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Visitors come to the U.S. Botanic Garden to enjoy the variety of plants and the peace and serenity of nature. This woman works nearby.

游客们来到美国国家植物园观赏各类植物，享受大自然带来的和平与宁静。这位女士在附近工作。

"Feels like a forest in a city, so I can be thinking about something else that worked for almost for 5 minutes, which is sometimes very nice."

“感觉就像城市里的森林，这样我能有大约五分钟时间思考其他事情。这一点很赞。”

Located on the national mall, the Botanic Garden is made up of 65,000 indoor and outdoor plants, some more than 165 years old.

这座植物园位于国家购物中心，植物园里共有65000株室内和室外植物，有的已经生长了165年多了。

Inside the conservatory, the greenhouse, there are rooms with plants that thrive in different environments, like this tropical room.

温室里有很多不同的房间，这些植物在不同的环境里生长，比如这间热带植物房。

Since its beginning, visitors have been educated about the value of plants.

从建园开始，植物园就一直向参观者们展示植物的价值。

"We still have a very important role to play in educating people about the importance of plants,

“我们在向公众普及植物重要性方面仍扮演着至关重要的角色。

particularly in urban audiences where people may not have a direct connection to a farm, may not understand where food in particular comes from."

尤其是对城市居民而言，他们可能从未接触过农场，甚至不清楚食物究竟从何而来。”

One of the Garden's main attractions are the four thousand orchid plants that come from around the world.

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