和谐英语

VOA常速英语:Hydroponic Farmer Produces Year-Round Harvest

2012-03-13来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. Mary Ellen Taylor sells her produce at weekend farmers markets near Washington, D.C. The heads of lettuce, still attached to their roots, are popular and she has many repeat customers.

attach to (使)相关; (使)牵连; (使)依附
例句:The blame of the accident attached to the boy who put out the street lamps.
事故的责任在熄灭路灯的那个男孩身上。

2. We had farmers from Afghanistan here that were visiting, because this would be an ideal controlled environment to bring to Afghanistan where the climate is so harsh.

bring to把…带给(某人), 带往(某处)
例句:She was brought to my home.
她是被人带到我家来的。

3. Taylor's hydroponic crops are protected from the harsh elements from planting to harvest.

protect from保护, 保卫
例句:An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。

4. It continuously flows in and out of that tank after it has gone through the system and all of the plants’ roots.

go through经历
例句:The country has gone through too many wars.
这个国家经历了太多的战争。

5. According to Taylor, the two greenhouses take up a little over 1,000 square meters of land but produce the equivalent of a conventional five-hectare farm.

take up占去
例句:This thing takes up all my attention.
这件事占用我所有的注意力。

6. And that's translating into brisk business for hydroponic farmer Taylor.

translate into把…转化成
例句:We must make efforts to translate our ideal into reality.
我们必须努力把理想变为现实。

7. Taylor, who enjoys being known as "the lettuce lady," plans to double the size of her farm this year.

be known as被认为是
例句:Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。