继上个季度BC给出了Trees这个让人头皮发麻的新题后,本季度BC依然在挑战烤鸭们对自然的认知,今天我们就来看一下Trees的兄弟话题Flowers。
关于花,如果你是一个flower lover, 那么你可能会对花有一些自己独特的理解和感受。但如果你对此并不是很了解,那么我们首先要先积累一些关于花的“知识”。
有人认为花很容易枯萎凋谢they wither easily,而且种花要耗费很多的时间,精力和体力time-consuming, energy-consuming,所以不喜欢养花,或者倾向于买一些干花dried flowers放在家里。但是也有很多人会定期去花市买花go to flower market on a regular basis,甚至在家里种花plant flowers in the flower pot(或者我们也可以说 there’re tubs of flowers一盆盆的花 on the balcony)。 那为什么要养花呢?可能是因为你是个flower enthusiast(爱花者);可能是flowers are pleasantly scented/ flowers give off pleasant fragrance芳香宜人;可能是they serve us excellent decoration, making our room more elegant and delicate(是一种很好的装饰物件,让我们的房间看起来更优雅精致);当然也可能是它们的花语(language of flowers)就真还挺美好的~
常见花及花语
百合花lily——白纯洁,和你在一起如同天堂 purity, it’s heavenly to be with you
玫瑰rose—— 我爱你,我依然爱你 I love you, I still love you
太阳花sunflower——骄傲 pride
康乃馨carnation—— 魅力,使人柔弱的爱 fascination, womanized love
粉色—我永远不会忘了你 I’ll never forget you
红色—我的心为你而痛,赞赏 my heart aches for you, admiration
紫色—任性capriciousness
满天星baby’s breath
粉色—不可或缺的配角 an indispensable supporting role
白色—纯洁,浪漫 purity, romantic
蓝色 —深深的思念 missing you deeply,
绣球花hydrangea ——loyalty
白色—纯洁 purity
紫色—繁荣,浪漫 prosperity, romantic
蓝色—圆满 perfection
雏菊daisy——天真无邪,忠诚的爱innocence, loyal love
蒲公英dandelion——忠诚,幸福faithfulness, happiness
栀子花gardenia——你很可爱,秘密的爱 you’re lovely, secret love
矢车菊cornflower—— 单身的幸福single blessedness
仙人掌cactus—— 忍耐 endurance
山茶花camellia——赞赏,完美,给男人以好运的礼物 admiration, perfection, good luck gift to a man
粉色—渴望着你 longing for you
红色—你是我心中的火焰 you are a flame in my hear
白色—你值得敬慕 you are adorable
菊花chrysanthemum——你诗歌了不起的朋友,快活与放松you’re a wonderful friend, cheerfulness and rest
波斯菊coreopsis——永远快乐 always cheerful
风信子bluebell—— 富有,献身于太阳神 richness, dedicated to apollo
蓝色—坚固consistency
紫色—对不起,原谅我 sorry, please forgive me
红色或粉色—玩乐 play
白色—可爱,我为你祈祷 loveliness, I’ll pray for you
水仙花daffodil——关心,不计报答的爱,你是我唯 一的爱 regard, unrequited love, you’re the only one
石楠花(白)heather——保护,愿望成真 protection, wishes will come true
接下来我们来看一下flowers这个topic下面的几个小问题:
Q1: What kinds of flowers do you know?
思路1:
如果你是一个很喜欢花的人,可以说我是一个flower enthusiast,我知道很多种类的花,比如说A, B and C and so on, 在此之中我最喜欢的花是什么,原因如何。
Actually, I’m a flower enthusiast, so I have a good knowledge of flowers and there’re loads of flowers that I can name, such as camellia, daisy, rose and so on, among which daisy is my all-time-favorite flower since it looks adorable, and stands for innocence and loyal love.
思路2:
如果你不是一个很喜欢花的人,也可以直截了当地说不是很了解花,但即使是这样也不能在这里画上句号,因为我们还是要在考官面前show一下我们的topic-related words。因此我们可以说:
Well, to be honest, I don’t have much knowledge about flowers, but I can still recognize some commonly-seen flowers like rose and lily, which are pleasantly scented and can server as decoration, making our room more elegant and delicate.
Q2: Are there any flowers that have special meanings in China?
这道题可以参考上面的花语,直接举例说明即可。如果想有点中国特色那个味道也可以从我们熟知的花中“四君子”去谈一谈。
Definitely, plum blossom, orchid and chrysanthemum are quite renowned in China, they appeared in ancient poems frequently, as they symbolize certain virtue/positive qualities, such as to be perseverant(坚忍不拔的), noble and unsullied(高洁的). That’s also the reason why they are called “junzi” in flowers which means cultivated sagely people.
下面两题就给大家分析下思路,可以尝试着从这样一些角度去思考答案。
Q3: Have you planted any flowers?
Part1中其实会很频繁地出现have you ever done sth? 这类题目,其实思路还是比较简单的,如果你有做过这件事,那么在答案中体现我们常说的5W1H(when, who, where, what, why, how)这几点就可以了。那如果我们没有做过这件事,也可以去解释下为什么没有做过这件事,原因可以从这样几个角度去思考:个人的兴趣爱好,有无时间和精力,这件事本身对你来说麻烦或不好的点在哪等等。
Q4: Have you sent flowers to others?
这题也是属于上面刚刚讲过的题型,那最近刚好过完母亲节,马上可能快到了520,521这样的可以用a bunch of flower秀恩爱的日子,所以,答案其实也是比较简单的了,大家可以尝试一下。