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英国:旧内衣可用来培植果蔬
Unwanted underwear donated at Chelsea Flower Show
[ 2009-05-25 16:16 ]

英国皇家园艺协会今年的切尔西花展上,主办方呼吁前来观展的人们主动捐出已经弃用的胸罩、短裤等旧内衣参加“蔬果自己种”活动。园艺专家表示,旧内衣,尤其是胸罩,是理想的置物容器,将其稍加改制便可用于栽种蔬菜、圣女果等小型植物。此项活动旨在让人们知道自己动手种植一些果蔬并不一定需要很大的空间或者投入大量的资金,人们需要的只是多一点想象力,将废物充分利用就好。

英国:旧内衣可用来培植果蔬

英国:旧内衣可用来培植果蔬

Bras, briefs and boxer shorts were donated to this year's Chelsea Flower Show to be used in display of how to grow your own fruit and vegetables in unwanted underwear.

Bras, briefs and boxer shorts were donated to this year's Chelsea Flower Show to be used in display of how to grow your own fruit and vegetables in unwanted underwear.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) asked visitors to Chelsea Flower Show to donate clean unwanted bras, boxer shorts and jockey pants for its summer Grow Your Own campaign.

Dozens handed in old underwear which will now be used, alongside stock contributed by Marks and Spencer, in a 'good life' display at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, from 7 – 12 July 2009.

"Due to their conical shape, bras are ideal containers for turning into hanging baskets, and if you sew two together, you have what is best described as a 'hanging bra-sket'. Once filled with compost you can grow salad leaves, herbs, alpine strawberries and even tumbling cherry tomatoes in them; the bigger the bra the more you can grow. But the serious message behind the 'bra-skets' is that you do not need a lot of space or even a lot of money to start growing your own food – just a bit of imagination."

The 'good life' display is part of a wider campaign by the RHS to encourage more people to grow their own fruit and vegetables. Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister and civic organisation including the National Trust have also called for more people to grow their own food in order to improve healthy eating and tackle climate change by reducing food miles.

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英国:旧内衣可用来培植果蔬

Vocabulary:

boxer shorts: 拳击短裤,平脚短裤

cherry tomatoes: 樱桃西红柿,圣女果

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