Nevertheless, the pathways they found leave humans looking more like ruminants: animals such as goats and sheep that use bacteria to break down otherwise indigestible matter in the plants they eat.

话说回来，他们发现的这些途径让人觉得人类看起来更像是反刍动物：比如山羊和绵羊，这类动物都是用细菌来消化所食植物中其它无法消化的物质。

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What you're supposed to know: Milk (cow, goat, sheep, human . . .) contains a sugar called lactose, which is normally broken down by the enzyme lactase.

必备知识： 奶类（包括牛奶、山羊奶、绵羊奶及母乳等）含有一种叫作乳糖的糖类，它通常由乳糖酶分解。

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15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father — and I lay down my life for the sheep.

正如父认识我，我也认识父一样，并且我为羊舍命。

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So, you're starting out with about-- please don't write these down-- 24,000 cattle, 150,000 sheep, 6,000 hogs, and that is not enough to eat, and people become quite obsessed with what they're going to eat.

这样一来你至少需要,这个不用做笔记,两万四千头牛,十五万只羊,六千头猪,而这些只够勉强维持,人们开始为吃什么犯愁

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It will keep maintenance costs down as the sheep will 'cut' the paddocks.

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On 12 September, 43 sheep were put down after a lorry was stopped at the port, and two more died in another incident.

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They keep the vegetation low in the winter when the sheep are brought down to lower levels, and they provide food for birds like choughs.

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