I at first planted tomatoes, chilies, and onions-hardy plants that did not require rich earth or constant care.

始时，我种了番茄、辣椒和洋葱——都是些不需要肥沃的土壤经常照料的生命力很强的植物。

To begin with the most basic, land is not equally fertile everywhere.

首先，最根本的点是，各地的土地不同样肥沃。

If America were not rich and fertile, there would be no money in Wall Street.

如果美国不富裕和肥沃， 华尔街就没有钱。

Do you think a plant can grow if you keep it out of the sun, or if you don't give it water, or if you don't give it good soil?

如果你不让植物接触阳光，者不给它， 者不给它肥沃的土壤， 你认为它能生长吗？

The country in which he grew up was rough and, so far as the conventionalities go, uncivilized; the family homestead was little more than a log cabin; and existence meant a continual struggle with a not particularly fruitful soil.

他长大的国家是粗野的，就传统而言，是不化的。家庭宅基地只不过是间小木屋。生存意味着与块不特别肥沃的土地进行持续的斗争。