2019-04-10

Young apple trees are dying, and no one understands why
How do you like them apples?
原文来源：The Economist 2019-4-13

Article

https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-04-10/

Notes

supplies apples to market
供给苹果给市场

when the trees should have been bearing fruit
bear：植物结果

Within weeks they were dead.
几周内

fit the symptoms
reason符合症状

mould, infestation, a known virus, blight, fungi, an early frost
一系列危害植物的灾害：霉、虫害、病毒、枯萎病、真菌、早冻

They are nearing the prime of production
鼎盛时期

shrugging off the viruses.

shrug sth 'off/ a'side： to treat sth as if it is not important 不把…当回事；对…满不在乎；对…不予理睬 SYNDISMISS
Shrugging off her injury, she played on.
她受了伤却满不在乎，继续进行比赛。
He shrugged aside suggestions that he resign.
对于要求他辞职的建议，他根本不予理会。

Mexico, America’s largest export market, has imposed a 20% tariff on American apples.
加了20%的关税在美国苹果上

growers operate on very tight margins
怎么说利润微薄？
EX：Street vendors operate on very tight margins.