VOA慢速英语:Growing Chili Peppers: A Heated Subject

短语讲解：

1. Some people say eating hot chili peppers can help you breathe easier if you have a cold.

have a cold 感冒，受凉，伤风
例句：When you have a cold, you sneeze a lot.
感冒时，你会打很多喷嚏。

2. And there are plenty of different kinds of chili peppers to choose from, along with different levels of heat.

plenty of 许多的，大量的
例句：She had plenty of imagination.
她有丰富的想象力。
along with 和…一起，随着
例句：She came along with us.
她是同我们一起来的。

3. Want to spice up your meals with homegrown chilies?

spice up 增添味道，增添趣味
例句：What can I do to spice up this dull meal?
我怎么样才能把这饭做得好吃？

4. If you plant chili peppers inside, fill an eight-centimeter pot with soil.

fill with 使充满
例句：They filled the hole with rubbish.
他们用垃圾填坑。

5. The pot should have holes in the bottom so water can run out.

run out 流出来，流走，流掉
例句：The water is running out.
水流出来了。
用光，耗尽
例句：Our food soon ran out.
我们的粮食很快就吃完了。
结束，期满
例句：When does the lease of the house run out?
这房子的租约何时到期?

6. When the chilies start growing, take off the bag.

take off 拿下，取下
例句：I can't take the lid off, it's stuck!
这盖子卡住了, 我拿不下来。

7. When the chili peppers are thirty centimeters high, pinch the tops off with your fingers. That should get new branches to grow.

pinch off 掐掉，夹断
例句：The gardener is pinching off the young shoots.
花匠正在掐掉嫩枝。