每年这个时候,戈登•沃代尔都喜欢站在加利福尼亚圣华金山谷里杏仁树盛开的花丛中,聆听数百万只蜜蜂“低沉、温暖、愉快的哼鸣”。
AT THIS time of year Gordon Wardell loves to stand amid the almond blossoms in California’s San Joaquin valley, listening to the “low-pitch, warm, happy hum” of millions of bees.
这些成功并没有使Lovegrove心满意足,他已经开始研究第二代“太阳树”了。这次他从完美无瑕的大自然中汲取了更多设计灵感。
But this success is not enough for Lovegrove; he is already working on the second generation Solar Tree; one that takes even more inspiration from Mother Nature's perfect designs.
长期以来被称为“森林城市”,波特兰今天至少保留着20,000棵树,其中包括约100棵榆树,它们在20世纪60年代所爆发的荷兰榆树病中幸存了下来。
Long called the "Forest City," Portland maintains at least 20, 000 trees today, including about a hundred elm trees that survived a 1960s outbreak of Dutch elm disease.
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