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Green is an important colour in nature.It is the colour of grass and the leaves on t(65)rees.It is also the colour of most growing plants. Sometimes,the word"green"means young,fresh and growing.Sometimes,it describes something that is not yet ripe (成熟) or finished.For example,a greenhorn is someone who has no experience(經(jīng)驗(yàn)),who is new to a situation.In the fifteenth century,a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns (角) had not yet d(66)eveloped.A century later,a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle.By the eighteenth century,a greenhorn had the m(67)eaning it has today-a person who is new in a job. Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb.The expression comes from the early 1900s.A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow q(68)uickly and well.You might say the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden c(69)ontinues growing long after your plants have died. The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains.The new plants produce much larger crops.The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (農(nóng)業(yè)的) scientists who had green thumbs. Green is also the colour used to describe the strong feeling,jealousy (嫉妒).The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature (生物) from outer space.It is an expression firstly used about 400years ago by British w(70)riter William Shakespeare in his play"Othello".It describes the u(71)npleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants.A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.