1. Wow! What a beautiful garden!

哇！好好看的花園。

還能如此說：

Wow! How pretty the garden is!

Wow! A beautiful garden!

諺語：

No garden without its weeds.

沒不生雜草的花園。

2. What sort of flowers do you grow?

你種的什么花？

還能如此說：

Which kind of flowers do you grow?

What flowers do you plant?

應用分析：

after a sort 有的，稍微；

in a sort 有的，稍微，有幾分；

all of a sort 差不多，大同小異；

all sort of 各種各樣的；

in some sort 多少，稍微

3. She was crazy about planting flowers.

她對養花特別著迷。

還能如此說：

She was fascinated with growing flowers.

She was fascinated with feeding flowers.

應用分析：

forest planting 林植；造林；

thin planting 稀植；

planting design 種植設計；

planting density 種植密度；

ball planting 帶土栽培

4. I plan to plant sunflowers in my new garden.

我計劃在新花園里種向日葵。

還能如此說：

I'd like to plant sunflowers in the new garden.

I am going to grow sunflowers in my new garden.

諺語：

Friendship is a plant we must water.

友誼就像長期需要澆灌的植物。

5. The lawn needs to be trimmed regularly.

草地需要按期修剪。

還能如此說：

The lawn needs a regular trim.

You need to trim the lawn regularly.

應用分析：

regular as clockwork 極有規律；

regular verbs 規則動詞；

regular building 整齊的建筑物

6. I forgot to water the garden yesterday.

昨天我忘記給花園澆水了。

還能如此說：

The garden wasn't watered yesterday because I forgot to do so.

I failed to water the garden yesterday.

應用分析：

Forget about it.

不要在意，算不了什么，不需要謝了；隨它去吧，不要再提了。

7. I love flowers and hence also love growing them.

我愛花，所以也愛養花。

還能如此說：

I love both flowers and planting flowers.

I have a preference for flowers as well as planting them.

應用分析：

bring into flower 使開花；

the national flower 國花；

in flower 開著花；盛開，收獲之最高峰；

in the flower of one's life 在年富力強時期；

in the flowers of speech 華麗的詞藻

8. Precious flowers can't be easily kept.

珍貴的花草不容易養活。

還能如此說：

It is much difficult to grow precious flowers.

Planting precious flowers isn't easy.

應用分析：

precious little money 極少的錢；

take precious good care of sth. 很細心地照管某物；

a precious fool 大傻瓜；

a precious deal 極度，很

9. When the flowers open out, the tantalizing aroma perfumes the air.

花盛開時，到處彌漫著誘惑的芳香。

還能如此說：

The air is full of aroma when the flowers come out.

The blossomed flowers make the air aromatous.

應用分析：

a bottle of perfume 一瓶香水；

perfume one's hair 在頭發上灑香水；

a perfumed talk 罵人話，壞話

10. Calyx canthus can be in full bloom even in winter.

臘梅在寒冬依舊開花。

還能如此說：

Calyx canthus put forth flowers in winter.

Calyx canthus are in flower even in winter.

應用分析：

and so forth 等等；

so far forth as ...到的程度；

sway back and forth 前后搖動；

burst forth （芽、蕾）綻放；（火山等）爆發

11. I am going to grow some roses.

我想栽些玫瑰花。

還能如此說：

I'd like to plant some roses.

I want to cultivate some roses.

諺語：

No rose without a thorn.

玫瑰都有刺。

12. In the garden more grow than the gardener sow.

有意栽花花不開，無心插柳柳成蔭。

還能如此說：

A watched flower never blooms, but an untended willow grows.

Follow love and it will flee thee, flee love and it will follow thee.

應用分析：

Everything in your garden is nice.

所有都是再好不過了；天官賜福，讓人滿足了（常帶諷刺意味）。

13. It's easy to keep cacti.

仙人掌非常不錯養活。

還能如此說：

Cacti can be easily kept.

It's not difficult to keep cacti alive.

應用分析：

in bad keep 保存得不好；

in good keep 保存得好；

keep from 避開；禁止；隱瞞；

keep on with 繼續

14. Can you give me some advice about how to plant camellia?

關于養茶花你能提些建議嗎？

還能如此說：

Could you tell me how to grow camellia well?

Can you teach the methods of growing camellia?

諺語：

Many receive advice only the wise profit by it.

得到忠告的人不少，唯智者能從中受益。

15. We have a grassy lawn in our garden.

大家的花園里有綠草如茵的草坪。

還能如此說：

You can see a green turf in our garden.

Our garden is covered with grassy lawn.

諺語：

The neighbor's lawn is green.

鄰家的草坪綠（老婆其他人的好）。

16. Keep off the grass, please!

請不要踐踏草坪！

還能如此說：

You're not supposed to walk on the grass.

You are not allowed to walk on the lawn.

應用分析：

cut one's own grass 自力更生；

cut the grass from under sb.'s feet 妨礙某人；拆某人的臺；

hear the grass grow 特別敏銳

17. The flowers have withered away.

花謝了。

還能如此說：

The flowers have fallen and scattered about.

The flowers have sicken.

應用分析：

the flower of the youth of the country 國家的出色年輕人；

no flowers 花圈敬辭；

as welcome as flowers in May 極受青睞的