His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect one might expect. They laughed in 1986 when the heir to the British __1__ told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth. The Prince was being humorous — "My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day," he has confided to aides ( 随从 ) — but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed prove stimulating. The royal __2__ has been promoting radical ideas for most of his life. Some of his __3__. which once sounded a bit weird, were simply ahead of their time. Now, finally, the world seems to be catching up with him. Take his views on farming. Prince Charles' Duchy Home Farm went __4__ back in 1986, when most shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free ( 无瑕疵的 ) vegetables and __5__ large chickens piled high in supermarkets. His warnings on climate change proved farsighted, too. Charles began __6__ action on global warming in 1990 and says he's been worried about the __7__ of man on the environment since he was a ager. Although he has gradually gained international __8__ as one of the world's leading conservationists, many British people still think of him as a __9__ person who talks to plants. This year, as it happens, South Korean scientists proved that plants really do __10__ to sound. So Charles was ahead of the there, too. A) conform B) eccentric C) environmentalist D) expeditions E) impact K) notions G) organic H) originally I) recognition J) respond K) subordinate L) suppressing M) throne N) unnaturally O) urging