I found myself, willy-nilly, alchemized into an American the moment I touched French soil.
我发现当我的双脚踏上法国的土地，就身不由己地一下子认识到自己是美国人。
It was the first time a giant panda had set paw on French soil since the beginning of the century - all of 12 years.
这是大熊猫自本世纪初以来，在整整十二年之后，第一次在法国的土地上印下了它们的爪印！
What the French call terroir -- a term that refers to the soil of a given region but also includes the cultural knowledge of the people who grow and process grapes -- is crucial.
法国人称为“terroir”——指特定地区土壤的一种说法，其中也包括种植和加工葡萄者的文化知识——的风土条件是关键。
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