Sugarcane is the tall tropical grass that most of the world's sugar comes from. It grows two or three metres high, with thick jointed stems full of sweet juice. The stems are crushed, the juice is boiled down, and what is left is sugar.

Sugarcane is the tall tropical grass甘蔗是一種高大的熱帶草本植物， that most of the world's sugar comes from.世界上大部分的糖都是從它來的。It grows two or three metres high,它長得有兩三公尺高， with thick jointed stems full of sweet juice.莖粗、有節，裡面裝滿甜甜的汁液。The stems are crushed,莖被壓榨之後， the juice is boiled down,汁液被熬煮濃縮， and what is left is sugar.剩下的就是糖。

It grows in hot wet places — Brazil, India, Thailand, and once, very famously, in Taiwan.

It grows in hot wet places它生長在又熱又濕的地方 — Brazil, India, Thailand,──像是巴西、印度、泰國， and once, very famously, in Taiwan.還有曾經非常有名的台灣。

The word is usually uncountable: 'a field of sugarcane', 'they grow sugarcane'. When you want one piece, say 'a stick of sugarcane' or 'a stalk of sugarcane'. You will see it written three ways — sugarcane, sugar cane, sugar-cane — and all are accepted; the one-word spelling is now the most common.

The word is usually uncountable:這個字通常是不可數的： 'a field of sugarcane', 'they grow sugarcane'.例如「a field of sugarcane」、「they grow sugarcane」。When you want one piece,當你想指單獨一根的時候， say 'a stick of sugarcane' or 'a stalk of sugarcane'.就說「a stick of sugarcane」或「a stalk of sugarcane」。You will see it written three ways你會看到三種寫法 — sugarcane, sugar cane, sugar-cane —──sugarcane、sugar cane、sugar-cane── and all are accepted;三種都可以接受； the one-word spelling is now the most common.現在最常見的是連寫成一個字的寫法。

For Taiwanese students this word carries history that English speakers do not feel. Under Japanese rule sugarcane was the island's great cash crop, the sugar railways ran everywhere, and 甘蔗 still means childhood, hard farm work, and the sweet juice sold at markets.

For Taiwanese students this word carries history對台灣學生來說，這個字帶著一段歷史 that English speakers do not feel.是英語母語者感受不到的。Under Japanese rule sugarcane was the island's great cash crop,日治時期，甘蔗是這座島上重要的經濟作物， the sugar railways ran everywhere,糖業鐵路四通八達， and 甘蔗 still means childhood, hard farm work, and the sweet juice sold at markets.而甘蔗到現在仍然代表著童年、辛苦的農活，還有市場上賣的那種甜甜的汁。

Note also that in English, 'cane' by itself often means the plant in farming talk ('the cane harvest'), and 'cane sugar' means sugar from this plant, as opposed to beet sugar.

Note also that in English, 'cane' by itself often means the plant in farming talk ('the cane harvest'),另外要注意，在英文的農業說法裡，「cane」單獨一個字常常就是指這種植物（例如「the cane harvest」）， and 'cane sugar' means sugar from this plant,而「cane sugar」是指從這種植物來的糖， as opposed to beet sugar.跟從甜菜來的糖是相對的。