All plants need light and water.

一切植物都需要阳光和水。

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Last time we talked about photosynthesis, the process by which plants use light to convert carbon dioxide and water into food.

上次我们讨论了光合作用，即植物利用光将二氧化碳和水转化为食物的过程。

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This fascinating experiment showed that plants not only detect and react to specific wavelengths of light, plants can also detect and react to changes in the ratio of one wavelength to another.

这个有趣的实验表明，植物不仅能探测和对特定波长的光产生反应，还能探测不同波长比率的变化并对其做出反应。

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By using cuttings and closely regulating how much light the plants get, indoor gardeners crush a normal five-month growing cycle into ten weeks.

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Sledge described the operation generously: the rooms teeming to the scrolled plaster ceilings with bud-heavy green stalks, the floor cabled with sprinklers, the walls lined with foil reflectors to maximize the ripening effects of the solar-spectrum lamps, the stereo chattering NPR talk radio to cover the drone of the daytime light banks, and classical music to give the plants a cultural heritage through the cool damp night.

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In China, Christmas light recycling plants will process some 20 million pounds of Christmas lights and recycle them into useful products.

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