Tips: shrub--灌木 Hibiscus syriacus--椴 Althaea--蜀葵 hollyhocks--蜀葵 National Arboretum--国家植物园 pristine--原始 azure--湛蓝 lush--郁郁葱葱 wane--衰落 Rose of Sharon Flowering shrubs are important structural elements in gard...
Food And Mood When we think about a pill that helps an overweight person take off the pounds, we usually think of an appetite suppressant. But suppressing your appetite will only help you lose weight if the reason you eat is because you are hungry. S...
Tips: anemone--银莲 perennial--多年生植物 wiry--弦 dainty--纤巧 aloft--高举 tendency--趋势 invasive--侵入 yank--猛拉 stamen--雄蕊 Honorine Jobrt--a plant heirloom--传家宝 cherish --珍惜 Robert Fortune--a plant explorer japoni...
Beer Power Theres nothing like a cold beer on a hot, sunny day. And in our energy conscious world, that brew is even better if it were made using fuel recycled from brewery waste. Thats exactly what a team of German scientists is up to. The brewing p...
Cats And strings Most cats and kittens love to play with string, but if a feline begins to swallow string, it could become a deadly game. If youre a cat owner, you might have witnessed a bizarre fact about cat behavior: once a cat begins eating a bit...
生词： chagrin ['ɡrin] 恼怒；悔恨；委屈 vigilant ['vidӡilənt] 警惕的, 警戒的; 警醒的 serendipity [͵serən'dipiti] 偶然发现有价值物品的才能 (系美国作家Horace Walpole 所造的字, 因其所著童话 The Three P...
Tips: nectar--花蜜 caterpillar--毛虫 chrysalis--蛹 monarch--君主 swallowtail--凤蝶 parsley--香菜 phlox--福禄考 loosestrife--小米草 Buddleia Davidii--醉鱼草 panicle--穗 lavender--薰衣草紫 Clive Sansom--克莱夫桑塞姆 Shant...
Why Honey Turns Hard If a little honey drizzled on a piece of homemade toast or into a cup of tea is how you like to start the day, youre not alone. One drawback to honey, though, is that after sitting too long on the shelf, it crystallizes and that...
A farmer in eastern North America may still refer to our native fall blooming asters as weeds. However, the plant explorers who came to this country about two centuries ago, recognized their horticultural value and took them to England where these Am...
Usually, pets are animals, such as birds or fish that we keep in our homes and take care of. Sometimes, schools will keep class pets, where all the children take turns caring for this animal. A teacher's pet, however, is not an animal, but a student...
Earth-Like Mars For decades, scientists have been fascinated by the prospects that Earths next‑door neighbor once harbored life. And although no hard evidence has yet been found, scientists are still hopeful that signs of lifepast and possibly pres...
生词： wilt (使)枯萎, (使)衰弱, (使)畏缩 succulent ['sʌkjulənt] 多汁的; 肉质的 tissue ['tisju:] 薄的织物, 薄纱 drought [draut] 干旱(季节), 旱灾 mat 席子；垫子 concrete ['kɔnkri:t] 固结成的； 混凝土制的...
Blood And Guts Crickets As bugs go, crickets are pretty harmless. Loveable, even. Except, maybe, for African armoured ground crickets. When attacked, these little buggers vomit and squirt toxic blood through crevices on their backs and under their le...
生词： hybridize [ˈhaibridaiz] 使杂交 testimony [ˈtestiməni] 证据 compositae 菊科 thrive [raiv] 兴盛 confine [kənˈfain] 限制 susceptible [səˈseptəbl] 易受影响的; 易动感情的 The wild zinnia, a nondescript small flower,...
生词： corm [kɔ:m] 根茎 vertical [ˈvə:tikəl] 垂直的；竖的 spike [spaɪk] 尖状物 florist 卖花人 miniature [ˈminiətʃə] 小型的；微小的 The name gladiolus, is from a Latin word meaning little sword because of the shape of...
