So, you send it off to a middleman

你可能会将它们卖给中间商
who does the turning of the grapes and the olives into the liquids

他们知道如何将葡萄和橄榄榨成液体
that are necessary, and he takes a good bit of the profit.

然后从中收取可观的利润
But these farmers didn't do that.

但是希腊的农民们不这么干
They acquired the equipment necessary;

他们先添置必要的设备
grape and olive presses which allowed them to purify

葡萄和橄榄通过用设备压制提纯
and to produce the final product,

制成最后的成品
and that made them more successful than they otherwise

这样他们能比其他农民更富有
would have been, and also another great thing that

还有另外一件重要的事情
you have to be able to do, if you're going to succeed as a farmer,

如果你要当一个成功的农民的话
if you have to have places to store what you produce,

你就要有个地方来储存你的产品
so that you will have it for next year when you need it.

来年要用到时就可以有所准备