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这个话题考官主要与考生围绕Garden（花园）讨论，这里的花园指的是自己家的小花园而不是多数人印象中的City Garden（城市花园）。
素材中涉及到的核心词汇用粗体字标出，在最后统一解释。
1. Do many people in China have their own garden? (中国，有些人有自己的花园。有些住楼房的人却没有。无论如何我们都可以回答这个问题。用Direct Answer + Details就可以)
Yes. Many home owners landscape their yards & even grow their own vegetables & herbs as well as fruits. Almost everyone grows something. If they don't have a home with land, they may have window boxes on theirflat windows or a terrace or rooftop in which they use containers to "garden". They may have a collection of foliage or flowering houseplants strewn around their home. There are those who use stands to "garden". 2. If someone has a private garden in China, do they usually prefer to grow flowers or vegetables? (Direct Anser + Reason)
Doesn't it depend on the person?I grow flowers in the front and tomatoes in the back of the house. Most of us grow our vegetables in the back yard because it's more attractive to plant the decorative flowers in the front. 3. Do Chinese people like growing flowers? (Direct Answer + Reason)
It looks beautiful and smells nice. It can beautify our life. It can brighten up
雅思口语频道编辑感谢您阅读《 Garden》一文.本文来自雅思口语网liuxue86.com《 Garden》。 a room. It puts me in a good mood.4. Do you like growing flowers. (Direct Answer + examples or Direct Answer + Reason)
Yes + example:
Yes. I like growing flowers. Especially lily, it stands for purity. Yes, I'm crazy aboutgrowing flowers. I'm fond ofpeony, it represents prosperity & fortune. (wealth) No + Reason:
I'm a little strange. Flowers remind me of funerals. I hate them. Nope. I'm allergic to flowers.Well, not really. Actually, I like flowers in their natrual environment. 5. Have you ever grown anything, in a garden, or possibly in a flower pot? (Direct Answer + examples)
I have a mix of annuals, perennials and flowering shrubs. Yes, I used to plant...Fruits, veggies, Foliage, Houseplants, bulbs… 6. What benefits do people get from gardens or from gardening? (这样的问题就是在讨论Advantage，给出一些好处就可以了，类似于之前说到的"What benefit do children gain by learning music?" 依旧是Direct Answer + examples)
youget to eat fresh organic veggies which are really good for you. and you get to spend time outside taking care of the plants and watch them grow and
雅思口语频道编辑感谢您阅读《 Garden》一文.本文来自雅思口语网liuxue86.com《 Garden》。 harvest their vegetable. ? Learning to be patient. ? It's therapeutic, like stress reducer,& it'srelaxing - rewarding - - you create something all on your own and it becomes a passion. Lexical Resource 词汇：
Better not 2 use extremelyplain wordson ths topic if u r needing 6.5 or above!
6.5分以上考生不建议用过于平淡的词汇在这个话题的讨论上。
landscape: 美化……的景观herbs: 药草strewn: 播种prosperity & fortune: 富贵window boxes: 窗台上的花盆箱，窗欄花盆。(如上图所示)stands: 架子foliage: 绿叶植物annuals: 一年生植物(如鸡冠花，牵牛花）perennials: 多年生植物(如荷花，仙人掌)shrubs: 灌木veggies: 蔬菜 Vegetables的口语形式。Houseplants: 盆栽bulbs: 球茎植物(如水仙，郁金香，百合)organic: 有机的harvest: 收获therapeutic:
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