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Another popular market and the new New Year is Beijing's flower market.
新年里另一個火爆的市場就是北京的花市了
The Chinese love to buy blooms during the Spring Festival to decorate their homes.
中國人喜歡在春節(jié)買盛開的花，來裝飾他們的家
Thousands of flowers are brought into Chinese cities every day at this time of year.
每年的這個時候，大量鮮花被運到中國各個城市
Kate Humble has been exploring some of the biggest flower farms in China.
凱特·韓波一直在追蹤中國最大的幾個鮮花農(nóng)莊
In the far south of the country lies Kunming, China's Spring city.
昆明位于中國的最南方，有“春城”之美譽
Its warm and temperate climate has made this city the centre of the flower industry.
溫暖適宜的氣候令它成為鮮花業(yè)的中心
Kunming and the surrounding area supply 70% of all the flowers sold in China.
昆明及其周邊地區(qū)供給了中國鮮花市場的70%
I have come to one of the largest flower farms in the area. Jinyuan.
我去過這里最大的鮮花農(nóng)場之一，金源花莊
I have never seen anything like it.
我從未見過如此景象
It is more like a factory than a farmer.
它更像是家工廠，而不是農(nóng)莊
Every single thing grown here is grown under plastic in these poly tunnels
所有植株都生長于這種聚乙烯塑料之下
and they stretch for 500 acres.
如此綿延3000多畝
It is remarkable.
真不可思想
The farm produces an unbelievable 7 million flowers every year.
農(nóng)莊每年生產(chǎn)難以置信的700萬株花
Demand peaks in the run-up to Chinese New Year.
需求量最高的時候就是農(nóng)歷的新年
During this time, they buy the flowers at tours like a gift and to celebrate.
這一時期，人們不停地買花，作為禮物慶祝新年
You've got beautiful yellow, red, pink behind us,
身后有黃的，紅的，粉的，各種鮮花美不勝收
is there a particular colour that is particularly important for Chinese New Year?
中國的新年里是否有一種顏色特別重要呢
Red.
紅色
It is a lovely place to work, surrounded by beautiful flowers.
在這兒工作真是太棒了，到處是美麗的鮮花
You will feel happy the whole day.
一整天都幸福
This is big business, worth up to 30 million Chinese Yuan every year,
這可是大買賣，一年的銷售額超過三千萬元
that's over 3 million pounds.
相當于三百萬英鎊
This one. That one. They need to be...
這枝，那枝，它們需要
They need to be the same length?
它們需要剪一樣長嗎
Oh, right down there, yeah. OK, got it.
那支，是的，有了
These ladies have been cutting roses all their working lives.
這位女工，她的工作一直都是剪玫瑰
They live locally to the farm.
她們就住農(nóng)場附近
Apparently they cut between 3,000 and 5,000 roses every morning. Right down there.
一個早晨，她們就可以剪三到五千支玫瑰。就在這兒剪呀
I asked them if they grow flowers at home, but they don't.
我問她們在自己家種花嗎，她們說沒有
Vegetables, much more practical.
蔬菜對她們來說更實在
This one?
這枝
The harvesting happens just as the heads are starting to open up.
收割的時辰即在花苞將要綻放之際
And they cut really far down so you get these lovely long stem.
她們剪得很長，所以花莖保持得很好
There seems to be a way of bunching them which I thing I might have messed up already.
怎樣收攏它們是個技術(shù)活吧，看來我是搞砸了
