Nothing grows in this salted ground.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

They control and dominate the Baltic trade, and herring is an important part of that, because herring will keep once it's salted and all that.

他们几乎控制和掌握了整个波罗的海贸易,而鲱鱼则是其中的重要组成部分,因为鲱鱼一旦用盐浸泡过就可长期保存

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In Asia,parts of South America, Russia and other former Soviet bloc countries, experts think a higher consumption of preserved and salted food and poorly refrigerated food could be links.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12