Some plants never blossom, don't they?
有些植物从不开花，对吗？
Some plants have more seeds than other plants.
种子要比其它植物多。
Lime in the soil is detrimental to some plants.
土壤里的石灰对某些植物有害。
Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects away.
有些植物释放出有臭味的化学物质来赶走昆虫。
They put these LEDs around some plants that were in the shade.
他们把这些LED 灯放在一些处于阴凉处的植物周围。
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。
Some plants store reserves of water to see them through a drought; others send roots deep down to subsurface water supplies.
有些植物储存水分来使它们度过干旱；另一些则把根深深地扎入地下水源。
Some plants are woody in type—an adaptation designed to prevent collapse of the plant tissue when water stress produces wilting.
有些植物是木本植物，这是一种适应性的设计，以防止植物组织萎缩时，水分胁迫产生萎蔫。
Certain plant species won't flower if they sense too much light and some plants will only flower if they sense a specific amount of light.
某些植物种类如果感觉到了太多光就不开花，而有些只有感觉到了一定程度的光才会开花。
Some plants under stress will scream.
有些植物在压力下会尖叫。
Some plants under stress feel energetic.
有些植物在压力下会感到精力充沛。
Some plants make noises with their roots.
一些植物用根制造声音。
The truth is that some plants can hurt you, but most are completely harmless.
事实上，有些植物会伤害你，但大多数是完全无害的。
A recent study done by a group of scientists at the Tel Aviv University has discovered that some plants will scream when they are under stress.
特拉维夫大学的一组科学家最近的一项研究发现，一些植物在压力下会尖叫。
Some plants are in fact poisonous to cats and should be kept out of their reach.
有些植物猫吃了会中毒，所以不能让它们接触到。
But some plants, including maize and sorghum, have evolved to use a type called C4.
但是一些植物，包括玉米和高粱，进化成了使用C4型的光合作用。
The best evidence that some plants may have evolved to promote fire comes from pines.
植物在进化中变得能助燃的最佳证据来自松树。
Some plants, such as maize and sugar cane, have special cells in which to capture CO2.
如玉米，甘蔗的一些植物，存在捕获二氧化碳的特殊的细胞。
That is what's actually done in some plants, doubling the output of the generators.
事实上，这也是一些电厂的做法，这样可以让他们的发电输出量翻番.
At least that's the scheme some plants have developed to defend themselves from leaf eaters.
至少一些植物就采用了这个计划来保护自身免于食草动物的伤害。
Plant Selection: Now that we've got the basics out of the way, it's time to consider some plants.
选择植物：现在既然我们已经有了一些基本的方法了，那么就到了考虑用哪些植物的时候了。
Some plants even appear to be social, favoring family while pushing strangers from the neighborhood.
一些植物甚至表现出社会性，它们也会关心家人同时将附近陌生的家伙赶走。
General Motors and Ford are also closing some plants beyond the usual two-week end of year production break.
通用汽车和福特也准备在年终通常的两个星期停产时间外，再延长一些工厂的关闭时间。
Curses, convulsions, poisonous peashooters-as much as some plants inspire poetry, others evoke the dark arts.
诅咒、抽搐、毒吹管——就像某些植物启发了诗歌一样，另外一些唤起了黑暗文学。
The experts who made the discovery believe ants act as' bodyguards' for some plants to keep trampling elephants at bay.
发现这一现象的专家认为，蚂蚁实则充当着某些植物的“保镖”，它们会让践踏这些植物的大象无法接近保护对象。
A group of chemicals made by some plants, including in apple skins, have promising characteristics in fighting Alzheimer's.
从一些植物中(包括苹果皮)能提取出一系列化学物质，在用于对抗阿尔兹·海默症方面很有前景。
The difficulty, of course, is that some plants - including Indian Point north of New York City - are within 50 miles of millions of people.
问题的难处在于，有些核电站——包括纽约市北部的印度点核电站，在其五十英里区域内有数百万的居民。
Some plants, such as soybeans, also store fats and can be used as fuel sources, but photosynthetic microbes produce nearly 250 times more fat per acre.
虽然大豆的细胞内含有脂肪物质，也可以提取后加工成生物燃料，但是，就一英亩面积而言，光合微生物的产油量要比大豆高将近250倍。
Some plants would control pests and soil quality naturally, and humans helped by rotating their crops; if extra fertilizer was needed, manure usually filled in.
一些作物本身就具备防治病虫害、保持土壤肥力的功效，人类辅以轮种；即便需要添加一些肥料，大多用的是人畜粪便。
Although German and American firms invented the technology, Chinese firms are improving on it and offering the only credible promise of actually building some plants.
虽然此项技术由德国和美国发明，但中国的企业不断完善它，并承诺兴建一些此类型的工厂。
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