后来，他们学会了按季节耕作，适时播种，以及在干旱地区利用每年的洪水来灌溉他们的农田。

Later, they learned to work with the seasons, planting at the right time and, in dry areas, making use of annual floods to irrigate their fields.

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我小心翼翼地从树窝中出来，急匆匆地穿过尚未耕作的农田。

I eased out of the tree and hurried off across fallow farmland.

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现在，仍有许多农田用这种方法耕作，而且土壤侵蚀度也确实降低了。

There are still some fields planted this way and they do decrease erosion.

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