These days, with suitable burial land running out in high-population areas, purchasing private gravesites can be costly, and many people can't afford simple burials.

在今日，由于多人口地区适当土葬区域为数不多，购买个人墓地会是一笔大花费，许多人因此无法负担简易土葬。

She did not like its usual ways of burying or burning bodies.

她不喜欢土葬或火葬形式。

Vikings didn't appear to have one funerary practice and both buried and cremated their dead.

维京人葬礼形式多，既有土葬也有火葬。

Whether it's cremation or burial, or maybe a mix between the two.

无论是火葬还是土葬，或兼而有之。

So are there alternatives to traditional burials that might help with the space issue?

所以，是否有土葬替代方案能够帮助解决土地匮乏问题？

Before the Industrial Revolution, burials were simple and accessible.

在工业革命以前，土葬单纯且易于实施。

Traditional burial and cremation methods aren't doing the environment any favors either.

土葬和火葬方法对环境也没有任何好处。

In the future, options like these may replace burial completely.

未来，这类选择或许会完全取代土葬方式。

Do you want to be buried or cremated?

你想土葬还是火葬？

In 2016, cremation became the most popular method of body disposal in the United States, overtaking entombment for the first time.

2016年， 火葬成为美国最受欢迎遗体处理方式，首次超过了土葬。

More sense than burial. I'm not all that gung ho about decomposing.

比土葬好 我可不太喜欢被慢慢降解。

Traditional burial, which 44% of Americans choose, didn't feel right for her, and nor did cremation, which has become the more popular option (see chart).

44% 美国人选择土葬并不适合她，火葬也不适合她，后已成为更受欢迎选择（见图表）。

I'd rather been buried, but you can cremate me.

我宁愿被土葬，但你也可以火化我。