garden

Common expressions

• work in the garden: 打理花园；在花园里工作
• dig the garden
• a tidy / overgrown garden: 整洁/杂草丛生的花园

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb or adjective:

1. My mother gets a lot of satisfaction from …… in the garden.
2. It should be a …… garden! He spends most of his life in it. I never see him!
3. …… the garden is hard work, but it’s also good exercise.
4. The garden has been neglected all year and it’s now …… . The grass actually comes up to your waist!

Note

If you ‘do’ the garden, you work in it: 如果你打理花园，你就在里面工作：

• Do you do the garden yourself or do you get someone to do it for you? 你自己打理花园还是找人帮你打理？