现在这些地区，也就是农民们迁移到的新地区，曾经是温暖的，不太可能结冰，然而，最近这个地区变得很容易结冰。

Now these areas, the new areas the farmers moved to, used to be warm and unlikely to freeze, however, recently the area has become susceptible to freezes.

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突然而来的暴风雨使农民们不能把麦子都收进来。

The sudden storm thwarted the farmers getting in wheat.

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然而，这并不是夺走农民们肥沃的土壤的唯一路径。

But that is not the only way farmers lose fertile soil.

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