There's a huge microbial biosphere hidden beneath the surface of the earth - possibly comparable in biomass to the plant life we can see on the surface.

地表之下存在着一个巨大的微生物圈——其生物量可能相当于我们在地表能看到的植物的生物量。

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For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the plant Earth, and is has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since.

金星上的科学家首次把一颗卫星成功地送上了地球，此后卫星便不断地发回信号和照片。

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By this measure orchids are a sensational success, with 24,000 species and 60,000 registered hybrids, far more than any other flowering plant on Earth.

根据这种标准来看，兰花无疑大获成功，其所拥有的24,000个亚种以及60,000个已知杂交品种，远远的超过了地球上的其它任何开花植物。

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Continue on to Mobile and a Mitsubishi Electric plant is emerging from the red earth and, some time next year, will account for 6% of the world's supply of polycrystalline silicon for compact discs and microchips.

ECONOMIST: The Deep South still has a bad reputation. Unfairly so