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DATE=6-5-01
TITLE=AGRICULTURE REPORT - Building Rooftop Gardens 
BYLINE=Bob Bowen

（Start at 59" ）This is Bill White with the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. 
(1)Rooftop gardening¹ is popular in many countries.  It provides a way for people without land to grow food.  We will (2)describe how you can build a rooftop garden. And we will tell which kinds of vegetables you can grow there.  A private American group developed the rooftop gardening (3)method in the early Nineteen-Eighties.  The group is Educational Concerns for Hunger (4)Organization, known² as ECHO³.  It is based in North Fort⁴ Myers, (5)Florida. 
The idea was to help people living in cities who do not have land to grow crops.  ECHO developed a way people in cities can grow their own fresh vegetables.
The ECHO directions say four things are necessary.  You need a roof strong enough to support the weight of a small garden.  You need grass cuttings in which to plant your garden.  You need a thin piece of (6) plastic on which to spread the cut grass.  And you need four pieces of wood to build a box.
You begin by testing your roof to make sure it is strong enough.  Then you cut and collect some grass.  You cover the roof with a thin piece of plastic.  Then you build a box from the four pieces of wood. The box has no top or bottom.  It should be about eight (7)centimeters deep.  It can be as long and as wide as needed. Place the box on top of the sheet of plastic.  Then fill it with the cut grass.  Water the grass and push it down by walking on it.  After about three weeks, the roof top box is ready for planting.
Put the seeds directly⁵ into the wet grass.  It is important that the grass is kept wet until the plants begin to grow.  When the plants are growing, you will need to water them every day unless it rains.  And they will need some (8)liquid (9) fertilizer⁶. You can make your own liquid fertilizer if you can get waste from chickens.  Put the chicken waste in a cloth bag.  Then put the bag in a big (10) container of water.  After about one week, the water becomes a good liquid fertilizer.
Rooftop gardens need a lot of water.  And birds and insects must be prevented from eating the seeds or new plants.
The rooftop garden is a good place to grow peas⁷, tomatoes, (11) beans, onions and (12) lettuce⁸.  If the box is deep enough, potatoes and (13) carrots also will grow.
This VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT was written by Bob Bowen.
This is Bill White.

(1)  rooftop n.屋顶
(2)  describe [ dis5kraib ]v.描述
(3) method [5meWEd]n.方法
(4) organization [ 7C:^Enai5zeiFEn ]n.组织, 机构, 团体
(5) Florida [ 5flCridE ]n.佛罗里达(美国州名)
(6) plastic [ `plAstik] n.塑胶, 可塑体, 塑料制品, 整形 adj.塑胶的, 塑造的
(7) centimeter [5sentImi:tEr(r)]n.厘米
(8) liquid [ 5likwid ] adj.液体的
(9) fertilizer [ `f[:ti9laizE] n.肥料
(10) container [k[n`tein[] n.容器(箱,盆,罐,壶,桶,坛子)
(11) bean [bi:n] n.豆, 豆形果实
(12) lettuce [ `letis] n.[植]莴苣, 生菜, 苦菜类
(13) carrot [ `kArEt] n.胡萝卜

1 gardening   

n.造园，造园术，园艺

参考例句：

• Dad is always in a good humour for gardening.爸爸干园艺活时，心情总是很好。
• She's outdoors gardening every afternoon.她每天下午都在户外搞园艺。

2 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

3 echo   

n.回音，共鸣；vi.发出回声；vt.模仿，附和

参考例句：

• She shouted on the mountaintop and listened for the echo.她在山顶上大声喊着，然后聆听着回声。
• I should like to echo the words of the previous speaker.我想重复前面一位发言者的话。

4 fort   

n.要塞，堡垒，碉堡

参考例句：

• The fort can not be defended against an air attack.这座要塞遭到空袭时无法防御。
• No one can get into the fort without a pass.没有通行证，任何人不得进入要塞。

5 directly   

adv.直接地，径直地；马上，立即

参考例句：

• I will telephone you directly I hear the news.我一听到消息，马上打电话给你。
• She answered me very directly and openly.她非常坦率地、开门见山地答复了我。

6 fertilizer   

n.肥料，化肥

参考例句：

• Fertilizer enriches the soil.肥料使土壤肥沃。
• Get some more fertilizer for the garden.给花园再多施些肥料。

7 peas   

豌豆

参考例句：

• My little sister picked up many green peas in the field. 小妹从田野里拾到许多豌豆。
• The twin brothers are as like as two peas. 那两个兄弟毫无二致。

8 lettuce   

n.莴苣；生菜

参考例句：

• 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。