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Last spring I visited a small farm town.去年春天，我拜访了一座小农镇。 A farmer asked me to show some students around there.那里的一位农民请我带一些学生参观。 He wanted to grant them a look at his grain store.他想「准予」他们看看他的粮仓。 The store was not giant, but its frame was strong.那座粮仓不算「巨大」，但它的「框架」很坚固。

He said the ideal place for grain must stay dry.他说，存放「谷物」的「理想」地方必须保持干燥。 Hence he put a small fan inside every room.「因此」他在每间屋里都装了一台小风扇。 The fans work as one system, he said.他说，这些风扇组成同一个系统。 He told me how a chair used to float past his window in the flood.他告诉我，发「洪水」时，一把椅子曾经从窗前「漂」过。

Then he showed me a picture of old days.然后他给我看了一张旧日子的照片。 A single grain was worth a lot then.那时一粒「谷物」都很有价值。 His words imply that we forget hard farm work.他的话「暗示」我们忘记了农活的辛苦。 Every grain on the table comes from care.桌上的每一粒「谷物」都来自细心照料。

I left the town with a new idea.我带着一个新想法离开了小镇。 A good frame is hidden, but holds things up.好的「框架」看不见，却支撑着一切。 People should greet such quiet work with respect.人们应该怀着敬意去「迎接」这种安静的工作。 Hence I now measure a meal by its story.「因此」现在我会用一顿饭背后的故事来衡量它。