另一个事实是以棉花为代表的农业原材料与其他粮食作物竞争耕地面积及其他资源——与此同时作为乙醇的加工原料，玉米也遭到了巨额的消耗。

It's also true that agricultural raw materials, especially cotton, compete for land and other resources with food crops - as does the subsidized production of ethanol, which consumes a lot of corn.

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圈地运动和其它农业改良为增加的人口提供了粮食，为工厂提供了劳动力，为工业提供了所需的一些原材料。

The enclosures and other improvements in agriculture made their contributions by providing food for the rising population, labour for the factories, and some of the raw materials needed by industry.

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但是，皮特斯和斯密特说，因为大自然为务农和农业提供了原材料，歌贝克力山丘遗址的建造者正面临着生活方式的巨变。

But, Peters and Schmidt say, Gobekli Tepe's builders were on the verge of a major change in how they lived, thanks to an environment that held the raw materials for farming.

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