Your business prospers?

你的生意还算兴隆么?
lce storm killed most of the cattle last year.

去年的暴风雪几乎杀死了全部的牲畜
Destroyed most of the wheat.

小麦也都遭殃了
Drought finished off the rest.

而干旱把剩下的也毁掉了
Farmers who bought goods on credit,

那些靠庄稼吃饭的农民
they had nothing left to sell or barter.Nature can be a stern taskmaster.

庄稼没了他们就没法卖钱也就没东西能拿出来交易的了
The idea of a general store's becoming obsolete.

造一个商店的想法也泡汤了
Man can find everything he needs nowadays in Montgomery Ward

现在人们可以在蒙哥马利百货店
or Sears and Roebuck catalogs.

或西尔斯罗巴克商品目录找到任何想要的东西
Everything but purpose, Mr. Wheeler.

除了好点子惠勒先生
l guess.

我想是的
Can l offer you a brandy and cigar, captain,

上尉能请你喝杯白兰地或者抽根雪茄么?