Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

尽管平原上的农业几乎和西部干旱地区的冬雨一样不可能,但大量的水牛使生活在许多方面变得容易得多。

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In the summer you want fresh, light and sort of quick things; in winter you want things that are comforting, so your body really tells you you want to go towards potatoes, apples, fennel, things that are warm and comforting. And loin of pork.

在夏天,你想要新鲜、轻而快的东西;在冬天,你想要舒服的东西,所以你的身体告诉你,你想要土豆、苹果、茴香,那些温暖舒适的东西。还有猪腰肉。

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

有时候我们的命运就像冬天的一棵果树。谁会想到这些树枝会再次变绿,开花,但我们希望,我们知道。

Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.

虽然高山可以引导迁徙,但平原是人类居住最多的地区。