Read the text a second time. Learn the words and expressions listed below.

Glossary

arrange
v. to make plans about what to do 安排

aspect
n. 方面

cell
n. Here: a small room for a person (persons) in prison

chili
n. 干辣椒（粉）；Here: pepper 辣椒

construct
v. to build

contact
n. the act or state of touching or meeting 接触

cultivate
v. 种植；栽培

decline
v. to become weaker or worse 变衰弱

document
n. 文件

dump
n. a place for dumping garbage 垃圾倾倒场

eliminate
v. to remove; to get rid of 除去；消灭

enduring
adj. lasting

eventually
adv. in the end

fertilizer
n. 肥料

flourish
v. to grow quickly in a healthy way 长得好

fulfill
v. to perform a duty or a task with satisfaction 完成；实现

hallway
n. the entrance hall of a house

intellectual
adj. mental 脑力的

issue
n. an important problem

manual
adj. using the hands 体力的

metaphor
n. 隐喻

miner
n. a person who works in a mine 矿工

mixture
n. 混合物

nourish
v. to help sth. to grow 培育

onion
n. 洋葱

patch
n. a small area of ground

peanut
n. 花生

permission
n. act of allowing 允许

pursue
v. to go on with; to be busy with 从事；进行

section
n. a part of a larger place; Here: one part of the prison 监狱的一个区

seedling
n. a young plant 幼苗

survive
v. to continue to live 生存下去

tend
v. Here: to take care of; to look after

tender
adj. delicate, easily broken or damaged 娇嫩的

tennis
n. 网球

warder
n. the head of a prison 监狱长；Here: 看守；狱卒

wither
v. to dry up; to be reduced in size and colour 枯萎