Urban Climates
Seventeenth-Century Dutch Agriculture
【單詞】
Dutch：n. 荷蘭人；adj. 荷蘭的，荷蘭人的，荷蘭語的
peasant：n. 農(nóng)民，農(nóng)夫
husbandry：n. 農(nóng)業(yè)，資源管理
fodder：n. 草料，炮灰
yield：v. 屈服，投降; 生產(chǎn); 獲利 | n. 產(chǎn)量，產(chǎn)額; 投資的收益
horticulture：n. 園藝學(xué)，園藝
reclaim：v. 取回，開拓，開墾
reclamation：n. 開墾，開拓
rotation：n. 旋轉(zhuǎn)，輪流，[農(nóng)]輪作
graze：v. 放牧，（讓動物）吃草
ash：n. 灰，灰燼，廢墟
legendary：adj. 傳奇的，傳說的，極其著名的
windmill：n. 風(fēng)車，風(fēng)車磨坊
hectare：n. 公頃
【長難句】
Dutch agriculture was modernized and commercialized new crops and agricultural techniques raised levels of production so that they were in line with market demands, and cheap grain was imported annually from the Baltic region in large quantities.
Importing the grain, which would have been expensive and time consuming for the Dutch to have produced themselves, kept the price of grain low and thus stimulated individual demand for other foodstuffs and consumer goods.
In addition to dairy farming and cultivating industrial crops, a third sector of the Dutch economy reflected the way in which agriculture was being modernized --- horticulture.
