植物的）种类
Plant
species
植物学家们不大容易确定这种新发现的植物的种类。
Botanists
had
some
difficulty
categorizing
the
newly
found
plant.
如下：
plants seem to know which way is up and which way is down; besides, they seem to know right from left. if a cutting from a tree is kept alive, new shoots will grow from the end that grew in the highest part of the tree.
植物似乎知道哪条路向上，哪条路向下；此外，他们似乎从左到右都知道。如果从树上砍下的一根枝条能够存活下来，那么新的枝条就会从树的最高部分开始生长。
there is no noticeable difference between the top and the bottom of the living stick, even under a microscope. even so, the stick will not send out shoots from the end it regards as bottom even if this end happens to be on top!
即使在显微镜下，活木棍的顶部和底部也没有明显的区别。即使如此，棍子也不会从它认为是底部的一端发出芽，即使这一端恰好在顶部！
scientists studying this subject further split their cuttings in the direction of length.
研究这一课题的科学家们进一步沿着长度方向分割他们的枝条。
to their surprise, they made another new discovery. a good many more buds grew on the righthand side of the split surface than on the left. they split the sticks again and found that the buds again grew on the right side.
令他们惊讶的是，他们又有了新的发现。裂开的表面右侧长出的芽比左侧多得多。他们再次劈开树枝，发现芽又长在右边。
the results of the entire study showed a 60% choice for the right side, proving that growing plants are mostly "righthanded.”
整个研究的结果显示，60%的人选择右侧，这证明生长中的植物大多是“右手的”。
