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crape myrtle / 紫薇 / (zǐwēi)
A: Did you know? A nearly 1,200-year-old crape myrtle tree in Suzhou has bloomed.
你知道吗？苏州的一棵近一千两百岁的紫薇树开花了。
(nǐ zhīdào ma? sūzhōu de yīkē jìn yīqiānliǎnɡbǎisuì de zǐwēi shù kāihuā le.)
B: What's a crape myrtle? I don't know much about plants.
什么是紫薇呀？我对植物不太了解。
(shímeshì zǐwēi ya? wǒduì zhíwù bùtài liaojiě.)
A: Crape myrtle is a type of tree from India. Its flowers come in white, red, purple and more. It is a very long-lived tree.
紫薇原产于印度。它的花色有白色、红色、紫色等多种颜色。紫薇是一种非常长寿的树。
(zǐwēi yuánchǎnyú yìndù.tāde huāsè yǒu báisè,hónɡsè,zǐsè děnɡ duōzhǒnɡ yánsè.zǐwēi shì yīzhǒnɡ fēichánɡ chánɡshòu de shù.)
B: So let's make the time to go to the botanical garden to see Suzhou's thousand-year crape myrtle so that we don't miss the blooming period.
那我们抽空去那个苏州的植物园看看这棵千年紫薇吧,以免花期过了。
(nà wǒmén chōukōnɡ qù nàɡè sūzhōu de zhíwùyuán kànkàn zhèkē qiānnián zǐwēi bā, yǐmiǎn huāqī ɡuòle.)
A: Don't worry. The blooming period for the crape myrtle is very long. This is why it is called the "100-day red" tree. It will stay in bloom for the next two to three months.
不用担心,紫薇由于花期长,所以又有"百日红"之称,接下来会持续开花两到三个月。
(bùyònɡ dānxīn, zǐwēi yóuyú huāqī chánɡ, suǒyǐ yòuyǒu "bǎirìhónɡ" zhīchēnɡ, jiēxiàlái huì chíxù kāihuā liǎnɡdàosānɡè yuè.)
B: That's really amazing. This is the first time I've heard of a plant blooming for this long.
真是令人惊奇,我头一次听说有植物能开花这么久。
(zhēnshì lìnɡrén jīnɡqí, wǒ tóuyīcì tīnɡshuō yǒu zhíwù nénɡ kāihuā zhèmejiǔ.)
crape myrtle / 紫薇 / (zǐwēi)
A: Did you know? A nearly 1,200-year-old crape myrtle tree in Suzhou has bloomed.
你知道吗？苏州的一棵近一千两百岁的紫薇树开花了。
(nǐ zhīdào ma? sūzhōu de yīkē jìn yīqiānliǎnɡbǎisuì de zǐwēi shù kāihuā le.)
B: What's a crape myrtle? I don't know much about plants.
什么是紫薇呀？我对植物不太了解。
(shímeshì zǐwēi ya? wǒduì zhíwù bùtài liaojiě.)
A: Crape myrtle is a type of tree from India. Its flowers come in white, red, purple and more. It is a very long-lived tree.
紫薇原产于印度。它的花色有白色、红色、紫色等多种颜色。紫薇是一种非常长寿的树。
(zǐwēi yuánchǎnyú yìndù.tāde huāsè yǒu báisè,hónɡsè,zǐsè děnɡ duōzhǒnɡ yánsè.zǐwēi shì yīzhǒnɡ fēichánɡ chánɡshòu de shù.)
B: So let's make the time to go to the botanical garden to see Suzhou's thousand-year crape myrtle so that we don't miss the blooming period.
那我们抽空去那个苏州的植物园看看这棵千年紫薇吧,以免花期过了。
(nà wǒmén chōukōnɡ qù nàɡè sūzhōu de zhíwùyuán kànkàn zhèkē qiānnián zǐwēi bā, yǐmiǎn huāqī ɡuòle.)
A: Don't worry. The blooming period for the crape myrtle is very long. This is why it is called the "100-day red" tree. It will stay in bloom for the next two to three months.
不用担心,紫薇由于花期长,所以又有"百日红"之称,接下来会持续开花两到三个月。
(bùyònɡ dānxīn, zǐwēi yóuyú huāqī chánɡ, suǒyǐ yòuyǒu "bǎirìhónɡ" zhīchēnɡ, jiēxiàlái huì chíxù kāihuā liǎnɡdàosānɡè yuè.)
B: That's really amazing. This is the first time I've heard of a plant blooming for this long.
真是令人惊奇,我头一次听说有植物能开花这么久。
(zhēnshì lìnɡrén jīnɡqí, wǒ tóuyīcì tīnɡshuō yǒu zhíwù nénɡ kāihuā zhèmejiǔ.)
Illustrations:Liu Rui/GT
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