In the third mile-maybe it was the exertion, could have been the rhythm of my footfalls-the field became just a field, the track just a ribbon of red clay, and the bleachers began to empty of ghosts.

在第三个英里的时候(也许那是我的努力，本可能是我…)足球场变成了仅仅的那样一个场子，跑道仅仅是1条红色混凝土的带子，看台开始空得像出鬼一样。

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And, I'll bet, as his hoe rang on the landlord's clay, his Dad imagined a day when he'd hear his boy take step after crunching step toward anyplace but this field.

而且，我打赌，在他在地主的土地上挥舞着锄头时，他的父亲一定想象着有一天他的孩子能够克服艰难困苦走向新的天地。

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After the a few weeks of making clay models, students made initial contact with the animal caring association and they met up with some pioneers in the field.

经过几周的黏土模型制作，同学们跟动物保护协会取得了联系，还与该领域的一些资深会员进行了会面。

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