Some farmers may replant corn. Others may replace corn with soybeans. What farmers do now depends partly on the extent of damage to the land.Floodwaters in some areas may contain industrial waste or other harmful substances.
一些农民可能重新种植玉米，另一些可能改种植大豆。现在农民们所做的在一定程度上取决于土地受损程度。一些地区的洪水中可能含有工业废物或其它有害物质。
What the weather does during the rest of the growing season will also be important. Rain delays have left soybean planting behind the five-year average in twelve of eighteen major soybean-producing states. Other crops including wheat, rice and oats have also suffered.
其它生长季节的天气情况也相当重要。雨季的延迟已导致18个大豆出产州中的12个州所种植的大豆产量低于过去五年的平均值。其它受影响的作物包括小麦、大米和燕麦。
In Burlington, Iowa, as many as fifty trains normally pass through the city every day, mostly carrying coal or passengers. But Burlington is quiet now until water is off the rails and workers can inspect for damage. City Manager Doug Worden says Burlington took steps to prevent severe property damage after the record floods of fifteen years ago.
在衣阿华伯灵顿，每天有多达五十辆火车经过，它们大多运载着煤矿或乘客。但伯灵顿现在十分安静，这样的情况要持续到水从铁路上退下，工人们可以检修铁道为止。市长Doug Worden表示，在经历了十五年前最严重的洪水后，伯灵顿正采取措施以防止再一次严重的财产损失。
While the Midwest deals with recent flooding, the nation's top agricultural state, California, faces increasingly dry conditions. On June fourth, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought, the first such action since nineteen ninety-one. The order followed two years of below-average rainfall and other limitations on water supplies.
正当中西部处理最近的洪水之时，美国最主要的农业大州——加州，面临着愈加严重的干旱。6月4日，州长Arnold Schwarzenegger宣布全州已遭受旱灾，这是自1991年以来的首次进行这样的决定。在两年的降水量低于平均水平以及其它供水限制的情况下，宣布了该命令。
posted @ 2008-07-03 15:32
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