Watering can

We got Mr. William Jones Brickbat, the eminent novelist, to say that he had read Dubbins' poems and had not yet died.

We got Edward Pinkham, the author of The Man with the Watering Pot, to send us a typewritten letter saying that Dubbins was a coming man and that his latest book, Howls from Helicon, contained many inspired lines.

But, best of all, we prevailed upon the manufacturers of a celluloid soap to print a testimonial from Dubbins himself saying that there was no other soap like it in the market.

That brought his name prominently before every magazine reader in the country, because the celluloid soap people are amongst the biggest advertisers of the day.

grow these flowers.

And you've got the other things you need? A trowel, watering can, a rake perhaps? I see you've got compost at least.

Yes, I've got all of that.

I've even got a big garden fork at home.

They're usually round and might have holes in the bottom to let out excessive water.

Long and rectangular containers for plants are usually called planters.

是的,在英国,长方形的圆一盆或花园盆通常被叫做planters, 圆形的小花盆则可以被称为pot或者flowerpot。 在英语中被叫做compost 同时我们也可以用compost做动词来描述制作堆肥的过程 最后Neil在节目一开始的对话中还提到了一件十分常见的工具 那就是watering can 撒水壶 浇花壶 他对应的动作自然就是water,浇水。

By the way, all that sounds like a lot of hard work though, so I prefer to use a hosepipe, which is a long, flexible pipe you attach to a tap and use to water your garden.

We got Mr. William Jones Brickbat, the eminent novelist, to say that he had read Dubbins' poems and had not yet died.

We got Edward Pinkham, the author of The Man with the Watering Pot, to send us a typewritten letter saying that Dubbins was a coming man and that his latest book, Howls from Helicon, contained many inspired lines.

But, best of all, we prevailed upon the manufacturers of a celluloid soap to print a testimonial from Dubbins himself saying that there was no other soap like it in the market.

That brought his name prominently before every magazine reader in the country, because the celluloid soap people are amongst the biggest advertisers of the day.