2015年ESL之日常生活 10 Landscaping a Home

Landscaping a Home

Mona: I want a lawn. I’ve always pictured our new house with a lawn. 

Kellan: Lawns require a lot of water and upkeep. I think we should use hardscape for most of the yard and plant only drought-tolerant plants. 

Mona: I don’t want my yard to be full of gravel¹ and rocks. I picture a water feature in the middle, with annuals and perennials² planted all around it, surrounded by a big, beautiful lawn. 

Kellan: We can have some kind of slow-growing ground cover if you want to, but the rest isn’t practical. 

Mona: I don’t know what you mean. We can plant a hedge over there and install planters along the walkway. 

Kellan: Who will do the pruning³ and mulching? Who will pull the weeds and mow⁴ the lawn? Who will rake the leaves when the seasons change? 

Mona: Well, I guess I will, with your help. 

Kellan: Don’t count on me. My motto is: No muss, no fuss! 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 gravel   

n.砂跞；砂砾层；结石

参考例句：

• We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
• More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。

2 perennials   

n.多年生植物( perennial的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Name six perennials and six annuals suitable for indoor flower arrangement. 列出多年生及一年生花朵各六种，它们必须是适合插花的。 来自互联网
• Herbage can be divided into three categories: annuals, biennials, and perennials. 草本植物可分成一年生、二年生和多年生。 来自互联网

3 pruning   

n.修枝，剪枝，修剪v.修剪（树木等）( prune的现在分词 )；精简某事物，除去某事物多余的部分

参考例句：

• In writing an essay one must do a lot of pruning. 写文章要下一番剪裁的工夫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline. 小树要砍，小孩要管。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 mow   

v.割（草、麦等），扫射，皱眉；n.草堆，谷物堆

参考例句：

• He hired a man to mow the lawn.他雇人割草。
• We shall have to mow down the tall grass in the big field.我们得把大田里的高草割掉。