Most Northeast peoples supplemented a hunting-gathering diet with farming. The Iroquois thought of their three most important crops — maize (corn), beans, and squash. Corn stalks supported the vines of bean plants while the large-leafed squash plants served to block weed growth. Algonquian peoples introduced the Pilgrims and other early settlers in their homelands to these cultivated crops in addition to many wild foods, including maple sugar, cranberries, blueberries, lobsters, clams, and oysters.
- supplement [ˈsʌpliment] v. 补充
- Iroquois [ˈirəkwɔi,ˈirəkwɔiz] n. 易洛魁族人(北美印第安人的一个民族)
- maize [meiz] n.玉米
- bean [bi:n] n.豆
- squash [skwɔʃ] n. 南瓜
- corn stalk [kɔ:n - stɔ:k] n.玉米杆
- vine [vain] n. 藤蔓
- weed [wi:d] n.杂草
- Algonquian [ælˈgɔŋkwi:ən, -ki:ən] n. 阿尔贡金族人(北美印第安人的一个民族)
- pilgrim [ˈpilɡrim] n. 移民者：1620年，在新英格兰建立普利茅斯殖民地的英国主张脱离国教者
- settler [ˈsetlə] n. 移民者
- cultivate [ˈkʌltiveit] v. 耕种
- in addition to [in - əˈdiʃən - tu:] prep. 除……之外又
- cranberry [ˈkrænbəri] n. 蔓越橘
- blueberry [ˈblu:bəri] n. 蓝莓
- lobster [ˈlɔbstə] n.龙虾
- clam [klæm] n. 蛤
- oyster [ˈɔistə] n.牡蛎
