Bill comes to visit Steven. Steven is talking about his flowers in the garden with Bill.

比尔来拜访史蒂文，史蒂文正在花园里和比尔谈论他养的花。

A: Oh, what a beautiful garden.

哦，好漂亮的花园啊。

B: These are my roses. The roses have been in flower for a week.

这些是我种的玫瑰，这些玫瑰已经开了一星期了。

A: The garden looks lovely when the roses are in bloom. You must have a lot of pleasure in planting flowers.

玫瑰花开时，园内美丽诱人。你一定因为养花而获得了不少乐趣吧。

B: Yes, you're right. I love flowers and hence have taken to growing them. I take care of my flowers every day as if they are my good friends.

是啊，你说对了。我爱花，所以也爱养花。我得天天照顾我的花，就像朋友似的关心它们。

A: You did a good job, but I got tired of working in the garden.

你太棒了，我对养花已经厌倦了。

B: Oh, I see. People who don't understand the nature of flowers won't be able to grow them well. I can help you learn more if you want to plant flowers one day. In this way, you need not be afraid of your own sweet flower garden's being neglected.

我明白。不懂花性的人可养不好花。如果你有一天想养花，我可以帮你多了解它们，这样你就不用担心你那漂亮的花圃会被荒废了。

讲解：

plant/grow flowers

种花；养花

例句：

I love to plant flowers in my garden.

我喜欢在我的花园里种花。

It gives me great pleasure to grow flowers.

种花给了我很大的乐趣。

be in flower/bloom

开花的；盛开的

例句：

The roses are in flower early this year.

今年玫瑰花开得很早。

The apple trees are in bloom.

苹果树正在开花。

have a lot of pleasure in doing sth

做某事有很多乐趣

例句：

I have a lot of pleasure in doing exercise.

做运动给我带来了很多乐趣。

He must have a lot of pleasure in taking care of his pets.

照顾他的宠物一定带给他不少欢乐。

take to

开始养成（某种习惯）；喜欢上

例句：

After a few weeks of practice, I finally took to playing the guitar.

经过几周的训练，我终于养成了弹吉他的习惯。

It took me a while to take to my new job, but now I love it and can't imagine doing anything else.

我花了一段时间才开始我的新工作，但现在我喜欢它，无法想象做其他事情。

get tired of

对...变得厌倦（对某事失去兴趣和耐心）

例句：

I'm getting tired of eating the same thing every day.

我厌倦了每天吃同样的食物。

I got tired of all these meetings.

我厌倦了这些会议。

need not do

不必；无须

need not=needn't，后面接动词原形。need not/needn't在句子中可以和not need to do进行转换

例句：

We need not hurry. We have plenty of time.

我们不需要着急，我们有很多时间。

=We don't need to hurry...

You needn't pay for tonight's dinner, it's on me.

你不需要付今晚的饭钱，我请客。

=You don't need to pay for tonight's dinner...

neglect

疏于照管；忽视；忽略

neglect sth...

疏于照顾...

neglect to do...

忽视做某事

例句：

The garden has been neglected for years.

这个花园已经好几年无人照看了。

He was so busy that he neglected his health.

他太忙了以至于无法顾及健康。

Don't neglect to take good care of your teeth.

别忽略了保护牙齿。