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MICHELLE: We should run through some of the terrible consequences of the eruption experienced in different countries.
米歇尔：我们应该回顾一下火山喷发在不同国家造成的一些可怕后果。
There's quite a varied range.
影响范围相当广泛。
ADAM: Starting with Iceland, where the impact on farming was devastating.
亚当：从冰岛开始，他们的农业遭受了毁灭性打击。
MICHELLE:Mmm. One of the most dramatic things there was the effect on livestock as they grazed in the fields.
米歇尔：嗯。最严重的事情之一是对牲畜的影响，因为它们在田里吃草。
They were poisoned because they ate vegetation that had been contaminated with fluorine as a result of the volcanic fallout.
它们被毒死了，因为草被火山沉降物中的氟污染了。
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，异常的天气模式引发了严重的干旱，结果尼罗河没有泛滥，这意味着庄稼全部歉收。
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：埃及离火山喷发的地方很远，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.
这比那场瘟疫还糟糕。
ADAM: OK. Then in the UK the mortality rate went up a lot-presumably from respiratory illnesses.
亚当：是的。然后在英国，死亡率上升了很多——可能是呼吸道疾病造成的。
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，当时的死亡率大约是平时的两倍，其中25岁以下的比例异常高。
MICHELLE: Mmm. I think people will be surprised to hear that the weather in the USA was badly affected too.
米歇尔：嗯。我想人们会惊讶的是，美国的天气也受到了严重影响。
George Washington even makes a note in his diary that they were snowbound until March in Virginia.
乔治·华盛顿甚至在日记中写道，他们在弗吉尼亚州被雪困住了，直到3月份。
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，当时有冰沿着密西西比河漂流，这是史无前例的。
MICHELLE: Astonishing, really.
米歇尔：太惊人了，真的。
Anyway, what do you think...
不管怎样，你觉得……
