We were picking cotton when they arrived.

他们到达时我们正在摘棉花。

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The farmers were busy picking cotton in the field.

农民们在田里忙着采棉花。

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The last time I saw her, she was picking cotton in the field.

上次我看见她时，她正在地里摘棉花。

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They had to work. By the time Sarah was five years old, she was picking cotton in the fields with her family.

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And when he goes picking in the cotton fields, he imagines that he could be a slave.

当他去采棉花的时候，他把自己想象成一个奴隶。

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