[00:00.10]Green is an important color in nature.#
绿色是自然界中很重要的色彩。#
[00:06.28]It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees.#
是草丛和树叶的颜色。#
[00:11.54]It is also the color of most growing plants.#
也是大多数成长中作物的颜色。#
[00:16.43]Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing.#
有时候，绿色意味着年轻、清新和成长。#
[00:25.25]Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished.#
有时，这个词用来描述那些不成熟或尚未完成的东西。#
[00:32.90]For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience,#
比如，greenhorn(新手)是那些没有经验的人，#
[00:40.16]who is new to a situation.#
第一次面对某种情况。#
[00:43.19]In the fifteenth century,#
在15世纪，#
[00:46.29]a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.#
greenhorn是小母牛，或尚未长出角的公牛。#
[00:53.61]A century or so later,#
大约一个世纪后，#
[00:56.67]a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle.#
greenhorn指的是那些尚没有战场经验的士兵。#
[01:03.61]By the eighteenth century,#
到了18世纪，#
[01:06.88]a greenhorn had the meaning it has today#
greenhorn就有了现在的意思，#
[01:10.93]a person who is new in a job.#
即工作上的新手。#
[01:14.67]About one hundred years ago,#
大约100年前，#
[01:18.91]greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west.#
greenhorn在美国西部很流行。#
[01:24.69]Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities back east.#
老一辈们用这个词来描述那些刚从东部大城市来的人。#
[01:34.17]The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.#
greenhorn缺少在那片艰难、崎岖土地上生存所需的技能。
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