xanol
Zacualpita