Of the fruits of the year I give my vote to the orange.
In the first place it is a perennial -- if not in actual fact, at least in the greengrocer's shop. On the days when dessert is a name given to a handful of chocolates and a little preserved ginger, when macedoine de fruits is the title bestowed on two prunes and a piece of rhubarb, then the orange, however sour, comes nobly to the rescue; and on those other days of plenty when cherries and strawberries and raspberries, and gooseberries riot together upon the table, the orange, sweeter than ever, is still there to hold its own. Bread and butter, beef and mutton, eggs and bacon, are not more necessary to an order existence than the orange.
It is well that the commonest fruit should be also the best. Of the virtures of the orange I have not room fully to speak. It has properties of health giving, as that it cures influenza and establishes the complexion. It is clean, for whoever handles it on its way to your table, but handles its outer covering, its top coat, which is left in the hall. It is round, and forms an excellent substitute with the young for a cricket ball. The pip can be flicked at your enemies, and quite a small piece of peel makes a slide for an old gentleman.
But all this would count nothing had not the orange such delightful qualities of the taste. I dare not let myself go upon this subject. I am a slave to its sweetness. I grudge every marriage in that it means a fresh supply of orange blossom, the promise of so much golden fruit cut short. However, the world must go on.
Yet with the orange we do live year in and year out. That speaks well for the orange. The fact is that there is an honesty
相关单词：perennial
perennial解释：adj.终年的；长久的
perennial例句：
I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。
相关单词：ginger
ginger解释：n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气
ginger例句：
There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。
相关单词：bestowed
bestowed解释：赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
bestowed例句：
It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
相关单词：prunes
prunes解释：n.西梅脯，西梅干( prune的名词复数 )v.修剪（树木等）( prune的第三人称单数 )；精简某事物，除去某事物多余的部分
prunes例句：
Dried fruits such as prunes, pears, and peaches, are stewed. 梅干、梨脯、桃脯等干果，都是炖过的。 来自辞典例句
We had stewed prunes for breakfast. 我们早饭吃炖梅干。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：fully
fully解释：adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
fully例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
相关单词：influenza
influenza解释：n.流行性感冒，流感
influenza例句：
They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。
相关单词：complexion
complexion解释：n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格
complexion例句：
Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
相关单词：flicked
flicked解释：（尤指用手指或手快速地）轻击( flick的过去式和过去分词 )； （用…）轻挥； （快速地）按开关； 向…笑了一下（或瞥了一眼等）
flicked例句：
She flicked the dust off her collar. 她轻轻弹掉了衣领上的灰尘。
I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it. 我漫不经心地拿起一本杂志翻看着。
相关单词：delightful
delightful解释：adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的
delightful例句：
We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。
相关单词：grudge
grudge解释：n.不满，怨恨，妒嫉；vt.勉强给，不情愿做
grudge例句：
I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.我不愿花这么多钱买次品。
I do not grudge him his success.我不嫉妒他的成功。
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