1·As the morning drifted by, we drove through idyllic valleys where plum-coloured birds perched on telephone wires and every house was surrounded with roses, geraniums and marigolds.
日上三竿之后，我们的车子驶过一条田园诗般的山谷。金盏花，天竺葵和玫瑰花环绕着房屋盛开，紫红色羽毛的鸟儿在电线上盘桓。
2·What do you do to your geraniums to keep them blooming in the winter, Mary?
你会怎么做你的天竺葵，让他们在冬季开花，玛丽？
3·There are still too many people in Beijing who can't distinguish between a pile of empty boxes, bottles and old newspapers in front of their houses and a pot of geraniums.
在北京还有不少人不知道房前堆着空箱子、瓶子和旧报纸与摆一盆天竺葵的区别。
4·Hydrangeas, roses, impatiens, geraniums, petunias were everywhere in gardens and window boxes; so verdant and quite unlike our sunburnt country in the height of summer.
绣球花，玫瑰，凤仙花，天竺葵，矮牵牛在花园和窗台到处如此苍翠不像我们在盛夏灼热的国家。
5·If you were to say to the grown-ups: "I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the Windows and doves on the roof," they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all.
如果你对大人们说：“我看到一幢用玫瑰色的砖盖成的漂亮的房子，它的窗户上有天竺葵，屋顶上还有鸽子……”他们怎么也想象不出这种房子有多么好。