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Farm Visitors Increase Farm profits 农场游客增加农场收益 As the weather cools across the United States, a growing number of Americans visit farms. They harvest apples, enjoy hay wagon rides and walk in the fields. These people are called “agri-tourists.” They improve the economy of rural areas and help farmers increase their profits. 在美国，随着天气逐渐变凉，参观农场的人数也在增长。他们摘苹果、乘坐运草车、在农田散步。这些人被称为“农业观光旅行者”。他们促进了农村的经济增长，增加了农场主的收益。 Here! This way! “这边！往这边走！” That way! “往那边走” School children are walking in a corn field maze. The corn is cut into tricky passageways that make it difficult to find a way out. 孩子们走在玉米迷宫里，玉米地里开辟出来的道路奇形怪状，他们不容易找到出去的路。 No! “不是！” The children are from Yorktown Elementary School in Bowie, Maryland. They have traveled to Montpelier Farms in Prince George’s County, which is also in Maryland. The farm is about 40 kilometers from The White House. 孩子们来自马里兰州鲍威市的约克郡小学。他们参观的是马里兰州乔治王子郡的蒙彼利埃农场，农场距离白宫大概有40千米。 Debbie Pierson is the student’s teacher. 黛比·皮尔森是这帮孩子的老师。 “We go on these kind of field trips so that the children will have a hands-on experience of what it’s like to be on a farm.” “我们进行这样的田园旅行，可以让孩子们亲自了解到农场上都有什么。” “This is a good one.” “这个很不错。” “Yeah.” “是的” “Yeah.” “是的” Amy Etsy-Smith is visiting the farm with her children. 艾米·史密斯跟孩子一块来参观农场。 “We come about once a year. Lots of fun, yes. The kids enjoy it. This was her favorite part, was choosing the pumpkin.” “我们每年都会来一次，确实很有趣，孩子们非常喜欢，挑选南瓜是她最喜欢的一个环节。” When Mike Dunn opened the family farm to agri-tourists in 2008 he had only a corn maze, a pumpkin field and hay wagon rides. But he says so many people visited that he soon increased the number of activities. He says he hopes he will someday make a larger profit from visitors than from farming. 在2008年，迈克·顿向农业观光者开放家庭农场，那时候只有玉米迷宫、南瓜园和乘坐运草车项目。不过他说因为有很多人来参观，很快他增加了活动项目。他希望将来游客参观的收益可以比农业收入要高。 “Our agri-tourism revenue might be 30 percent of our entire farm income. We’d like to grow it to maybe one day be 60 percent.” “农业观光旅游的收入占整个农场收入的30%，我们希望将来有一天，这一比例能占到60%。” Americans spent more t