1. Mechanization happened years ago on the farms of Islay.
数年前,艾莱的农场就实现了机械化。
2. His most prized time, though, will be spent quietly on his farm.
不过,他最宝贵的时光将在自己的农场里平静地度过。
3. I came to live at the farm by happenstance.
我来到该农场住下纯属偶然。
4. Each family farms individually and reaps the benefit of its labor.
各家经营各自的农场,收获各自的劳动成果。
5. You lived on the farm until you came back to America?
你回美国之前一直生活在农场吗?
6. In 1970 the average size of a French farm was 19 hectares.
1970年,法国农场的平均规模为19公顷。
7. They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.
他们不得不在农场商店以高价购买所有东西。
8. Many farms are jumping on the bandwagon and advertising organically grown food.
很多农场正赶潮流宣传有机食品。
9. Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying.
雷求学期间会在当地的农场干活赚取生活费。
10. The farm is open to the public only during two open-house weekends.
该农场仅在两个周末接待日才对公众开放。
11. European farmers are planning a massive demonstration against farm subsidy cuts.
欧洲农场主正策划一场抗议削减农场补贴的大规模示威游行。
12. They now own and operate a farm 50 miles south of Rochester.
他们现在拥有并经营着一家位于罗切斯特以南50英里处的农场。
13. Eisenhower left the White House and retired to his farm in Gettysburg.
艾森豪威尔离开白宫,退隐到他在葛底斯堡的农场。
14. Workmen were hired to remodel and enlarge the farm buildings.
雇用了工人来改造和扩建农场建筑。
15. Our man had wisely decided to be picked up at the farm.
我们头儿作出了英明决定——让人来农场接他。
Our ancestors developed agriculture about twelve thousand years ago. As they harvested the first crops, they undoubtedly congratulated themselves on their cleverness—after all, cultivation is far more efficient than hunting and gathering. Little did they know, however, that humans were not the Earth's first farmers. Certain species of ant have been practicing agriculture for millions of years.
One example is the parasol ant of South America. The workers of this species clip large quantities of leaves from the forest and bring them back to the nest. These leaves are not eaten by the ants, but buried in a huge complex of underground chambers. As the leaves turn to compost, the ants seed them with their favorite type of fungus. They tend this fungus crop with great care, even weeding it to get rid of less desirable species. After a while, the fungus is harvested and eaten.
Planting and harvesting is one thing, but what would a real farm be without farm animals? Actually, humans are second to ants in this respect too. Several species of ant domesticate a kind of insect called an aphid. Aphids are good at sucking nutritious juice out of plants. In fact, they're so good at it that they often suck out more than they can digest. The extra juice is secreted out the back of the aphid, where an ant can milk it like a farmer milking a cow.
This is a symbiotic relationship, and in exchange for the nutritious juice the ants protect their aphid flocks from predators. Some species even bring the aphids' eggs into the safety of their own nest, and feed the aphid young until they are ready for grazing.