Early on, in order to ship our specimens, we had to have dry ice. To get dry ice we had to go to the breweries -- beg, borrow, steal to get these folks to give it to us.
早些时候，为了海运我们的标本， 我们不得不用干冰。为了得到干冰，我们不得不 去酿酒厂，祈求他们借给我们干冰，甚至去偷干冰。