高频通用词 第 243 级 · 阅读短文

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A peasant told our class a story.一位「农民」给我们班讲了一个故事。 Families there lived in a kind of slavery.那里的人从前过着一种「奴役」般的生活。 Their farms were far from the city, so distance was spatial.他们的农场离城市很远，所以那种距离是「空间的」。 "People see a wide land," he said, "but each family walks one line."「人们看到一片广阔的土地，」他说，「可每家只走一条线。」

The village learned to keep its water instead of losing it.村子学会了把水留住，而不是让它白流。 They dug ditches and let water flow field to field.他们挖出水沟，让水从一块田流到另一块田。 A faculty member came with us for the week.一位「教员」和我们一起去了那个星期。 The soil seemed to scatter under our boots, and every job felt like a machine part.泥土在我们的靴子下似乎要「散开」，每件活儿都像个机器零件。 We helped each field get water and minimize the loss.我们帮每块地得到水，把损失「减到最少」。

Our teacher wrote a formula on the board.老师在黑板上写了一个「公式」。 She said math may lead to a paradox.她说，数学也可能得出一个「悖论」。 Water there meant life, not money.那里的水意味着活命，而不是钱。 Three weeks later, those fields showed a minimal gain.三周以后，那些地只多了一点「极小的」收成。

We felt fatigue, but we kept on digging.我们感到「疲劳」，但还是继续挖着。 At last, we sang a short song together.最后，我们一起唱了一首短歌。 The old man smiled and said the incline was gentle.老人笑了，说那道「倾斜」其实很缓。 Later, his son took that same formulation to the city.后来，他的儿子把同样的「表述」带到了城里。