大千世界:英国现巨型向日葵 高7米破世界纪录

This enormous sunflower has been nicknamed the ‘Eiffel Flower’ after growing to a whopping 23ft - and is on course to break a world record.
　 这株太阳花被亲切的成为“埃菲尔之花”，其株高竟然达到了“登峰造极”的23英尺（约合7米），从而成为了有望打破世界纪录的“种子选手”。

The huge plant has grown from a humble seed planted in the garden of the home of Eve Fielding, in Margate, Kent.
这株巨大的植物是由一粒不起眼的种子的发芽茁壮成长而成的，它被种植于位于肯特郡马盖特的Eve Fielding一家的花园之中。

Eve, 48, had sown a handful of seeds as part of a light-hearted competition with her four-year-old granddaughter, and planted this one as a spare.
为了于四岁的孙女“比赛种花”——这个温馨的有缘，48岁的Eve在花园中洒下了不少种子，结果却“无心插柳柳成荫”的长出了这一株庞然大物。

She watered it every day but didn't give it any special attention and says she expected it to grow to around 12ft, just like the dozens of other flowers she's planted over the years.
尽管她会每天为向日葵浇水，但却并没有特别精心的培育，Eve说她原仅仅指望花能够长到差不多12英寸（约合3.7米）的样子，这与其她在今年种下的花卉应该别不两样。

But to her amazement it soon shot past the height of her other blooms - and shows no sign of stopping.
但是不久之后，Eve却被向日葵的迅猛涨势而感到惊讶，并且这株植物似乎还没有停止生长的趋势。

It now towers well above the mother-of-two, who is 5ft 2in, and could even break the world record of 26ft 4in.
现在，这株植物的高度已经远远的超过了这位两个孩子的母亲。她的身高为5英尺2英寸（1.6米），向日葵将有可能打破目前的最高纪录——26英尺4英寸（约合8.1米）。

Eve said: 'It's enormous - I really can't believe it's grown this tall. '
Eve说：“向日葵实在太高大了，我简直不敢相信它能够长到这么的高。”

'I planted a few seeds with my granddaughter so we could have a race to grow the biggest one. '
“我与孙女一起洒下了些种子，我们准备比赛看谁种的植物长得最高大。”

'This was one of the leftover ones so I thought I might as well sow it and see what happened. '
“这是吃剩下的葵花籽，所以我想也能种下看看会发生什么事。”

'I watered it every day, but I didn't put anything special in the soil or anything daft. And it just carried on growing. ' “我每天都会给它浇水，但却没有特别的关注土壤什么的，它就自个儿长啊长。”

'This is by far the biggest sunflower I've ever had - usually they're around 12ft. '
“这是目前为止我所种过最高大的向日葵，一般的高度都只有12英寸（约合3.7米）。”

'My neighbours and visitors have all been quite surprised and shocked at the size - they think it's a beast. '
“这株植物的体积让我我的邻居与来访者都非常的意外和惊讶，他们认识它是株怪物。”

'I've heard of people talking to their plants to make them grow and I've never done that, but I have started telling it how well it is doing since it got really big.'
“我曾听说过人们会与自己的植物对话，借此让植物更好的生长，我从来没做过这样的事情，但是现在我会告诉这株向日葵，它长得有多高多好。”

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's tallest sunflower was an incredible 26ft 4in (8.03m).
根据吉尼斯世界纪录大全，世界上最高大的向日葵株高竟达到了26英尺4英寸（约合8.03米）。

It belonged to Hans-Peter Schiffer and was measured in Kaarst-Voorst, Germany, on August 17, 2009.
那株植物的主人名叫Hans-Peter Schiffer，2009年8月17日在德国的Kaarst-Voorst测量株高之后载入了纪录大全。