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生態瓶:失敗園丁的成功祕訣 Terrariums: The Success of the Failed Gardener

Terrariums: The Success of the Failed Gardener
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The secret green thumb inside a glass case

  In the 1820s, London was a city with a rapidly growing population. Both factories and homes used coal to stay in operation. As a result, air pollution posed a serious threat to both people and plants. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, a young doctor who loved studying plants and insects, often felt upset about the city’s poor air quality. One day in 1829, he noticed that a grass plant had grown from the wet soil inside a sealed glass container he had made for an insect. He discovered that moisture formed inside the container on the glass during the day and flowed down to the soil in the evening. This created a closed place with clean air and no pollution.

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Words in Use
operation
[͵ɑpəˋreʃən]
n. 操作;營運;手術;運作
threat
[θrɛt]
n. 威脅,恐嚇;惡兆,兆頭
sealed
[sild]
a. 密封的
moisture
[ˋmɔɪstʃɚ]
n. 溼氣,水分
turn
[tɝn]
vt. & vi. (使)轉動/向;(使)變成
n. 順次,輪到的機會
transport
[trænsˋpɔrt]
vt. 運送,運輸
import
[ɪmˋport]
vt. 進口
alive
[əˋlaɪv]
adj. 活著的
Extra Words
pollution
[pəˋluʃən]
n. 汙染(不可數)
container
[kənˋtenɚ]
n. 容器
invention
[ɪnˋvɛnʃən]
n. 發明(不可數);發明物(可數)
decoration
[͵dɛkəˋreʃən]
n. 裝飾(不可數);裝飾物(可數)
Practical Phrases
in operation
 在運作

The new subway line will be in operation next year.
這條新的地鐵路線預計明年開始通車

pose a threat to
 對……造成威脅

Global warming is posing a threat to human survival.
全球暖化正人類生存構成威脅

turn A into B
 將 A 改變為 B
= transform A into B
= convert A into B
= change A into B

The land owner turned the old house into a hotel.
地主這棟舊屋改成一家旅館。

The witch turned the prince into a beast.

巫婆王子變成了一頭野獸。

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