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The Secret Language of Plants
(Langauge points)
SBU5
Many cultures have stories of talking trees that give advice as well as warnings to people. Alexander the Great and Marco Polo were said to have visited such a tree in India.
as well as 和,也,又
... be said to have done sth. 据说...已经做了某事
Translation
在许多种文化中流传下来的故事里,会说话的树给予人们忠告和警示。据说亚历山大大帝和马可·波罗曾在印度见过一棵会说话的树。
With us long believing that talking plants are fantasy, new research has revealed something amazing: it appears that plants can communicate after all.
宾从
表从
Translation
我们一直认为会说话的植物只存在于幻想之中,但新研究有了令人惊奇的发现:植物间似乎确实可以交流。
It has been known for some time that plants use chemicals to communicate with each other.
时间状语(现在完成)
真主
Translation
人们早就知道植物可以利用化学物质相互交流。
This happens when a plant, say a bean plant, gets attacked by insects. The plant releases tiny amounts of chemicals from the leaves that are being eaten.
say 比方说
be/get attacked by 被攻击/袭击
tiny amounts of 微量的
定从
Translation
当一株植物——比如豆科植物——被昆虫袭击时,就会发生这种情况。
Some of these chemicals drive insects away. Others attract insects—the wasps! The wasps kill the insects that are eating the bean plants.
drive ... away 赶走...
定从
Translation
其中一些能驱赶昆虫,而另一些则会吸引另一种昆虫——黄蜂!黄蜂会杀死那些啃食豆类植物的昆虫。
Scientists hope to learn more about this plant warning system, so that we can use it to grow crops without pesticides.
so that 以便于(目的状从)
Translation
科学家希望能进一步了解这种植物警报系统,从而将其应用于种植不用使用农药的农作物。
A chilli plant can tell if a neighbouring plant is helpful, or unfriendly. Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water, indicating drought is arriving.
现在分词作状语
宾从
tell 识别,辨别
Translation
辣椒可以知道自己附近的植物是敌是友。还有些树木在缺水时会发出咔嗒声,以示干旱就要来了。
Most surprisingly of all, plants have an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest.
定从
link ... to/with 把...和...联系起来
Translation
然而最令人惊奇的是,植物拥有一套神奇的信息交流系统,几乎可以连接起森林中所有的植物。
Scientists call this system the “wood wide web". It is in some ways similar to the Internet we use.
call sb. sth. 称呼某人某物
be similar to 与...相似
in some ways 在某些方面
定从
Translation
科学家们称之为“植物万维网”。在某种程度上·它很像人类使用的互联网。
While the Internet is aworldwidle network of computers linked by cables and satellites, the wood wide web is linked underground by fungi. This fungal network links the roots of different plants to each other.
link ... with/ to ... 将...和...联系/连接起来(主动)
be linked to/with ... 将...和...联系/连接起来(被动)
Translation
互联网是通过电缆和卫星连接的全球计算机网络,而植物万维网则是在地下通过真菌连接而成的。这个真菌网络将不同植物的根彼此连接。
Using the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other.
现在分词作状语
Plants can steal food from each other, or spread poisons to attack other plants.
steal ... from ... 从...偷...
Translation
植物会偷取同伴的养分,或散播有毒物质攻击其他植物。
Perhaps one day scientists will learn how to create a “firewall” to help prevent these attacks within the woodwide web.
短语做宾语
Translation
也许未来某一天,科学家会研究出建造“防火墙”的方法来阻止植物万维网中的这些攻击。
Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other.
定从
Translation
科学家们每天都在增进对植物间相互沟通的秘密方式的了解。
signal v. 发信号,示意 n.信号;标志;预示
signal to sb. 向某人示意
traffic signal 交通信号灯
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