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欢迎关注微信公众号：英语主播Emily 参与每周免费英语口语直播分享（超多干货分享） 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。