翻译 by 云上游
翻译自英文儿童读物《BABES AND BLOSSOMS》by Walter Copeland 童话在线观看
向日葵
整个夏天，我们都能在花园里看到向日葵。它抬着那像太阳一样的圆圆的金色的脸庞，个子比其它的多数花儿都要高。最小的品种的向日葵有小孩子那么高，最大的品种则比成年人还要高。
SUNFLOWER
The Sunflower may be seen in the garden all through the summer. It lifts its round golden face, which is something likes the sun, high above most of the other flowers. The smallest kinds of sunflower are as tall as a little child, and the largest are taller than a man.
向日葵
石竹花
石竹花并不都是粉红色的，而是五颜六色的。它的气味芳香。六月花园里的石竹开出第一批花，它的花期可以持续很长时间。
PINK
The Pink is not always pink, but has many colours. It has a very sweet scent. The first flowers show show themselves in our garden, and they last a long time.
虞美人
从六月到九月，在玉米地里，铁路两旁和荒地里都能看到亮红色的虞美人。它们漂亮的花里面没有花蜜，但在它们那长着茸毛的茎里却充满了苦涩的汁液。
POPPY
The bright red flowers of the poppy can be seen in the corn-fields, and on railway banks, and waste places, from June until September. There is no honey in the find flowers, but their hairy stalks are full of a bitter juice.
石竹花
虞美人
郁金香
郁金香是百合花的一种。当番红花开谢之后，花园里的郁金香就开始开花了，各种品种的郁金香会陆续开放，所以我们在很长时间内都能看到五颜六色的郁金香“花杯”。
TULIP
The Tulip is a kind of Lily. The first Tulips come in garden when crocuses are going, and other kinds follow, so we may see their flowers-cups of many colours for quite a long time.
郁金香
报春花
当我们看到报春花的时候，就知道春天来了。在四月和五月里，树林里到处都布满了它们那漂亮的黄色花儿和褶皱的绿色叶子。
PRIMROSE
We know that spring is here when we see the Primrose. Its pretty yellow flowers and crinkle green leaves come in crowds to the woods in April and May.
蓟
在夏天的末尾和秋天里，几乎在每排树篱下和田野里都能看见蓟。要想摘下它那紫色的花儿可不容易，那些长着刺的绿叶在守护着它们呢。
THISTLE
The thistle is to be found in almost every hedgerow and filed in the late summer and autumn. It is not easy to pick its purple flower, which is guarded by prickly green leaves.
报春花
蓟
香豌豆
香豌豆是一种有芳香气味的爬藤植物。它的花五颜六色，看上去像美丽的蝴蝶。在六月底的时候它开始在花园里开花，如果我们注意去摘除那些凋谢了的花的话，它就会开满整个夏天。
SWEET-PEA
The Sweet-Pea is a climbing plant with a sweet scent. Its beautiful flowers of many colours look something like butterflies. It blooms at our garden at the end of June, and will go on doing so all through the summer if we are careful to cut off all the faded flowers.
香豌豆
野玫瑰
野玫瑰是玫瑰的一种。它虽是野生的，却经常被种在树篱旁和花园里，因为它小巧的叶子和花儿都散发出芳香的气味。它的粉红色小玫瑰花会在夏天开放。
SWEET BRIAR
The Sweet Briar is a kind of rose. It grows wild, but is often planted in hedges and gardens, because of the sweet smell of its small leaves and flowers. Its little pink roses bloom in summer.
黑莓
黑莓生长在树篱旁和荒地里。它会爬上篱笆，用它坚硬的弯刺攀附在其它植物身上。整个夏天我们都有可能看到它的花儿，不过大多数人更想要的是它的果实-黑莓。
BRAMBLE
The Bramble grows in the hedgerows and in waste places. It climbs over fences, and hooks itself on other plant by its strong curved prickles. Its flowers may be seen all through the summer, but most people prefer to look for its fruit, the blackberry.
野玫瑰
黑莓
海石竹
有时候我们会在花园边上看到海石竹，但它真正的家是在海边的岩石上和峭壁上，还有高山的石头层面上。它鲜艳的粉红色花儿和像草一样的绿叶子让这些灰色的地方看起来亮丽。从四月到十月，我们随时都能看见海石竹。
THRIFT
Sometimes we see the Thrift or Sea-Pink in garden borders, but its real home is on the rocks and cliffs of the sea-shore, and on the rocky sides of high mountains. It makes these grey places gay with its pink flowers and leaves like grass. We may see it at any time from April until October.
海石竹
堇菜
每个人都喜欢甜美的堇菜，因为它的香气是如此的迷人。在三月和四月，它开着紫色的花儿，秋天的时候又再次开放。它生长在野外的林地里和一些地方的河畔，但是我们更经常在花园里看到它。
VIOLET
The sweet Violet is liked by everyone because it smells so nice. It purple flower come in March and April, and again in the autumn.. it grows wild in woods and on banks in some places, but is more often seen in the garden.
堇菜
桂竹香
桂竹香是一种非常讨人喜欢的植物，因为它的花有很强烈的香味。有一些桂竹香会生长在墙壁的裂缝处，不过在花园里生长的桂竹香更大更强壮。桂竹香从四月开始开花，一直开到夏天。
WALLFLOWER
The Wallflower or Gillyflower is a favourite because of its strong sweet scent. Some kinds of Wallflowers will grow in the chicks upon a wall, but those that grow in the garden bed are stronger and larger. It blooms from April right into summer.
睡莲
睡莲生长在水池里或是水流缓慢的河里。它的根扎在水底的泥土里，但是它那宽大的绿叶子却浮在水面上，举着它那美丽的白色或黄色花朵。睡莲六月开花，一直开到八月。
WATER-LILY
The Water-Lily grows in pools and slow-moving rivers. Its root is in the mud at the bottom of the water, but the board green leaves float upon the water, and the beautiful white or yellow flowers are lifted above it. It blooms from June to August.
桂竹香
睡莲
