I have been lucky to learn this lesson early because I have had a grass-cutting business since I was 10 years old.

我很幸运，很早就学会了这一课，因为我从10岁起就开始割草。

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A team of researchers took a colony of grass-cutting ants into the lab to test their nest-building techniques with a range of different materials.

一组研究人员把一群割草蚁放入实验室，用一系列不同的材料用检测它们的造房技术。

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The grass needs cutting.

这些草皮需要修剪了。

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