小叶读新闻 - 赏樱，只能去日本吗？

Cherry blossoms at their peak in Washington blossom / 'blɑsəm / vi. 开花；兴旺；n. 花；开花期；CET4 petal /'pɛtl / n. 花瓣 CET6 splendor / 'splendə / n. 光彩；壮丽 TEM4 commemorate /kə'mɛməret/ vt. 庆祝，纪念 CET6 There are pink and white petals in the air in Washington. If you want to see them attached to trees in their full splendor, it’s time to head to the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which kicked off Sunday and runs through April 17. The Yoshino cherry trees are officially at their peak. “The National Park Service confirmed this afternoon that both the natural indicators (in the form of a physical inventory of the trees) and the weather data (showing that the 220 “heating degrees” required for bloom had been reached), indicate the beginning of the peak bloom period,” the Park Service announced. Peak bloom is reached when 70% of the blossoms are open on the cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin. The festival commemorates the 1912 gift from Tokyo of 3,000 cherry trees to Washington.