VOA慢速英语:In the Garden: Growing Your Own Lettuce

短语讲解：

1. The container should be deep enough to hold at least three centimeters of soil.

at least至少
例句：He smoked at least half a packet of cigarettes a day.
他每天至少抽半包烟。

2. The container should have holes in the bottom so extra water can flow out.

flow out流出; 大量地花掉
例句：The crowd flowed out of the station.
人群涌出车站。

3. Take out as much of the soil as you can with the seedlings.

take out把…带出去
例句：Please take the children out, their noise is making my head ache.
请把孩子们领出去, 他们吵得我头痛。

4. Or cut off the whole plant but leave about two or three centimeters so it will regrow.

cut off剪〔切, 砍〕下
例句：Kehr cut off some flowers from the bush.
凯尔从树丛中剪下一些花。