In a potato field in Yanggu county, 80 miles (130km) north-east of Seoul, Lee Sang-hyuk dug(dig的过去式，挖掘) into the soil and found nothing worth saving(值得挽救的).
在首尔东北方向80英里（130公里）处的杨口郡，一片土豆田里，李相赫挖开泥土，发现没有任何值得挽救的东西。
A week earlier the crop, located in Gangwon province, had looked fine. Now the potatoes came up soft and collapsing, “like boiled potatoes”, spoiled by heat that had turned the ground into something closer to an oven.(现在土豆挖出来又软又塌，“像煮熟的土豆”，被高温毁坏了——高温把土地变得近乎烤炉。)
一周前，位于江原道的这片庄稼看起来还好。如今土豆挖出来又软又塌，“像煮熟的土豆”，被高温毁坏了——高温把土地变得近乎烤炉。
“It’s not just one or two fields like this. How can I even put it into words(用言语表达)? It’s so upsetting(令人难过的),” he told local broadcaster SBS.
“不只是这一两块地这样。我简直无法用言语表达。太令人难过了，”他告诉当地广播公司SBS。