Near the plowed fields curved and faded, and the few hogs nosing in the furrows looked like large spotted stones.

颜色褪尽的耕地，一群鼻子拱出皱纹的猪就像大大的,带着斑点的石头。

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Since that's all been pushed out of the way by development, that means the food has to get shipped in from larger distances.

之后由于发展建设,耕地都不见了,这意味着食物要从相当遥远的地方运过来

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So, marginal land is brought into play with hard work and ingenuity, and this is one of the things that Hanson emphasizes that is so helpful.

那么,边际耕地需要,在一定的生产条件下,生产收益正好足以补偿所需费用的土地,这就是汉森所强调的相当有益的一点

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Well, sometimes you divide up the land equally, but if that land continues to get smaller and smaller, it will not sustain an additional person, not to mention additional family.

一种做法是,平分耕地,但是如果人口越来越多呢,那平分的田地就不够一人所需,更不必说整个家庭了

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If you were to follow the procedure, which the Greeks did not, of primogenitor,that is, of giving the whole plot to the eldest son, but what happens to the others?

你们也许会采用传统做法,但是古希腊人不会,他们会将耕地全部分给长子,但是其他人怎么过活呢

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This means that all the area surrounding that Fairview Gardens was mainly farmland back in the 1950s, all growing food, probably a fair amount of it being eaten locally by people.

美景花园的整个周边地区,在上世纪50年代基本上都是耕地,都长着农作物,其中很大一部分被当地人消费掉

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And why should there be a shortage of farmland?

但是为什么当时的耕地会短缺呢

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