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Last spring I helped on a small vegetable farm.去年春天，我在一个小「农场」帮忙。 The owner was testing a new irrigation system.主人正在试验一套新的「灌溉」系统。 It sent water, drop by drop, to every plant.它把水一滴一滴送到每棵小苗那里。 A dry summer before that had cut his income in half.两年前一个干旱的夏天把他的「收入」砍掉了一半。

On day two a technician came to check the pipes.第二天，一位技术员来检查那些管子。 She said each line had to be measured to the millimeter.她说每条水管都要精确到「毫米」。 We could manipulate pressure with a round handle.我们用一个小圆把手就能「操控」水压。 Her job was careful manipulation of that pressure.她的工作就是小心地「操纵」这个压力。

We talked about the prevalence of such systems in her country.我们聊到了这类系统在她「国家」的普及程度。 There farmers keep each crop type apart from the first day.在那里，农民从第一天起就把每种作物分开。 Their separation at the market grows two kinds of rice.他们在市场上做这种「分离」，种两种稻子。 Each kind is sold separately, so buyers can choose.每种都「单独」出售，买家可以自己挑。

In other places, we mark the land before we transplant the plants.在别的地方，我们先在地里做标记，再「移栽」幼苗。 The tool made that easy, and we prepared the soil.新工具让这件事很容易，于是我们把土整好了。 Underneath a shade cloth, we kept young plants for market.在一块遮阳布「下面」，我们放着准备上市的幼苗。 My friend was unemployed, and he helped a month.我的朋友是「失业」的，他来帮了一个月。 He explained a derivative, and others spoke about corruption.有人给我讲了一种金融「衍生品」，也有人谈起村子里的「腐败」。