The faster the foragers come back, the more food there is and the faster other foragers go out, until gradually the amount of food being brought back diminishes.

觅食者回来得越快，食物就越多，其他觅食者出去得也越快，直到带回的食物量逐渐减少。

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She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money.

她被支付着我认为是微不足道的一笔钱。

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All else being equal, this means they must exploit larger areas of land than do agriculturalists to secure the same amount of food, clothing, and other necessities.

在其他条件相同的情况下，这意味着他们必须开拓出比农学家更大的土地面积，以获得相同数量的食物、衣服和其他必需品。

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OK, so that means heat is being imparted to the system, right, from the surroundings in a manner that compensates exactly the amount of work done.

好，这表示系统,从外界吸热,吸收的热量与系统,对外做功的值相等。

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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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The chief tradeoff being the amount of time, energy, and effort required to gather new clients.

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And it has to do with the fact that there's this huge gap between the amount of money being paid out and the amount of money coming in.

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