In the early 1940s, basking in the glory of chemical-based intensive agriculture, the farmers avidly took to pesticides as a sure measure to boost crop yield.

在20世纪40年代早期，农民们沐浴在以化学品为基础的集约农业的光辉下，贪心地把杀虫剂当作增加作物产量的一种可靠方法。

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Furthermore, in the effort to feed the hosts of people on this planet, the focus on factory and intensive farming methods is being cited as a key factor in climate change.

此外，为了养活地球上的大量人口，人们对工厂化和集约化的耕作方法的集中被认为是气候变化的关键因素。

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Some are pricey—a three-week intensive program can cost $4,500 or more—but most offer scholarships.

有些课程价格不菲，一个为期三周的强化课程可能要花费4500美元，甚至更多，但其中大多数都提供奖学金。

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Intensive vaccination campaigns have reduced the number of new polio cases reported worldwide to fewer than two thousand a year.

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So but the diary is a way to get more sophisticated information on individuals for dietary counseling purposes and the like, but it's pretty labor intensive and then it requires either a computer to analyze the diet or some human being who is trained in this to sit down and make sense of the data.

日记这个办法,可获得更加精确的个体信息,用以进行饮食咨询等,但这更像是劳动密集型工作,然后还需要一台电脑,来分析食物数据,有些人学的就是,坐在电脑前弄明白这些数据

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So this design of having students on campus once a month for intensive classes allows students to continue working full time.

让学生每月来校一次,进行现场教学的设计,允许学生继续全职工作。

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Yet how can a public school system afford such a resource intensive program on a limited budget?

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We need to think carefully about an appropriate interface for a patient in intensive care - a touch screen might be helpful.

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And how will the onset of a global credit squeeze affect what private-equity groups can pay for a capital-intensive business with a time horizon of three to five years?

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