VOA慢速英语:Gardening: Vegetables Made in the Shade

短语讲解：

1. For almost ten of those years, Mr. Hoffman has been experimenting and working with shade plantings.

work with从事…工作
例句：He has always liked working with machinery.
他总是喜欢搞机械。

2. The bottom line here is that most plants will produce more in full sun.

bottom line底线；基本意思(或情况),概要; 结果
例句：The bottom line, however, is that he has escaped.
然而,结果是他已经逃脱了。

3. For example, he grows tomatoes near oak trees.

for example例如, 譬如
例句：There are many sources of air pollution; exhaust fumes, for example.
空气污染有许多来源, 例如废气。

4. But Mr. Hoffman says his tomato plants grow as long as they get five hours a day of direct sunshine, especially morning sun.

as long as只要, 如果
例句：I'll stay in Mexico as long as my money holds on.
只要我的钱还能维持一天, 我就在墨西哥待一天。

5. Not only does this go against the traditional advice that tomatoes need six, eight, even twelve hours a day of full sun.

go against违背, 作对
例句：That'll go against the traffic regulations.
那要违反交通规则的。

6. Moving them out of the sun helped control an insect problem with leaf hoppers.

move out迁出, 搬出
例句：We're moving out of our old house next week.
下星期我们要搬出老房子。

7. And extension agent Curtis Swift at Colorado State University says people interested in shade planting should also remember something else.

be interested in对…感兴趣
例句：He is interested in sports.
他对运动感兴趣。