时间:2019-01-28 作者:英语课 分类:英语博客 A cup of English


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  Beginners.

Do you know what a Pointsettia is? It is something that grows in the ground and is sold here in the United States at Christmas time. It originates  from Mexico and Central America. Often when you go into a supermarket, they are the first things that you see, along with the fruit. The plants look like they have huge flowers, but actually, the colors come from leaves, not petals 1. You can find Pointsettias that are pink, red, white, and mottled. Not many flowers grow in these areas at Christmas time; gardens and farms are dormant 2 because of the cold. So, truck loads of these flowers are transported from Mexico and Central America to our supermarkets, by the thousands. Christmas trees are a very special part of Winter, but Poinsettias are a pretty, traditional touch to the season's decorations.

Grammar notes.

Verbs: to grow (grow, grew, grown).

Ex: Carrots grow well here. They grew well last year. They are grown nearly everywhere.

To come (come, came, come).

Ex: He comes from China. They came to our house yesterday. Has Santa come down the chimney yet?

Related vocabulary: along with, actually, often.

Advanced.

You have probably noticed by now that I am a Christmas fanatic 3. The snow, the decorations, the traditions, and the actual meaning of Christmas, are all cherished by my family. Well, there is a little part of this season which definitely puts an annual smile on many faces. The Poinsettia. You can pick them up just about anywhere this time of year. Even the craft stores sell fake ones. They come in quite a variety of colors: red, pink, white, and mottled. A recent fashion has been sprayed Poinsettias; so now, they even come in sparkling blue and purple. That's not exactly my cup of tea; I prefer the natural colors. The flower was introduced to the United States by the first ambassador to Mexico, Joel Robert Poinsett. Legend has it that two poor children, Maria and Pablo, wished to decorate a local nativity scene with presents. They brought only weeds, and were picked on and humiliated 4 by the other children. Then, suddenly, miraculously 5, the weeds burst into color, forming the shapes of stars. Their humble 6 gift had been accepted and blessed. Love and well meaning triumphed. Poinsettias as a result are also known as the 'Flower of the Holy night.'

Grammar notes.

Related vocabulary: to cherish (to be cherished).

Exs: I cherish our time together. She is cherished by the whole family.

Annual = yearly; to pick on = to bully 7; just about anywhere/ anybody; fake = artificial; it's not my cup of tea = I don't like it.

The flower was introduced = subject + to be + past participle.

Exs: The car was made in Japan. The jewel was stolen in the night.



n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )
  • white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣
  • The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
adj.暂停活动的;休眠的;潜伏的
  • Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态。
  • This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.这座休眠火山突然爆发了。
n.狂热者,入迷者;adj.狂热入迷的
  • Alexander is a football fanatic.亚历山大是个足球迷。
  • I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian.我不是宗教狂热分子,但我是基督徒。
感到羞愧的
  • Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present. 子女在客人面前举止失当,父母也失体面。
  • He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated. 他感到羞耻,丢尽了面子。
ad.奇迹般地
  • He had been miraculously saved from almost certain death. 他奇迹般地从死亡线上获救。
  • A schoolboy miraculously survived a 25 000-volt electric shock. 一名男学生在遭受2.5 万伏的电击后奇迹般地活了下来。
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低
  • In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见,他将在选举中获胜。
  • Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
  • A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
  • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
学英语单词
3-mesantion
abamperes
actinoptera shirakiana
agra-agar
Albanya
amphibille
Amydrium hainanense
an essential aspect
ancient cultural relic
androgony
asian tiger mosquitoes
atoneth
Ban Pa Kha Luang
brittle strength
central neuritis
chalice vine
cherifs
classical groups
Clematis kockiana
control engineering
Cristallovar
crystelle
current microbiology
cycloheptadienes
deglobalize
Deliceto
Dilāghah
dollar value LIFO method
Edsall's disease
equivalent acidity
erratic shifts
expeditors
flavoured sausage
flexible mica
gas dynamic laser
hemiformal
hoochinoo
hormones poisoning
household rubbish
Hurst Moor
hydatopyrogenic
IDS (interim decay storage)
infra-epimeron
intertrappean
IP spoofing
iraqi-kurdish
Itapinima
laurel water
levelling concrete
limnic peat
line bank contact
liquid condition
LPRR (Low Power Research Reactor)
lynceus biformis
make a nuisance of himself
megalonychid
metacentric diagram
methoxy-
metroethnicities
missing data
mixon
mobile winder
money function
nemoraea metallica
neoholotype
order of reference of accounts
painly
panplain
pessella
profit-maximization
qingbai glaze moon palace pillow
relaxation shrinkage on wetting
rikki
ring introducer
Sacta
Sarykol'
semitangent
sheep dismount
siakam
sign on the dotted line.
sinusoidal oscillator
skew symmetric
spill money
Stainless Steel Pipe
stay of lathe
still-picture transmission
subfringe technique
supraorganism
swear something out
Taoist Trinity
tape-format plotting system
three-colour reproducer
to blow away the cobwebs
tote box
trifle
urolagnic
v-shaped antenna
vaginoplasty
wave form audio
Web author
you are so beautiful