创意花粉造园

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这个花园里种满了能吸引传粉者的开花植物。它为包括蜜蜂、蝴蝶和鸟在内的传粉者提供了一处栖息地。

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1A pollinator (传粉者) garden is filled with flowering plants that attract pollinators.The garden gives pollinators,including bees,butterflies and birds,a place to live and reproduce.The garden in my community was started by Angela Germano and Bridget Royce.The two women are my fifth-grade teachers at Dover Intermediate School.They combined their dreams of helping the environment with a hands-on science lesson by showing students how to create a pollinator garden.

2I recently spoke with both teachers to learn more.They explained that in March 2020, connecting with students was a challenge.Germano, who teaches science, and Royce, who teaches math, applied for a grant (拨款) fromNational Geographicto start a pollinator garden.Their goals included educating students through project-based learning and helping the environment.They imagined a project that would bring students and members of the community together.

3Students designed the pollinator garden as an assignment for science class.The teachers took the best ideas in these assignments and combined them for the final garden design.“We took different parts of as many projects as we could,to be able to really incorporate all of the students'feedback,”Royce said.

4Students and parent volunteers help maintain the garden.Community days are held for weeding, planting and mulching (用覆盖物覆盖).Teachers hope that students will spend as much time as possible in the garden,especially as spring approaches.So far,kids have enjoyed working on their assignments,which include reading,filling bird feeders,and scavenger hunts(寻宝游戏).

5“Next steps are expanding the space and getting more kids close to the space throughout their day,”Royce said.Both teachers encourage students and their families to make their own gardens, too.Even if just one student is inspired, he or she in turn can inspire others.

6“This doesn't have to be a big, expensive thing,”Germano said.“Maybe you start just a milkweed garden, because you want to help butterflies.Start small, and find other people to work with.”

Reading Check

Inference1.What's the function of the first paragraph?

A.To explain the meaning of flowering plants.

B.To describe two women teachers'life.

C.To tell how important science teachers are.

D.To lead in the main topic of creating pollinator gardens.

Detail2.Why was the pollinator garden started?

A.To make money.

B.To train community volunteers.

C.To educate students and help the environment.

D.To build a better place for math classes.

Inference3.What's the students'attitude to the pollinator garden?

A.Supportive.

B.Ambiguous.

C.Indifferent.

D.Worried.

Inference 4.What did Germano try to express in the last paragraph?

A.Enlarging the garden space is the next step.

B.Kids should spend more time in gardens.

C.Students and their parents should read together.

D.Students and parents can try starting their own gardens.

Language Study

单句填空

1.The garden is filled _______flowering plants.

2.They combined their dreams of helping the environment _______a hands-on science lesson.

3.At that time, _______(connect)with students was a big challenge.

4.They hoped that the project would _______(bring)students and members of the community together.

5.So far,they _______(not find)a way to fight the disease.

6.Both teachers encourage students _______(participate)in the activity.