Green Means Spring and Other Things — VOA Learning English
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Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.
Today we talk about a color found all throughout nature – green!
Green is also very common in American English. Let’s hear Warren Scheer read a story about these colorful expressions!
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so…
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