I grow hardly a half acre of corn in narrow strips, with clover between the strips, on land that is almost level.

我艰难地在狭长地带上种了半英亩的玉米，在这之间一块几乎平坦的地上种了三叶草。

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It was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I was allowed to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre.

能被邀请到非营利性熊猫基地的后台，我感到非常荣幸。在那里，门票收入用来支付研究费用，我可以在600英亩的中心近距离地接触这些可爱的动物。

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“well, ” betty recalls, ” I didn’t know an acre from a half acre. So I said, ’ I have six kids.

“呃，”贝蒂回忆道，“我不知道1英亩和半英亩的区别，所以我说，‘我有6个孩子，6英亩怎么样？’

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It is the centrepiece of the 55 acre Grade I listed Dyffryn Gardens, now run as a tourist attraction by the Vale of Glamorgan council.

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And now, though I was not up in the apple tree, I had found various salients in our half acre that allowed me to see a good deal of her at night, when she went to bed.

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But I think it would make sense to bet an acre or so of that farm, maybe 1% of the portfolio.

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