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My sister became a farmer four years ago; I visit every spring.我姐姐四年前成了「农民」，我每年春天都去看她。 The next farm looks empty, but her land is full of bees.旁边那个农场看着空空的，她的地里却满是蜜蜂。 I watched the hierarchy of the hive all afternoon.我看了一下午蜂巢里的「层级」。 A reservoir stores water for fields, and she is its incumbent keeper.「水库」给田地存水，她是这个水库「在职的」看护人。

She uses that water daily, for every plant needs it.她每天用那水，因为每株植物都需要它。 A pesticide is a chemical that kills insects on crops.「农药」是喷在庄稼上杀虫子的药。 The bees grew fewer after the neighbors began using one.邻居开始用农药之后，蜜蜂就变少了。 She keeps a portfolio, a list of her projects, since last year.她从去年起记着一个「投资组合」，那是她所有项目的清单。

She counts every insect and writes each number down.她数每只昆虫，把每个数字写下来。 Those numbers began a numerical study of bee families.这些数字开启了一项关于蜜蜂家族的「数字的」研究。 Fewer offspring and more deaths told the same story.「后代」变少、死亡变多，讲着同一个故事。 The mortality of the bees is her main problem.蜜蜂的「死亡率」仍然是她最主要的问题。

She changed one parameter, the water level, and saw a large magnitude.她改动一个「参数」，也就是水位，就看到很大的「量级」。 Her idea is plausible, so it sounds reasonable, yet it may be wrong.她的想法「看似合理的」，听着有道理，却可能是错的。 She now studies the molecular level, the smallest parts of life.她现在研究「分子的」层面，也就是生命最小的部分。 Small things carry a large world.很小的事物撑着一个很大的世界。