英国现巨型向日葵破世界记录

　　Eve said: ‘It's enormous - I really can't believe it's grown this tall.

　　Eve说：“向日葵实在太高大了，我简直不敢相信它能够长到这么的高。”

　　‘I planted a few seeds with my granddaughter so we could have a race to grow the biggest one.

　　“我与孙女一起洒下了些种子，我们准备比赛看谁种的植物长得最高大。”

　　‘This was one of the leftover ones so I thought I might as well sow it and see what happened.

　　“这是吃剩下的葵花籽，所以我想也能种下看看会发生什么事。”

　　‘I watered it every day, but I didn't put anything special in the soil or anything daft. And it just carried on growing.

　　“我每天都会给它浇水，但却没有特别的关注土壤什么的，它就自个儿长啊长。”

　　‘This is by far the biggest sunflower I've ever had - usually they're around 12ft.

　　“这是目前为止我所种过最高大的向日葵，一般的高度都只有12英寸（约合3.7米）。”

　　‘My neighbours and visitors have all been quite surprised and shocked at the size - they think it's a beast.

　　“这株植物的体积让我我的邻居与来访者都非常的意外和惊讶，他们认识它是株怪物。”

　　‘I've heard of people talking to their plants to make them grow and I've never done that, but I have started telling it how well it is doing since it got

　　really big.’

　　“我曾听说过人们会与自己的植物对话，借此让植物更好的生长，我从来没做过这样的事情，但是现在我会告诉这株向日葵，它长得有多高多好。”

　　According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's tallest sunflower was an incredible 26ft 4in (8.03m).

　　根据吉尼斯世界纪录大全，世界上最高大的向日葵株高竟达到了26英尺4英寸（约合80.3米）。

　　It belonged to Hans-Peter Schiffer and was measured in Kaarst-Voorst, Germany, on August 17, 2009.

　　那株植物的主人名叫Hans-Peter Schiffer，2009年8月17日在德国的Kaarst-Voorst测量株高之后载入了纪录大全。