VOA慢速英语:Winter Gives a Hard Chop to Washington's Cherry Trees

文中的意思：

more than不只是

例句：His report is more than a survey.
      他的报告不只是一份调查。

      More than one answer is to your question.
      你的问题答案不只是一个。

其他意思：

超过,多于

例句：It's no more than one mile to the shops.
      到商业区不过一英里。

很, 非常

例句：I was more than a little angry when I saw how they'd ruined it.
      当我见到他们是怎样把它破坏时, 我不禁大为愤慨。

2.Workers have been busy picking up broken branches, some as thick as fifteen centimeters.

be busy doing sth忙于(做)...

例句：He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
      太急于做好事的人，反而找不到时间去做好人。

pick up拾起, 捡起; 抬起

例句：He picked up the child and put her on his shoulders.
      他抱起孩子, 让她骑在自己的肩膀上。

      I picked up your book by mistake.
      我拿错了你的书。

3.The first trees were a gift from Japan in nineteen twelve.

主谓人称和数的一致。

4.The United States and Turkey are leading producers of cherries, though not all cherry trees produce fruit.

not all部分否定

all，every，both，always等用于否定结构时不是全部被否定，而是表示其中的一部分被否定。而且英语多半将not置于谓语中。

例如：

All is not a gold that glitters.（即Not all that glitters is gold.）
闪闪发光物，未必尽黄金。

Every one cannot write novels.（即Not every one can write novels.）
不是所有的人都能写小说。

I don’t like both of the novels.（即I like only one of the two novels.）
这两本小说我不是都喜欢。