But in this part of Arkansas, where the soil is sandy and the summer hot enough at just the right time so the watermelons grow particularly sweet and big, that kind of change comes hard.

但在阿肯色的某些地区，那儿土壤稀松，夏季炎热，那些地方最适宜种植西瓜，种出来的西瓜个大味甜，只是你真要适应吃这么大的西瓜还是有点困难的。

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The recipe is simple: a few drops of water and glass-like marbles to provide a kind of scaffolding for roots in the soil.

方法很简单：几滴水和玻璃状的弹子为土壤中的植物的根提供一个支架。

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Modern straw buildings start with a foundation of gravel held in the kind of plastic bags used for vegetables at a grocery store, and covered with a soil mortar.

现代稻草建筑是以食品店包装蔬菜用的塑料袋以碎石作为基板，上面铺一层灰泥浆。

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