有些农田被牲口过度放牧亏损，暴雨淹没了田地，缺乏氮气造成玉米的秆子矮小。

Heavy rains flooded the land. A lack of nitrogen in the soil made the corn stalks puny.

它们用高粱秆子精心编制，一些深色的斑点散落在浅棕色的柄条上，很是别致。

In a small shop I found hand-brooms I knew she would like.They were crafted of sorghum stalks, light brown with dark flecks.

有那么一种人，是永远要摇下去的，就象稻子那一类作物，因为秆子细，风一吹就要摇。

But there is a type of person who will go on wavering forever. they are like some crops rice for example which sway at a whiff of wind because of their slender stalks.