Dialogue A
(At the entrance of botanical garden)
Li Ming:Look at those crowds of people milling about just inside the gate. It seems that some public meetings are going on.
Wang Lin:Oh,don't you know that in parks nowadays,there are many open air performances? There must be some plays or acrobatics going on there. Let's go in and have a look.
L:Oh,look at those cute children. How happy they seem!
W:I can't help recalling my own childhood as I look at them. So innocent!So carefree!
L:Don't be so sentimental. Look at that old couple on that bench. Do you think they are happy?
W:Perhaps they are. But behind their smiles,I can see a kind of sadness and loneliness. They're here to drink invigor from the youth. Don't you think so?
L:Oh,it's hard to say. Anyway,they can enjoy themselves here. It's good for their health. Let's stop talking about people and go a little faster.
W:All right. Let's.
Dialogue B
Wang Lin:Just look at those gorgeous tulips there. Let's go over and have a closer look at them,shall we?
Li Ming:OK. They are beautiful,aren't they? Do you think they are the East Anglican species?
W:I think so. They look just like the ones we saw at the tulip fair last spring.
L:What a wonderful time of the year!It's so restful.
W:And what a riot of color there is with all kinds of flower sin blossom! Do you see those red,white and yellow roses blooming by the fountain?
L:What are those small yellow and white flowers sprouting up on the lawn,Wang?
W:The yellow ones are buttercups and the white ones are daisies.
L:I wonder why they weren't planted in proper flower beds?
W:They look more natural peeping up out of the grass like that.
L:Aren't those azalea bushes beautiful?
W:Yes. Here's an interesting bed with a mixture of daffodils,violets,lilies of the valley and bluebells.
L:By the way,do you know much about how to grow flow-ers?
W:Oh,not much. But my mother grows a lot at my home.
L:It takes plenty of time to take care of them.
W:Of course. You've got to water them and see that they get enough bright sunlight. Sometimes you also have to give plant food.
L:Plant food?
W:Yes. Healthy plant food mixed in clean water.
L:It really takes a lot of knowledge.
W:Some flowers need special care. Others need special food.
L:That's too complicated. But the satisfaction out of the labor is incomparable.