Moss is a tiny green plant that grows in a soft, thick layer, like a little fur, on wet soil, tree bark, or rocks. It has no flowers, and it has no real roots like a tree. It likes shade and water.

Moss Moss is a tiny green plant是一種小小的綠色植物 that grows in a soft, thick layer, like a little fur它長成一層軟軟、厚厚的，像一層小絨毛 on wet soil, tree bark, or rocks長在潮濕的泥土、樹皮，或岩石上。It has no flowers它沒有花 and it has no real roots like a tree也沒有像樹一樣真正的根。It likes shade and water它喜歡陰涼和水分。

In Britain you see it on old stone walls and in woods; after rain in Taiwan you see the same kind of green fuzz on damp walls and temple stones.

In Britain you see it on old stone walls and in woods在英國，你會在老舊的石牆和樹林裡看到它；after rain in Taiwan在台灣，下雨過後 you see the same kind of green fuzz on damp walls and temple stones你會在潮濕的牆壁和廟宇的石頭上看到同樣的綠色絨毛。

People also use moss in a loose way for any green covering on a wet surface, even when a scientist might give that covering a more careful name.

People also use moss in a loose way人們也會比較籠統地用moss這個字 for any green covering on a wet surface來指任何長在潮濕表面上的綠色覆蓋物， even when a scientist might give that covering a more careful name即使科學家可能會給那層東西一個更精確的名稱。

There is an old saying, “A rolling stone gathers no moss”: if you keep moving, extra things do not stick to you — though actually people still argue about whether that is a good life or a lonely one.

There is an old saying有一句老話， "A rolling stone gathers no moss" 'A rolling stone gathers no moss'（滾動的石頭不長苔）：if you keep moving, extra things do not stick to you意思是如果你一直在動，多餘的東西就不會黏在你身上 — though actually people still argue about whether that is a good life or a lonely one不過事實上人們還在爭論那到底是好的人生，還是孤單的人生。