I. DIALOGUES
M: Excuse me, ma’am. I have a problem with my rose bush. It used to produce a lot of pink roses. But now it doesn’t produce any flowers at all.
W: I see. That does seem like a problem. Do the leaves on the plant look healthy?
M: Not really. The leaves used to be very green. Now, most of them have turned brown.
W: Well, I think your rose bush needs some fertilizer.
M: OK. What sort of fertilizer do you think I should use?
W: This liquid fertilizer is very good. It will help make your rose leaves green again. Then the plant should produce roses quite soon. The fertilizer costs about ten dollars.
M: How long will it take for my rose bush to recover?
M: Great. I’ll take it. Thank you so much for your help.
II. VOCABULARY
- bush /bʊʃ/: a plant that is smaller than a tree and has many thin branches growing close together
- rose bush /roʊz bʊʃ/
- the leaves on the plant /plænt/:
- have turned brown
- fertilizer /ˈfɜrt(ə)lˌaɪzər/
- liquid fertilizer /ˈlɪkwɪd/
- sort of (BE) = kind of (AE)
- leave green again
- produce roses /prəˈdus/:
- quite /kwaɪt/: fairly but not very
- costs about
- take for
- to recover /rɪˈkʌvər/: