day 57plants and farms
unit 8 · nature & disastersplants and farms
Talk about flowers, crops and farm work, and describe someone busy with this and that.
today’s words
- 花朵 huāduǒ · flower, bloom
- 菊花 júhuā · chrysanthemum
- 兰花 lánhuā · orchid
- 梅花 méihuā · plum blossom
- 松 sōng · loose; to loosen
- 株 zhū · (measure word for plants)
- 刺 cì · thorn; to prick
- 结 jiē · to bear (fruit)
- 结果 jiēguǒ · to bear fruit
- 种地 zhòngdì · to farm, work the land
- 田 tián · field (for crops)
- 农田 nóngtián · farmland
- 庄稼 zhuāngjia · crops
- 水稻 shuǐdào · rice (the plant)
- 小麦 xiǎomài · wheat
- 播种 bōzhǒng · to sow (seeds)
- 培育 péiyù · to grow, breed; to raise
- 丰收 fēngshōu · to have a good harvest
- 农产品 nóngchǎnpǐn · farm produce
- 土壤 tǔrǎng · soil
- 肥沃 féiwò · fertile
- 泥 ní · mud
- 割 gē · to cut, harvest
- 砍 kǎn · to chop, cut down
sentences
- 这里的土壤肥沃，很适宜种水稻和小麦。 · The soil here is fertile and ideal for rice and wheat.
- 秋天丰收的时候，农民们忙这忙那，非常辛苦。 · At harvest time in autumn, farmers are busy with a hundred jobs; it’s hard work.
- 第一次来农村，安娜对什么都很好奇，问这问那。 · On her first visit to the countryside, Anna is curious about everything and asks about it all.
- 除水稻外，这个村子还种了很多蔬菜。 · Besides rice, the village grows lots of vegetables.
- 这里的农产品很有名，这种水稻就是当地培育出来的。 · The farm produce here is well known; this kind of rice was bred locally.