went around and planted apples for American children,

他四处奔波为美国孩子种苹果
as again you heard it in grade school,

到你们小学时听到的版本是
to consume and grow strong and so on.

他吃很多苹果然后长得很壮之类的
Johnny Appleseed was in fact a real person,

苹果仔约翰尼其实真有其人
but he didn't plant apples for people to eat.

但他不是种苹果给大家吃
He planted for them to turn into their personal store of fermented cider,

他种苹果是为了酿制他自己店里的苹果酒
a pretty heavy duty alcoholic drink

这是种课重税的酒精饮料
that was the beverage of choice in most American households

在十九世纪的美国很多家庭中
across the country well into the early nineteenth century.

苹果酒都是佳酿
In the realm of alcohol consumption,

在酒类消费领域中
there has been a long history of

在很长一段时间中
U.S. Government moving heavily into our private,

美国政府严重地干涉了我们的私生活