今天我们要学的词是 sprout.

Sprout 的意思是发芽。Cotton seeds carried to the moon by a Chinese probe have sprouted, marking what could be the first plant to ever grow there, according to Chinese government images. 根据中国政府提供的图像，中国的一个探测器运送到月球的棉花种子已经发芽，意味着这可能成为在月球生长的第一株植物。

Researchers have found that new trees tend to sprout farther north and west while the trees that are farther south and east tend to die off, shifting the geographic center of where trees live. 研究人员发现，新的树木往往会在更北部和更西部地区萌生，而偏南部和东部的树木往往会死亡，这改变了树木存活的地理中心。