一分钟英语趣问答 106

What was the first food grown in space: potatoes, lettuce, or tomatoes?

译句：太空中最早种植的食物是什么：土豆，生菜还是西红柿？（答案附在文末）

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grow/ɡro/   vi. 生长，发展，渐渐变得；vt. 种植，使生长

[近义词]：v. change, increase, develop, become, cultivate

[例句]：

• You will grow wiser as you grow older.

随着你年龄的增长, 你会变得更聪明。

• Children grow up so fast these days.

如今孩子们长得真快。

• We are trying to grow the business.

我们正在努力扩展业务。

• You've grown since the last time I saw you! 

自从我上次见到你后，你又见长了！

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space/spes/   n. 空间, 距离, 太空; vt. 隔开

[惯用语]：

in space 在空间；在宇宙空间

time and space 时间和空间

living space 生存空间；居住面积

space station 空间站，太空站

public space 公共空间

storage space 存储空间

space shuttle 航天飞机

free space 自由空间

[例句]：

• The space shuttle took five astronauts to the space station.

航天飞机把五名宇航员送到航天站。

• How much disk space will it take up?

这会占用多少磁盘空间？

• Let's hope we can find a parking space.

希望咱们能找到个停车位。

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lettuce /'lɛtɪs/  n. 莴苣, 生菜

[例句]：

• I didn't know there were so many different varieties of lettuce.

我不知道有这么多不同品种的生菜

• A green salad has only green vegetables, such as lettuce and cucumber.

绿色沙拉仅含绿色蔬菜，例如生菜和黄瓜。

• I'd like a hamburger with lettuce and tomato.

我想要一个带生菜和番茄的汉堡。

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答案：  lettuce（grown over fifteen mouths on the international Space Station.)

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