Plants absorb most of the red light that hits them, but plants only absorb some of the far-red light that hits them.
植物吸收大部分照射到它们的红光，但只吸收部分照射到它们的远红光。
People can't hear these sounds; but plants are making them.
人们听不见这些声音，但植物一直都在制造它们。
But plants can also be as big as the Giant redwood.
但是植物也可以像巨型红木那样巨大。
But plants are also able to show a lot of movement.
但是植物的确有很多种运动方式。
Animals can move from place to place, but plants annot.
动物可以从一个地方到另一个地方移动，可是植物不能。
If we should not own them, we do not humans, nor animals, but plants.
如果没有这一切，我们将不在是人，更不配做动物，顶多算是植物吧。
But plants can defend themselves by using both physical and chemical means.
但植物也能用物理和化学方法来保护自己。
But plants evidently can tolerate low ambient temperatures if their roots are warm.
但是如果他们的根很温暖，植物明显地能宽容低的周围温度。
In the process, changing not just the landscape, but plants, animals and, above all, ourselves.
在此过程中，改变的不仅仅是地貌景观，还有植被、动物，还有最重要的我们自身。
In vertebrates, polyploidy tends to be lethal, but plants can do just fine with all this extra genetic material.
脊椎动物中，多倍体往往是致死的，而多倍体植物却可以很好的存活。
This is true, but plants have only ten percent consciousness while animals have consciousness equivalent to humans.
确实如此，但植物只有百分之十的意识，而动物的意识却与人类相似。
Brains and neurons are irreplaceable, but plants are immobile and often attacked, so they must be able to survive after part of them is eaten or destroyed.
大脑和神经无可替代，但植物无法移动，也常受攻击，在部分被吃掉或毁坏后它们还得能活下去。
The flowers may only last a day but the plants are long-lived.
这些花也许只开一天，但植物本身却很长寿。
The pond is small but can support many aquatic plants and fish.
这个池塘虽小，但是能养活许多水生植物和鱼。
Flowering plants were making their first appearance, but were still a rarity.
有花植物初现，但是依然少见。
But you know there are some plants which become smaller in a strong light and love the shade.
但你知道，有些植物在强光下会变得更小，喜欢遮阴。
But even if the poaching of carnivorous plants can be halted, they will continue to suffer from other assaults.
但是，即使能够停止对食肉植物的偷猎，它们仍将遭受其它的攻击。
You probably would call me a vegetarian. But scientists call me a herbivore because I only eat leaves, grass, and other plants.
你可能会称我为素食者。但科学家称我为草食动物，因为我只吃叶子、草和其它植物。
But then at other Clovis sites, there's also a lot of evidence that the Clovis people mostly gather plants and hunted small game, like rabbits and wild turkeys.
但在其他克洛维斯人的遗址，也有很多证据表明克洛维斯人主要采集植物和狩猎小型猎物，比如兔子和野火鸡。
By now, others were talking about their plants but Ling didn't have a plant, and he felt like a failure.
到现在为止，别人都在谈论他们的植物，但是凌没有植物，他感到自己像个失败者。
One of the greatest dangers to the 500 firefighters, however, comes not from the fires, but from poison plants in the forest.
然而，对500名消防员来说，最大的危险不是火灾，而是森林中的有毒植物。
On the island, there are sand hills without any plants, but there are forests with old trees, beautiful flowers and over a hundred lakes, too.
岛上有没有任何植物的沙丘，但也有古老树木的森林，美丽的花朵和一百多个湖泊。
Many people use the term "drought tolerant" to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.
许多人用“耐旱”这个词来形容这种植物，但它们实际上从未停止消耗水的需求，因此法兰特更喜欢称它们为抗旱植物。
A warming climate could lead to a more fragrant world, but it might disturb an intricate communication system used by plants.
气候变暖可能会导致一个更芳香的世界，但它可能会扰乱植物使用的复杂的通讯系统。
Several food plants, such as kola and okra, are known to have been domesticated in western Africa, but they are all supplemental, not staple, foods.
一些食用植物，如可乐和秋葵，已在西非培育，但它们都是补充性食物，而不是主食。
A new plant will spring up wherever a seed falls on a suitable soil surface, but because they do not build big bodies, they cannot compete with other plants for space, water, or sunlight.
当种子落在合适的土壤表面时，一株新的植物就会在那里生长，但由于它们体型不大，它们无法与其他植物竞争空间、水分或阳光。
Some warming is certain, but the degree will be determined by cycles involving melting ice, the oceans, water vapour, clouds and changes to vegetation and plants.
一定程度的气候变暖是确定无疑的，但其程度将由冰的融化、海洋、水蒸气、云和植物的变化等循环过程所决定。
Tropical plants like their surroundings bright and humid, while cacti need sunlight but very little water.
热带植物喜欢明亮且潮湿的环境，而仙人掌需要光照但只需要很少的水。
Plant biology is complex and fascinating, but it differs so greatly from that of animals that so-called evidence of plants' intelligence is inconclusive, the authors wrote.
作者写道，植物的生命机理复杂且有趣，但与动物的生命机理差异非常大，以至于所谓的能证明植物有意识的证据虽然有趣，却站不住脚。
The plants in these colonies also need tough resilient stems above the soil, stems that can bent a lot but not break as water constantly crashes into them.
这些殖民地的植物也需要坚硬有弹性的茎高于土壤，茎可以弯曲很多，但不会断裂，因为水不断闯入他们。
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