I love to eat watermelon on a hot summer day.
我喜欢在炎热的夏天吃西瓜。
The watermelon in this market is so fresh and juicy.
这个市场的西瓜非常新鲜多汁。
Cutting a watermelon can be quite a messy task.
切西瓜可能是个挺脏乱的工作。
She brought a big slice of watermelon for the picnic.
她带了一大块西瓜去野餐。
Watermelon is a great source of hydration for athletes.
西瓜是运动员补水的好来源。
My kids always ask for watermelon after their swimming lessons.
我的孩子们游泳课后总是要吃西瓜。
In some countries, they serve watermelon with a sprinkle of salt to enhance the flavor.
在一些国家，他们会在西瓜上撒一点盐来提升口感。
Watermelon seeds can be roasted and eaten as a snack.
西瓜籽可以烤熟后作为零食食用。
This watermelon is so ripe that it's almost bursting with sweetness.
这个西瓜熟透了，几乎甜得要溢出来。
Remember to remove the seeds before blending the watermelon for a smoothie.
记得在做西瓜冰沙前要先去掉种子。
As apples, bananas and watermelons are some the bestsellers of Dole in China, the company plans to introduce more new products to the China market with the expo, including Mexican avocados, super sweet bananas from the Philippines, Thai fragrant coconut and Ecuadorian bananas.
Tourists hit scenic roads leading to the lighthouse and often stop to purchase sweet potatoes or watermelons directly from farmers.
- Nanhui 8424 watermelon, a popular summer fruit variety for many Shanghainese, hit the market just as the mega-city reported a decline in daily numbers of new infections.
Zhang Tao with Pudong's agricultural association said that this year, the planting area of the watermelon neared 10,000 mu (about 666.7 hectares), which is the same as last year.
"Retail channels such as Hema Fresh, a fresh produce supermarket, facilitate the watermelon's quick distribution to households across Shanghai," said Zhang.
"Purchases of the watermelon this year are 40 percent higher than last year," said Zhao Jiayu, vice president of Hema Fresh.
In 2021, cross-border trains connecting Nanning and Hanoi, Vietnam, operated 346 freight round trips, and the number surged 108.4 percent year-on-year, according to China Railway Nanning Group Co Ltd. Vietnam is exporting nine kinds of fruit to China through cross-border trade－dragon fruit, watermelons, litchi, bananas, mangos, jackfruit, rambutans, longans and mangosteens.
Following epidemic-control procedures, workers were loading watermelons from Myanmar onto trucks bound for the Chinese inland and coastal cities.
"Every winter, the watermelon yield is low in China, and we import more than 30 tons of watermelons daily from Myanmar and sell them to the northern regions," said Hou Xianhua, a businessman from Henan province.
Seazen Holdings Co Ltd announced on Tuesday it will offer up to 100,000 yuan ($14,920) to pay for farmers' watermelons to encourage them to buy apartments in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.
This spring, the best-selling seeds were coriander, followed by leek, watermelon, pepper and tomato.
China is the world's largest consumer of watermelons, with 16 billion of them eaten every year.
中国是全球最大的西瓜消费国，每年消费量达160亿个。
How does the country fulfill the huge domestic demand for watermelons, and guarantee quality at a reasonable price?
该国如何满足国内对西瓜的巨大需求，并确保以合理价格提供优质西瓜？
Modern logistics systems nowadays make it easier to deliver watermelons quickly, and keep them fresh at the same time.
如今的现代化物流系统使得快速配送西瓜并保持其新鲜度变得更为容易。
"I grew up with watermelons," said the 29-year-old man from Panggezhuang, a township in southwestern Beijing famous for its sweet and crispy watermelons.
“‘我在西瓜的陪伴下长大，’这位来自北京西南部以甜美多汁西瓜闻名的庞各庄镇的29岁男子说。”
Panggezhuang is now home to 6,500 watermelon farmers like Li.
庞各庄现在有6,500名像李这样的西瓜农。
Located on the alluvial plain of the Yongding River, the township boasts fertile soil with plenty of the trace elements required for growing watermelons, and has long enjoyed the reputation of being China's "Land of Watermelons".
该镇坐落在永定河冲积平原之上，拥有富含种植西瓜所需微量元素的肥沃土壤，素有“中国西瓜之乡”的美誉。
The annual output of watermelons in the township can hit 110 million kilograms, with the sales revenue reaching 230 million yuan a year, according to the local agricultural service center.
据当地农业服务中心数据，该镇年均产出西瓜可达1.1亿公斤，年销售收入达2.3亿元。
"Look at our Panggezhuang watermelons.
瞧瞧我们的庞各庄西瓜。
There has been a significant change in watermelon planting in Panggezhuang since 2000, with larger numbers of small watermelons weighing from 1.5 kg to 2.5 kg, rather than the traditional big ones weighing from 6 kg to 8 kg, said Chen Zongguang, an official of the local agriculture service center.
自2000年以来，庞各庄西瓜种植发生了显著变化，当地农业服务中心官员陈宗光表示，现在种植的小型西瓜越来越多，重量在1.5公斤至2.5公斤之间，而非以往传统的6公斤至8公斤的大西瓜。
"Relatively small watermelons sell better, as they can be eaten up at one time, which helps maintain freshness while reducing waste,"Chen said.
陈先生表示：“相对较小的西瓜更受市场欢迎，因为它们一次就能吃完，这样既能保持新鲜度，又能减少浪费。”
Last year, to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the township government took the initiative of connecting 10 watermelon cooperatives in Panggezhuang with an e-commerce sales platform, boosting sales both online and offline.
去年，为缓解新冠疫情的影响，庞各庄镇人民政府主动对接了该地区的10家西瓜合作社与电商平台，有力推动了线上线下销售。
From January to December in 2020, professional cooperatives sold more than 4.56 million kg of watermelons online through e-commerce platforms such as JD and Taobao, registering a sales volume of nearly 45.25 million yuan.
2020年1月至12月期间，专业合作社通过京东、淘宝等电商平台线上销售西瓜超过456万公斤，实现销售额近4525万元。
His latest post is a watermelon and a sanitizing washing machine.
Many rural cooperatives with characteristic high-quality agricultural products, such as watermelons in the Daxing district of Beijing and vegetables in the Yanqing district of Beijing, saw a surge in sales through the online and offline distribution channels of China Post.
It now sells watermelons at the online store of the postal service provider, said Li Tiejun, manager of the farmers' cooperative.
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