When Henry Ford first sought financial backing for making cars , the notion of farmer and clerks owning cars was considered ridiculous.

当亨利福特第一次为汽车生产寻求经济支援时，农民和职员拥有汽车的想法在别人看来是荒谬可笑的。

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The farmer came up with the idea of making a cube-shaped watermelon which could easily be packed and stored.

该农民想出的点子是把西瓜种成立方形，这样一来包装储存都很方便。

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So, about 20 years ago, a farmer on the island of Shikoku in southwestern Japan came up with the idea of making a cube-shaped watermelon that can easily fit in the fridge.

所以，20年前，一位四国岛的农民就产生了种植方便储藏在冰箱内的方形西瓜的念头。

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However, in one case the judges ordered a subsidiary, Shell Nigeria, to compensate a farmer for breach of duty of care by making it too easy for saboteurs to open an oil well head that leaked on to his land.

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This NYSE effort to control the use of photos is a little reminiscent of the efforts by farmer organizations to get state legislatures to pass laws making it illegal to take pictures of farms without permission, largely aimed an animal rights activists who want to expose the conditions of pigs raised in cramped pens.

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Breyer suggested the farmer had many options of what he could do with the soybeans, including making "turkey tofu" burgers.

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