美国小学英语教材3:第80课 神奇的园丁(2)

 The boy was not happy until someone told him that the flower was not hurt, and that the little bird would die if it could not get food from flowers. 直到有人告诉他花朵没有受伤，而小鸟如果不从花朵中找吃的就会饿死，他才高兴起来。

As Luther Burbank grew older, he began to work very carefully with all kinds of plants. 路德·伯班克长大以后，他开始潜心研究各种植物。

Soon he found a way to make better and more beautiful plants. 很快他便发现了一种能种出更好更漂亮植物的方法。

Burbank took a part of one plant and joined it to a part of another. 伯班克从一种植物取出一部分嫁接到另一种植物上。

In this way he joined different fruit plants and different flower plants. 用这种方法它嫁接了不同的水果植物和不同的花类植物。

When the new plant was full-grown, its flower or its fruit was different from anything that had ever been seen before. 当新的植物完全长成的时候，它的花朵或果实就跟之前见到的东西完全不同了。

One of the fruits that Burbank grew in this way was made by joining the plum and the apricot plants.  用这种方法伯班克将李子和杏的植株接到一起，种出了一种新的水果。

Another was a wonderful plum that tasted like a pear. 它同样也种出了一种味道像梨子的神奇的李子。

Then Burbank learned¹ that the finest fruits and vegetables and flowers come from the best plants and seeds². 后来伯班克了解到，最好的水果、蔬菜和花朵来自最好的植株和种子。

So he looked very carefully at many thousands of seeds and plants. 于是他非常仔细地观察了好几千种不同种类的种子和植株。

Then he planted only the best ones that he found. 他只栽种他发现的最好的种子和植株。

By doing this, he was able to change the color of flowers, to make sour berries³ sweet, and to make small vegetables grow much larger. 这样做他就能够改变花的颜色，让酸的果实变甜，让个小的蔬菜长得更大。

"I shall⁴ be happy if I can grow better fruits and vegetables and more beautiful flowers than have been grown before, " Luther Burbank said. 如果我能种出比过去更好的水果、蔬菜和更美丽的花朵，我会很高兴的，路德·伯班克说。

This great lover⁵ of growing things died in the year 1926. 这位十分喜爱种植的人于1926年去世了。

But his gardening⁶ still goes on, for he taught what he knew to many other people who liked to work with plants. 但是他的园艺技术仍然在延续，因为他把自己知道的东西教给了许多喜欢种植的人。

Because of this great gardener⁷ and his helpers⁸, we now have oranges and grapes without seeds in them. 由于这位伟大的园丁以及他的帮手，我们现在有了无籽橘子和葡萄，

We have wonderful new kinds of fruits and vegetables. 有了奇妙的全新的水果和蔬菜品种。

And we have beautiful flowers that never grew in our gardens before. 也有了以前在我们花园里从未长出来的美丽花朵。

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 seeds   

n.种子( seed的名词复数 )；子孙；起源；（尤指网球比赛）种子选手

参考例句：

• During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil. 冬天种子在土壤中休眠。
• a packet of wild flower seeds 一包野花籽

3 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》

4 shall   

v.aux.（主要用于第一人称）将

参考例句：

• I shall always love you.我将永远爱你。
• Which club shall we join?我们要参加哪个社团？

5 lover   

n.情人，恋人；爱好者

参考例句：

• Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.情人眼里出西施。
• Mr.Smith was a lover of poetry.史密斯先生是一名诗歌爱好者。

6 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。

7 gardener   

n.园丁，花匠，园艺家

参考例句：

• After the old gardener died,the garden grew wild.老园丁死后，花园就慢慢荒芜了。
• I'll have the gardener plant some trees.我要让园丁种些树。

8 helpers   

n.助手( helper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a little posse of helpers 一小伙帮忙的人
• At election time the party needs a lot of voluntary helpers. 大选时，该党需要许多义务帮忙的人。 来自《简明英汉词典》