英语翻译Growing Flowers in a Stormy Economy A question from China about floriculture in the U.S.Transcript of radio broadcast:/ 02 February 2009 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.[Tulips at the Public Gardens in Boston,Massachuse
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英语翻译Growing Flowers in a Stormy Economy A question from China about floriculture in the U.S.Transcript of radio broadcast:/ 02 February 2009 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.[Tulips at the Public Gardens in Boston,Massachuse
英语翻译
Growing Flowers in a Stormy Economy
A question from China about floriculture in the U.S.Transcript of radio broadcast:/
02 February 2009
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
[Tulips at the Public Gardens in Boston,Massachusetts (file photo)]
We have a question from a Chinese student who is interested in floriculture.Wang Yue wants to know what kinds of flowers Americans like to plant in their gardens.
Some of the most popular bedding flowers are chrysanthemums,impatiens and petunias.Bedding plants are usually started in greenhouses.People buy them in containers and replant them.
Roses are also popular in American gardens.So are tulips,a welcome sign of spring.At the Chicago Botanic Garden in Illinois,workers plant twenty-nine thousand tulip bulbs every fall.The workers move in a long line as they plant row after row of tulips.
Kris Jarantoski is the director of the Chicago Botanic Garden.He says a flowering plant called agastache is also popular in gardens.Hummingbirds love it.Salvia is another popular flower that attracts hummingbirds.
Kris Jarantoski says people also choose flowers such as the spiderflower for its ability to reseed.Another quality that people often look for is the ability to resist dry periods.Lantana is an example of a popular drought-resistant plant.
Where people live can limit the choices for their gardens.The United States is a huge country with all kinds of weather conditions,from desert heat to arctic cold.But something else can also limit people's choices:a stormy economy.
In a recession,people often "trade down." They buy a lower-priced version of a product to save money.Home gardeners are no different.Alberto Jerardo at the Agriculture Department says people still want flowers even if they do not have much to spend.To save money,they may buy small bedding plants instead of more costly plants or trees.
The Agriculture Department says growers in California led the nation in the value of floriculture products in two thousand seven,the latest year available.The wholesale value was one billion dollars.Florida was close behind.The leading states for bedding and garden plants are California,Michigan,Texas,North Carolina and Ohio.
But any American growers or home gardeners hoping for an early spring this year just got some bad news.Monday was Groundhog Day and it seems that the famous animal in Pennsylvania,Punxsutawney Phil,saw his shadow.Tradition says that if a groundhog sees its shadow,that means people can expect six more weeks of winter weather.
And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report,written by Jerilyn Watson.I'm Faith Lapidus.
英语翻译Growing Flowers in a Stormy Economy A question from China about floriculture in the U.S.Transcript of radio broadcast:/ 02 February 2009 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.[Tulips at the Public Gardens in Boston,Massachuse
在一个暴风雨的经济增长鲜花
从中国花卉学问题在美国的无线电广播:/
02年2月到2009年
这就是今天的美国之音特别英语农业报道.
郁金香在公共公园(在马萨诸塞州的波士顿(文件)]
我们有一个问题:在中国学生感兴趣的花卉学.王悦想知道什麽样的花的美国人喜欢在他们的花园.
一些最受欢迎的床上用品花是菊花、凤仙花和矮牵牛.床上用品的植物通常都开始在温室里.人们购买这些货物集装箱、改种他们.
玫瑰花园在美国也很受欢迎.所以,一个受欢迎的标志是郁金香的春天.在芝加哥的伊利诺斯州,工人植物园植物29万的郁金香每到秋天.工人们在长队,因为他们植物一排排的郁金香.
克里斯Jarantoski主任芝加哥植物园.他说一个叫做agastache开花植物在园林也很受欢迎.蜂鸟爱它.琴柱草是另一种流行的花朵,吸引蜂鸟.
克里斯Jarantoski说,人们也选择花等对其能力的spiderflower播种.另外,人们经常寻找质量的能力抵御干旱.马缨丹是一种典型的流行的抗旱植物.
那里的人们会限制他们的花园的选择.美国是一个庞大的国家与各种天气条件下,从沙漠热到极冷的.但别的也限制了人们的选择:一个暴风雪的经济.
在经济衰退时,人们经常“贸易下来.”他们买了一个产品采用版本来省钱.家园丁没有不同.阿尔贝托Jerardo在美国农业部说,人们还是想要花,即使他们没有太多的花了.为了省钱,他们可以买小床上用品厂而不是更昂贵的植物或树木.
农业部说,在加利福尼亚种植者在全美的花卉学在2007年,产品的最新年度可供选择.批发价值10亿美元.佛罗里达是紧随其后.美国的领导为床上用品、园林植物是加州、密歇根、德克萨斯州和俄亥俄州的初选中,北卡罗莱纳大学.
但任何美国生产者或家园丁希望早日今年春天刚得到一些坏消息.星期一是土拨鼠节和似乎是著名的动物在宾夕法尼亚州,Punxsutawney菲尔,看到自己的影子.据传说,如果土拨鼠看到它的影子,这意味着人们可以预期六周时间的冬天的天气.
这就是今天的美国之音特别英语农业报道,作者杰瑞林华生.我信仰Lapidus.