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Trees in real forests might also share information below ground.
在真正的森林中，樹木可能還會在地下交流信息。
But this was really controversial, and some people thought I was crazy,
但這個想法其實挺有爭議的，一些人覺得我瘋了，
and I had a really hard time getting research funding.
所以我籌集科研經費的那段日子真的很艱難。
But I persevered, and I eventually conducted some experiments deep in the forest, 25 years ago.
但我堅持了下來，而且我最終在森林的深處成功做出了一些實驗，那是在25年前。
I grew 80 replicates of three species: paper birch, Douglas fir, and western red cedar.
那時我種了三種樹，一共80棵：有紙皮樺、花旗松和西部紅杉。
I figured the birch and the fir would be connected in a belowground web, but not the cedar.
我認為紙皮樺和花旗松在地下的網絡中應該是能交流的，但是西部紅杉應該是不行的。
It was in its own other world.
西部紅杉比較“與世隔絕”。
And I gathered my apparatus, and I had no money, so I had to do it on the cheap.
我收拾起我的設備儀器，我那時沒錢啊，所以我決定得省著點。
So I went to Canadian Tire -- and I bought some plastic bags and duct tape and shade cloth,
所以我去了加拿大輪胎公司——我買了一些塑料袋、一些布基膠帶和遮光布，
a timer, a paper suit, a respirator.
一個計時器、一件紙套裝和一個呼吸器。
And then I borrowed some high-tech stuff from my university:
然后我又從我的大學借了一些高科技的東西：
a Geiger counter, a scintillation counter, a mass spectrometer, microscopes.
一個蓋革計數器、一個閃爍計數器、一個質譜儀和幾個顯微鏡。
And then I got some really dangerous stuff:
然后我又拿了一些非常危險的東西：
syringes full of radioactive carbon-14 carbon dioxide gas
幾支充滿了放射性碳14的二氧化碳氣體的注射器，
and some high pressure bottles of the stable isotope carbon-13 carbon dioxide gas.
和幾個高壓氣瓶，里面充滿了穩定性同位素碳13的二氧化碳氣體。
But I was legally permitted.
不過我這么做是合法的哦。
Oh, and I forgot some stuff, important stuff: the bug spray, the bear spray, the filters for my respirator.
哦對了，我還忘說了幾樣東西，很重要的東西：噴霧殺蟲劑、防熊噴霧劑和我呼吸器的過濾網。
