2019-04-10
Young apple trees are dying, and no one understands why
How do you like them apples?
原文来源:The Economist 2019-4-13
Article
https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-04-10/
Notes
supplies apples to market
供给苹果给市场
when the trees should have been bearing fruit
bear:植物结果
Within weeks they were dead.
几周内
fit the symptoms
reason符合症状
mould, infestation, a known virus, blight, fungi, an early frost
一系列危害植物的灾害:霉、虫害、病毒、枯萎病、真菌、早冻
They are nearing the prime of production
鼎盛时期
shrugging off the viruses.
shrug sth 'off/ a'side: to treat sth as if it is not important 不把…当回事;对…满不在乎;对…不予理睬 SYNDISMISS
Shrugging off her injury, she played on.
她受了伤却满不在乎,继续进行比赛。
He shrugged aside suggestions that he resign.
对于要求他辞职的建议,他根本不予理会。
Mexico, America’s largest export market, has imposed a 20% tariff on American apples.
加了20%的关税在美国苹果上
growers operate on very tight margins
怎么说利润微薄?
EX:Street vendors operate on very tight margins.
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