| 19A | 20B | 21B | 22C | 23B | 24A | 25D |
| 26A | 27D | 28C | 29C | 30D |
Ann: I bought you a plant for your new room. The shop gave me this card.
| GREEN CORNER · Plant Card |
|---|
| Name: Money Tree |
| Water: once a week |
| Light: bright, but not direct sun |
| Grows to 80 centimeters |
Ken: Thank you! My window faces north, so the room is never very bright. Will it be all right?
Ann: That is better than a south window. Direct sun would burn the leaves.
Ken: Good. I will water it every Sunday so that I do not forget.
安：我買了一盆植物給你的新房間。店家給了我這張卡片。
| 綠色角落 · 植物小卡 |
|---|
| 名稱：發財樹 |
| 澆水：一週一次 |
| 光線：明亮，但避免陽光直射 |
| 可長到 80 公分 |
肯：謝謝！我的窗戶朝北，房間一直都不太亮。這樣可以嗎？
安：那比朝南的窗戶好。陽光直射會把葉子曬傷。
肯：好。我會每個星期天澆水，這樣才不會忘記。
Saturday, March 9 · 9:00 to 16:00 · Free
The garden belongs to the people of the Republic of China and costs nothing to enter. A gardener will meet you at the gate; please follow him to the first walk.
Everything is free, but the children's activity has only forty pots. Families should gather at the north gate before eleven. Pots are given out in the order people arrive.
There is no restaurant inside the garden, so please bring your own lunch. Dogs and other pets must stay outside. If it rains, the two walks outside will move to the glass house, and the talk will go on as planned.
三月九日星期六 · 9:00 至 16:00 · 免費
本園屬於中華民國全體國民，入園免費。園丁會在大門迎接您，請跟著他前往第一場導覽。
全部免費，但兒童活動只有四十個花盆。家庭請於十一點前在北門集合，花盆依到場先後順序發放。
園內沒有餐廳，請自備午餐。狗與其他寵物必須留在園外。若遇下雨，兩場戶外導覽改至玻璃屋，演講則照常進行。
Dear Ping,
My family will be abroad from July 5 to July 20, and I am in trouble about my plants. Could you water them twice while we are away? There are only six pots, all on the balcony.
Please keep every pot away from the heater, and do not water the small one in the corner. It is from a dry place and dies if it gets too much water. The others need about one cup each. If a leaf turns brown, just take it off; do not worry.
I will leave the key with my neighbor below us. I can bring you something from England, so please tell me what you would like.
Thank you, Mei
親愛的萍：
我家七月五日到七月二十日會出國，我正為植物的事煩惱。我們不在的時候，你可以幫忙澆兩次水嗎？只有六盆，全都在陽台上。
請讓每盆都遠離暖氣機，也不要澆角落那盆小的。它來自乾燥的地方，水太多會死。其他的大約各一杯水。如果葉子變褐色，摘掉就好，不用擔心。
我會把鑰匙留給樓下的鄰居。我可以從英國帶東西給你，請告訴我你想要什麼。
謝謝，美
When we look at a tree, we see the part above the ground. Yet in many trees, as much life lies below as above. Roots hold the tree in a storm, carry water, and store food for the winter.
Roots also talk to each other. Under a forest floor, thin lines join one tree to the next, and a strong tree can pass food to a weak one, even to a tree of another kind. A forest is less a crowd of single trees than one large living thing. In the end even a wolf in the hills or a shark in the sea depends on what plants make.
This is why moving a big tree so often fails. We can carry the body of the tree and the branches, but we cannot carry the lines it has built under the ground for fifty years. The tree that arrives at the new place is, in a way, not the same tree.
當我們看一棵樹時，看到的是地面以上的部分。然而在許多樹身上，地下的生命與地上一樣多。樹根在暴風中固定樹身、輸送水分，並為冬天儲存養分。
樹根之間也會交談。在森林的地面之下，細細的線把一棵樹連到下一棵，強壯的樹可以把養分傳給虛弱的樹，甚至傳給不同種類的樹。森林與其說是一群各自獨立的樹，不如說是一個巨大的生命體。說到底，連山上的狼或海裡的鯊魚，都依賴植物所製造的東西。
這就是為什麼移植大樹常常失敗。我們搬得動樹幹和枝條，卻搬不動它在地下建了五十年的那些線。抵達新地點的那棵樹，某種意義上已經不是同一棵樹了。