So if there were no insects, I'd just eat lots of cereal and plenty of steak.

所以如果没有昆虫，我还是可以吃到谷物和牛排。

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Stall: there is acid also sweet, crispy also has soft, there are bugs have, no insects also have three pieces, one pound of expensive, cheap piece of five one pounds, what you want to buy?

摊主：有酸的也有甜的，有脆的也有软的，有虫子的也有，没虫子的也有，贵的三块钱一斤，便宜的一块五一斤，你想买什么样的？

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Somethimes, even people are killed by them. When the ants come near, people leave their homes. But people are sometimes glad after the ants pass by because they can see no insects or snakes.

当蚂蚁靠近时，人们都逃离房子，但是有时候蚂蚁经过后，人们反而会高兴，因为看不到昆虫和蛇出没了。

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The orchids cannot reproduce if birds and insects are no longer living in the area.

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And with no money for seeds, and insects attacking her crops, the next harvest is at risk.

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No nationwide survey of the insects' numbers has been published since former RAF pilot and school teacher Bob George, who began mapping them in the 1950s, published his Atlas of the Fleas of Britain and Ireland in 2008.

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And understand that even a single wearing (or probably a lot of try-ons with your new sweater) means your natural-fiber clothes (wool, silk, cotton, cashmere, fur including blends) are no longer sterile when it comes to insects.

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