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Bill comes to visit Steven. Steven is talking about his flowers in the garden with Bill.

比尔来拜访史蒂文,史蒂文正在花园里和比尔谈论他养的花。


A: Oh, what a beautiful garden.

哦,好漂亮的花园啊。


B: These are my roses. The roses have been in flower for a week. 

这些是我种的玫瑰,这些玫瑰已经开了一星期了。


A: The garden looks lovely when the roses are in bloom. You must have a lot of pleasure in planting flowers.

玫瑰花开时,园内美丽诱人。你一定因为养花而获得了不少乐趣吧。


B: Yes, you're right. I love flowers and hence have taken to growing them. I take care of my flowers every day as if they are my good friends.

是啊,你说对了。我爱花,所以也爱养花。我得天天照顾我的花,就像朋友似的关心它们。


A: You did a good job, but I got tired of working in the garden. 

你太棒了,我对养花已经厌倦了。


B: Oh, I see. People who don't understand the nature of flowers won't be able to grow them well. I can help you learn more if you want to plant flowers one day. In this way, you need not be afraid of your own sweet flower garden's being neglected. 

我明白。不懂花性的人可养不好花。如果你有一天想养花,我可以帮你多了解它们,这样你就不用担心你那漂亮的花圃会被荒废了。


讲解:

plant/grow flowers

种花;养花


例句:

I love to plant flowers in my garden.

我喜欢在我的花园里种花。


It gives me great pleasure to grow flowers.

种花给了我很大的乐趣。


be in flower/bloom

开花的;盛开的


例句:

The roses are in flower early this year.

今年玫瑰花开得很早。


The apple trees are in bloom.

苹果树正在开花。


have a lot of pleasure in doing sth

做某事有很多乐趣


例句:

I have a lot of pleasure in doing exercise.

做运动给我带来了很多乐趣。


He must have a lot of pleasure in taking care of his pets.

照顾他的宠物一定带给他不少欢乐。


take to

开始养成(某种习惯);喜欢上


例句:

After a few weeks of practice, I finally took to playing the guitar.

经过几周的训练,我终于养成了弹吉他的习惯。


It took me a while to take to my new job, but now I love it and can't imagine doing anything else.

我花了一段时间才开始我的新工作,但现在我喜欢它,无法想象做其他事情。


get tired of

对...变得厌倦(对某事失去兴趣和耐心)


例句:

I'm getting tired of eating the same thing every day.

我厌倦了每天吃同样的食物。


got tired of all these meetings.

我厌倦了这些会议。


need not do

不必;无须

need not=needn't,后面接动词原形。need not/needn't在句子中可以和not need to do进行转换


例句:

We need not hurry. We have plenty of time.

我们不需要着急,我们有很多时间。

=We don't need to hurry...


You needn't pay for tonight's dinner, it's on me.

你不需要付今晚的饭钱,我请客。

=You don't need to pay for tonight's dinner...


neglect

疏于照管;忽视;忽略


neglect sth...

疏于照顾...

neglect to do...

忽视做某事


例句:

The garden has been neglected for years.

这个花园已经好几年无人照看了。


He was so busy that he neglected his health.

他太忙了以至于无法顾及健康。


Don't neglect to take good care of your teeth.

别忽略了保护牙齿。