他在梯子上锯苹果树的树冠。

He was up a ladder sawing off the tops of his apple trees.

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实话告诉你，斯科特先生，我厌倦了看到你的孩子们日复一日地破坏我每棵苹果树的树枝。

To tell you the truth, Mr. Scott, I am tired of seeing your children, day after day, destroy the branches of every one of my apple trees.

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看守无花果树的，必吃树上的果子；敬奉主人的，必得尊荣。

He who tends a FIG tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

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Serfs who are compelled to work the land, or in some places even slaves, well, they have no incentive, put aside the question even of capacity, to invest capital for the purpose of improving the size and quality of the their crops, their trees, their vines.

那些被强迫耕种土地的农奴,或者是那些在其他地方直接成为奴隶的人,刨除能动性因素,农场主们,没有任何理由投资钱财,去改善他们农作物,果树和葡萄,的种植规模和品质

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