慢速英语短文听力 要浇水的植物

Plants Need Water

要浇水的植物

He loved his plants. His plants were in pots². There were 10 pots in back of the house. There were eight pots in front of the house. There was³ a different plant in every pot¹. No plants were the same. They were all different. They were all beautiful. It was Friday. It was time to water the plants. He watered the plants once a week. He went outside. He grabbed1 the hose2. It was green and long. It was about 40 feet long. He turned on the water. Water came⁵ out of the end of the hose⁴. He watered each plant in back of the house. He watered each plant until⁶ the soil⁷ was dark⁸ and wet. He watered each plant until the soil was soft. Then he went out front. The hose out front was also green. It was 30 feet long. He watered all the plants out front. Puddles3 of water were around each pot. There were 8 puddles⁹ of water out front. Butterflies and bees visited the wet plants. He watched for a while¹⁰. Then he went back inside¹¹. Next week he would¹² water the plants again.

他很爱他的植物。他的植物们都种在花盆里。房后有十盆。房前有八盆。每个花盆里的植物都不一样。所有的植物都不一样。它们都不同。它们都很漂亮。那天是周五。该给植物们浇水了。他每周给植物浇一次水。他到外面。他抓起水管。水管是绿色的，而且很长。水管有40英尺长。他打开开关。水从管头流出来。他把房后的每株植物都浇了。他给每株植物浇水，直到土壤变得又黑又湿。他给每株植物浇水，直到土壤变软。然后他到房子前面去了。房前的水管也是绿色的。长30英尺。他给房前的每株植物浇水。每个花盆的周围都是水洼。房前有八个水洼。蝴蝶和蜜蜂光顾了湿润的植物。他看了一会儿。然后他进屋去了。下个星期他会再给植物浇水。

1 pot   

n.罐，壶；v.把...装罐

参考例句：

• Please make me a fresh pot of tea.请给我沏一壶新茶。
• What is the pot made of?这个锅子是什么做的？

2 pots   

abbr.lobster pots 诱捕龙虾的笼n.罐( pot的名词复数 )；一罐；（某种用途的）容器；陶盆

参考例句：

• The chimney pots are purely ornamental. 这些烟囱管帽纯属装饰。
• We employ aluminium for our cooking pots. 我们用铝做饭锅。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

4 hose   

n.输水软管，长统袜；vt.浇园子，用管冲洗

参考例句：

• Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the tap.把水管接在龙头上，打开水龙头。
• After raining,I always hose the yard out.雨后，我总是用软管把院子冲干净。

5 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

6 until   

prep.直到...为止；conj.直到...时才...

参考例句：

• He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
• She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。

7 soil   

n.土壤；土地

参考例句：

• The soil here is very loose.这里的土质很松。
• The soil has been washed down into the valley.泥土流入了山谷。

8 dark   

adj.黑色的；暗的；黑暗的

参考例句：

• The night is too dark for us to see.夜间太暗，我们看不见。
• The sky was dark blue and clear when the moon came up.月亮出来时，天空是深蓝色的，非常晴朗。

9 puddles   

n.水坑， （尤指道路上的）雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
• The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 while   

conj.当…的时候；而；虽然；尽管 n.一会儿

参考例句：

• In a short while,the cat ate up the fish.不久，那只猫便将鱼吃个精光。
• He teaches English in the school all the while.他一直在这所学校里教英语。

11 inside   

n.内部，内脏，内幕；adj.内部的，秘密的，户内的；prep.在...之内

参考例句：

• Two minutes later we were inside the taxi.两分钟以后我们已经坐在出租车里面了。
• He will be back inside two days.他将在两天内回来。

12 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？