2.Florida has long had a great citrus industry - large growth of oranges, lemons and the like.
佛罗里达一直以来有很好的柑橘属水果产业,大量种植橙子、柠檬和类似水果。
3.Florida's winter is very mild; the temperature doesn't often get below freezing.
佛罗里达的冬天非常温和,气温很少会掉到零度以下。
4.But there are some areas of Florida do freeze.
但佛州的一些地方会达到结冰点。
5.So in the early 1900s, farmers moved even further south in Florida, to areas that were even less likely to freeze.
在二十世纪早期,农民们搬到了佛州南部,那里很少会结冰。
6.Obviously, freezing temperatures are a danger to the crops.
很明显,零度以下的气温对粮食比较危险,
7.A bad bout of cold weather, a long spell of frosts could ruin a farmer's entire crop.
寒冷气候和冻霜可能毁掉一个农场的所有庄稼。
8.Anyway, before these citric growers moved south, much of the land in south Florida, was what we called wetlands.
不论怎样,在柠檬种植者来到之前,佛州南部的大部分地区都是湿地。
9.Wetlands are areas of marshy, swampy land, areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil for a large part of the year.
湿地指的是富有沼泽的湿软土地,一年四季水覆盖着土壤,或者在接近土壤表层的地方。
10.Wetlands have their own unique ecosystems, with plants and animals with special and interesting adaptations.
湿地有它独特的生态系统,有适应在这里居住的有趣的植物和动物,
11.Very exciting, but it's not what we are talking about today.
非常令人兴奋,但已经不是我们今天所谈论的样子了。
12.Emm... where was I?
嗯⋯⋯我说到哪了?