MICHELLE: We should run through some of the terrible consequences of the eruption experienced in different countries.

米歇尔：我们应该回顾一下不同国家经历的火山喷发的一些可怕后果。

There's quite a varied range.

范围很广。

ADAM: Starting with Iceland, where the impact on farming was devastating.

亚当：首先是冰岛，那里对农业的影响是毁灭性的。

MICHELLE: Mmm. One of the most dramatic things there was the effect on livestock as they grazed in the fields.

米歇尔：嗯。最引人注目的事情之一是对在田间吃草的牲畜的影响。

They were poisoned because they ate vegetation that had been contaminated with fluorine as a result of the volcanic fallout.

它们中毒是因为它们食用了因火山沉降物而被氟污染的植物。

ADAM: That was horrible.

亚当：那太可怕了。

In Egypt, the bizarre weather patterns led to a severe drought and as a result the Nile didn't flood, which meant the crops all failed.

在埃及，怪异的天气模式导致了严重的干旱，结果尼罗河没有泛滥，这意味着农作物全部欠收。

MICHELLE: It's so far from where the eruption happened and yet the famine there led to more people dying than any other country.

米歇尔：它离火山爆发的地方很远，但那里的饥荒导致的死亡人数比其他任何国家都多。

It was worse than the plague.

这比瘟疫还糟糕。

ADAM: OK. Then in the UK the mortality rate went up a lot – presumably from respiratory illnesses.

亚当：好的。然后在英国，死亡率上升了很多，大概是由于呼吸道疾病。

According to one report it was about double the usual number and included an unusually high percentage of people under the age of 25.

根据一份报告，这一数字大约是平时因该疾病死亡人数的两倍，其中包括异常高比例的25岁以下人群。

MICHELLE: Mmm. I think people will be surprised to hear that the weather in the USA was badly affected too.

米歇尔：嗯。我想人们听到美国的天气也受到严重影响时会感到惊讶。

George Washington even makes a note in his diary that they were snowbound until March in Virginia.

乔治·华盛顿甚至在他的日记中记下他们在弗吉尼亚州一直被大雪困到3月。

That was before he became president.

那是在他成为总统之前。

ADAM: Yes, and there was ice floating down the Mississippi, which was unprecedented.

亚当：是的，密西西比河上漂浮着冰，这是前所未有的。

MICHELLE: Astonishing, really. Anyway, what do you think …

米歇尔：真的很惊人。不管怎样，你怎么看……