时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:英语博客 A cup of English


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  Just opposite where we live is a cherry orchard 1. It must be about four or five acres. In the late winter or early spring, the trees get pruned 2. Excess branches are cut off in order to make the trees more productive. That system works, and is understood by everyone around here. It is part of being effective when growing fruit. The trouble is, that habit of seriously pruning 3 fruit trees has crept into the rest of Wenatchee. Although Wenatchee is a dry valley, people over the years have made the effort to plant quite a number of trees. We also, thankfully, have quite a few very large trees that were planted by the first settlers. In a hot climate you need your shade. Most of the oldest trees have been left alone. They are splendidly huge, and spread out nicely. Of course, every now and then a limb must be cut off if it is diseased, or weak enough to blow off in a wind storm. However, if you look at the photo in the blogpage, you will get an idea of the crazy pruning that I have seen in quite a few places here in town. It alll started when I saw, in the main outside mall area, a shocking sight of big trees that have been cut in half; their top halves have been chopped off. It looks like a war zone! What were these pruners thinking? Who gave the instructions? Were these people actually licensed 4? Ever since then, as I drive around town, with my camera at the ready, I have noticed more and more butchered trees. Then, about two weeks ago, a tree expert wrote in to the daily newspaper to comment on how unnecessary the pruning is, how it weakens the roots of a tree, and makes it more of a hazard. Being a tree lover myself, I am very alarmed, and I will certainly send in my thoughts to the towns newspaper, along with a number of photos of the disfigured trees of Wenatchee.

Grammar notes.

Related vocabulary: productive, to creep, a settler, a limb.

1. There are many methods of making an orchard productive; pruning is one of them.

2. The cat crept into the pantry and started sniffing 5 around for food.

3. The first settlers who came here planted fruit orchards 6, and also many shade trees.

4. That limb needs to be cut off of the tree. It looks weak, and could be dangerous in a storm.



n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场
  • My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
  • Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。
v.修剪(树木等)( prune的过去式和过去分词 );精简某事物,除去某事物多余的部分
  • Next year's budget will have to be drastically pruned. 下一年度的预算将大幅度削减。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The roses had been pruned back savagely. 玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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
  • 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》
adj.得到许可的v.许可,颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)
  • The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
  • Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗?
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
  • We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了,一个劲地抽鼻子,打喷嚏。
  • They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了,呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
(通常指围起来的)果园( orchard的名词复数 )
  • They turned the hills into orchards and plains into granaries. 他们把山坡变成了果园,把平地变成了粮仓。
  • Some of the new planted apple orchards have also begun to bear. 有些新开的苹果园也开始结苹果了。
学英语单词
3-iodothyronine
absorbent refrigerator
agrippina
air pocket stock
allomonoheteroploid
angelate
angiosclerotic gangrene
angle of valence
angular-motion
armorsmiths
audio meter
auxiliary hologram
aviation otitis
ball valve sampler
bearing center
beheeru
BESM
Black Isle
bodiless porcelain
brittle coating
butter-flower
calangall
carpodacus purpureuss
Chamaesyce thymifolia
chassis kerb mass
chloruret
chronic serpiginous corneal ulcer
circumductory
clean-timbered
corone
counterculturalisms
custom preparation
De-Kastri
decomponent
demutualised
depreciation allowance
Dioscorea aspersa
displacement-measurement procedure
dorsal root reflex
double-faced slide gate valve
drop salt on someone's tail
ecophilosophers
eifs
electron-bombardment
energy spectrum logging
epitomes
extreme speed
file transfer module
financial accounting rule
flow control device
gallabiya
giant paperback edition
high-geared capital
hirths
hollow ball
homalopoma tosaensis
Hymenomycetineae
idiotypic antibodies
if you come to me
last minute
lee board
Martigné-Ferchaud
minimum mean draught
multi region
nerve tracing method
nonego
nonregular service
oesophagoplegia
one's monkey is up
paramaladera makiharai
pedorelict
peduncular syndrome
penny candy
pneumatic function generator
precipitate of iron oxide
projection angle
RA3
self-pitch propeller
semenyuk
sink out of sight
slag quenching
spasmexan
speedcube
splash-proof appliance
Sporobolus virginicus
sports entertainment
stwle
Sudan, Sudanese
terpene aldehyde
terriere
Tetrahydrodeoxycortisol
tetratohedral crystal
thadd
Tosan-gun
turns about
unresuscitable
vacuum bomb
wenchowensis
xanthomonas phaseoli (smith)dowson
zaglossus spp.