The laurels and the myrtles that he addresses here are, of course, the traditional plants classically associated with great poets; but for Milton in this passage, importantly these plants simply aren't ripe yet.

诗中提到的月桂树和常青藤，传统上常常与伟大诗人相联系;,但在弥尔顿的这首诗，重要的是这些植物尚未成熟。

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So economically it meant more-- it made more sense to eat meat under those circumstances, but of course the meat didn't exist in all places of the world, so some people were dependent on plants.

因此,从经济角度看,在那样的环境中,食肉更加合理,当然肉类并不是世界各地到处都有,因此,有些人们就依赖于农作物

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