We live in a very plenteous time;

现在我们生活在一个繁盛的时代
this is very unusual by historical standards.

按照历史的标准这是很不寻常的
Right now, you just eat whatever you want;

现在你想吃什么就能吃什么
you don't even look at the price;

你甚至看都不看一眼价钱
it's all so cheap. Maybe you do;

它们实在太便宜了也许你会看下价格
maybe you don't eat caviar because of price,

也许你会因为价格太贵不吃鱼子酱
but we're just in a time of plenty with the real price of food so low.

我们正处在一个食物量多价廉的时代
It's not normal times, historically,

从历史来看这并非常态
so our agricultural futures are somewhat downplayed.

我们的农业期货没落了
I wanted to give an example of wheat futures

我想要举一个小麦期货的例子
because this is--

因为
we have a reading on the reading list by Holbrook Working.

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