The article about Fagus Hayatae/Taiwan Beech surprised me. I didn’t know they could grow in a tropical climate. I always thought they could only be seen in high attitude places such as in Canada or Japan.
那篇山毛櫸的文章令我驚訝它們能長在熱帶 ,以為只在高緯度的國家如加拿大,日本才見的到.
那 [na4] /that/those/
篇 [pian1] /sheet/piece of writing/(a measure word)/chapter/article/
山 [shan1] /mountain/hill/
毛 [mao2] /hair/pore/fur/
櫸 [ju3] /Zeikowa acuminata/
的 [de] /(possessive particle)/of/
文章 [wen2 zhang1] /article/essay/
令 [ling4] /make or cause to be/order/command/decree/honorable/
我 [wo3] /I/me/
驚訝 [jing1 ya4] /confound/
它們 [ta1 men] /they (for inanimate objects)/
能 [neng2] /can/may/capable/energy/able/
長 [chang2] /length/long/forever/always/constantly/
在 [zai4] /(located) at/in/exist/(before verbs) immediately involved in/right in the middle of doing/
熱帶 [re4 dai4] /tropic/tropical/
以為 [yi3 wei2] /consider (that)/believe/
只 [zhi3] /only/merely/just/but/
高 [gao1] /high/tall/
緯 [wei3] /latitude/
度 [du4] /capacity/degree/standard/
國家 [guo2 jia1] /country/nation/
如 [ru2] /as (if)/such as/
加拿大 [jia1 na2 da4] /Canada/Canadian/
日本 [Ri4 ben3] /Japan/Japanese/
才 [cai2] /ability/talent/endowment/gift/an expert/only (then)/only if/just/
見 [jian4] /to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview/
到 [dao4] /to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive/
