【大家说英语】第75期:采摘草莓

Lesson 6 eReport

 

第六课 英文札记

December 12

 

12月12日

Strawberry Picking

内湖采草莓

Welcome to the strawberry farms in Neihu!

欢迎来到内湖的草莓园！

Farmers grow fresh, delicious strawberries on their farms.

农夫们在园内种植新鲜又味美的草莓。

Visitors come to the farms and pick their own strawberries to bring home.

游客来园内采摘他们要带回家的草莓。

At most strawberry farms, you don't have to pay a fee to get in.

大部分的草莓园，是无需缴费就可入园，

You just pay for the strawberries you pick.

你只要为你采的草莓付钱即可。

Everyone can have fun picking strawberries and filling a bucket.

每个人都可以尽兴地采草莓，并装满一整桶。

采摘草莓

 

You can enjoy other things at the farms, too.

 

在草莓园里还有其他的享受，

Some of the farms sell foods like strawberry ice cream.

有些草莓园会贩卖像是草莓冰淇淋等各种食物。

At every farm, you will get a short lesson on how to pick berries².

在每个草莓园，你都会先简短地上一课学习如何采草莓。

Remember, the redder the berry¹, the sweeter it will taste.

记得，草莓越红，就越甜。

Don't pick the green or white ones.

不要采绿的或白的，

Those aren't very sweet and juicy.

那种不太甜，汁也不会多。

After you finish picking your strawberries, the cashier³ will weigh them.

当你采完草莓后，收银员会帮你秤重，

Then you know how much money to pay.

那你就知道你要付多少钱。

After you buy your strawberries, you can eat as many as you want.

你买了你的草莓后，你要吃多少草莓就吃多少，

But don't eat them before you buy them.

但是可不要在付钱以前先吃喔。

Picking strawberries is popular in Taiwan.

在台湾，采草莓是很受欢迎的活动。

Many times visitors pick all the strawberries on a farm in one weekend.

很多时候游客会在一个周末就把草莓园的草莓都采光了，

So you may want to call the farm before you go.

所以你可能要在去草莓园之前先打个电话。

If there are no strawberries left, you must wait for more to ripen⁴.

如果没有草莓了，你一定要等到有更多草莓成熟了才去。

A berry on a plant takes one to two weeks to ripen.

草莓作物上的一粒莓子要一到两周才会熟成，

A strawberry starts out as a flower.

草莓最开始是先开花，

Then a green berry forms.

然后一个绿色的果子慢慢成形。

It gets bigger, turns white and then finally red.

它越长越大，先变成白色，最后终于变成红色。

1 berry   

n.浆果(如草莓等)

参考例句：

• This kind of jam is made of berry.这种果酱是由浆果做的。
• Every berry and cherry carried in the ferry is very merry.渡船里载运的每一颗草莓和樱桃都很快乐。

2 berries   

n.浆果( berry的名词复数 )；（葡萄，番茄等）浆果；干果仁；干种子

参考例句：

• Birds feed on nuts and berries in the winter. 鸟类靠坚果和浆果过冬。
• We went here and there looking for berries. 我们四处寻找浆果。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cashier   

n.出纳员，收银员

参考例句：

• The young cashier gave a patient sigh.年轻的出纳员忍耐地叹了一口气。
• One brother is a cashier and the other sells.两个兄弟一位当出纳，另一位当店员。

4 ripen   

vt.使成熟；vi.成熟

参考例句：

• I'm waiting for the apples to ripen.我正在等待苹果成熟。
• You can ripen the tomatoes on a sunny windowsill.把西红柿放在有阳光的窗台上可以让它们成熟。