It was pleasant there, with reeds and bulrushes.

这是个不错的地方，长满了青草。

Typha briquettes ignite faster and burn longer than wood.

煤球比木头燃烧得更快，燃烧时间更长。

Typha can also be mixed with clay to make bricks for construction.

也可与粘土混合制成建筑用砖。

The bio-coal is made by burning Typha in these outdoor kilns for six hours at a time.

生物煤是通过在这些户外窑炉中一次燃烧个小时制成的。

Typha coal, on the other hand, produces much less smoke.

另一方面，煤产生的烟雾要少得多。

Narrator: Every month, participants turn nearly 30,000 pounds of Typha into bio-coal.

旁白：每个月，参与者都会将近 30,000 磅转化为生物煤。

In Senegal, Typha poses similar problems.

在塞内加尔，带来了类似的问题。

He was thinking of little lakes deep in the woods, of the color of bulrushes, of the sounds of night and the chorus of frogs.

他正在想着密林深处的小湖，的色彩，夜的声响青蛙的齐唱。