【听英文对话做选择】园艺展览

原文：

Susan: Hi. Welcome back to Susan's Gardening Show. I'm Susan, and we're ready to take our next caller. We have Mark from Seattle. Are you still there, Mark?

Mark: Uh. Yeah, but maybe not for long.

 

Susan: So, how can we help you today?

 

Mark: Okay. Uh, my wife is really into gardening, and about five years ago, she received a beautiful climbing rose bush . . . I think an Agatha Christie [That's a nice one.] from her mother who has passed away. Anyway, the rose plant seems to be on its last leg.

 

Susan: Really? Nomally, that rose is really quite hardy¹ [I know.], and it's very disease-resistant, too. [I know.]

 

Mark: Yeah. Well, this situation ISN'T normal. You see about a week ago, I was doing some yard work, and I was using some weed killer² [UH-oh.], yeah, to try to get rid of some terrible weeds and . . .

 

Susan: Did you spray the roses?

 

Mark: Uh, well, not exactly. I set the spray container down near the roses while I was trimming a bush, and the container must have gotten knocked over, and the weed killer soaked into the ground near the roses.

 

Susan: How much weed killer are you talking about?

 

Mark: Uh, about six or seven quarts (about six liters or 1.6 gallons), I think. [Oh, that's a lot.] You know, I mean when you put . . .

 

Susan: And the roses? What do they look like now?

 

Mark: Oh, Dead, real dead. Dead as a doornail dead, but my wife hasn't seen them yet.

 

Susan: Really? What have you done? Blindfolded³ her?

 

Mark: Well, I've kept her away from that side of the house where the roses are, but she is bound to see them at some point.

 

Susan: Yeah, yeah. You've got a problem.

 

Mark: I mean, is there anything I can do to revive them?

 

Susan: Not unless you're a magician.

 

Mark: Well, can you recommend a quick-growing variety that can take its place?

 

Susan: Marc. I'm sorry. You've made a mistake . . . A big mistake.

 

Mark: . . . except that my wife warned me this could happen . . . Oh, man.

 

Susan: Oh, shoot. Listen. You made a blunder. A big mistake. A really big mistake. But unless your wife goes on vacation for a couple of years, you're not going to be able to replace the roses that fast.

 

Mark: So, any recommendation? I mean, what do I do?

 

Susan: You need to talk to her.

 

Mark: Are you kidding? You don't know my wife.

 

Susan: I'm sorry. Look. You've waited long enough. Don't let the grass grow around your feet. Say something, but be sure to hide the garden shears⁴ before you do. Kneel down; ask for forgiveness now.

 

Mark: But that's what I did when I killed her prized apple tree last year.

 

Susan: No way. Really?

 

Mark: Oh, man. Oh! She's coming in from outside [Oh, no, oh no.].

 

Susan: One final word: Hide the weed killer. [But . . .] Thanks, Mark. That's all the time we have for now. Let's move on to the next caller.

 

1. Mark is calling the gardening show about ____________.

A. a diseased fruit tree

B. a strawberry patch

C. some dying flowers

2. His wife received the particular plant(s) from her _______________.

A. mother

B. sister

C. a close friend

 

3. Mark thinks that he might have _________________. 

A. covered the plant(s) accidently

B. driven his truck over the plant(s)

C. killed the plant(s) with deadly chemicals

 

4. Mark won't be able to deal with the situation unless ___________.

A. his wife goes on vacation

B. the weather improves soon

C. he can buy the right plant food

 

5. Which advice does Susan, the gardening show host, NOT give Mark at the end of the conversation?

A. Susan suggests that Mark ask for forgiveness.

B. Susan recommends that Mark go on vacation.

C. Susan advises that Mark put away any dangerous items.

 

正确答案：

1. some dying flowers

2. mother

3. killed the plant(s) with deadly chemicals

4. his wife goes on vacation

5. Susan recommends that Mark go on vacation.

 

1 hardy   

adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的

参考例句：

• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
• He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。

2 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

3 blindfolded   

v.（尤指用布）挡住（某人）的视线( blindfold的过去式 )；蒙住（某人）的眼睛；使不理解；蒙骗

参考例句：

• The hostages were tied up and blindfolded. 人质被捆绑起来并蒙上了眼睛。
• They were each blindfolded with big red handkerchiefs. 他们每个人的眼睛都被一块红色大手巾蒙住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 shears   

n.大剪刀

参考例句：

• These garden shears are lightweight and easy to use.这些园丁剪刀又轻又好用。
• With a few quick snips of the shears he pruned the bush.他用大剪刀几下子就把灌木给修剪好了。