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Passage one.
短文一
There's a lot about Leo Sanchez and his farm in Salinas, California. That seems unusual.
關于里奧·桑切斯以及他在加利福尼亞州薩利納斯的農場有很多故事，這似乎不太尋常。
The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only one acre.
在全國，一般農場的面積在440英畝左右，然而他的農場只有1英畝。
The average age of farmers hovers around 58 years old, but he is just 26.
農民的平均年齡在58歲左右，然而他只有26歲。
And Sanchez constantly attempts to improve everything from seeding techniques out in the field to the promotion and sale of his produce online.
從田間播種技術到網上推銷產品，桑切斯一直在試圖改善這一切。
This is evidence of an experimental approach.
這是一種實驗方法的證明，
It's an approach not dictated by the confines of conventional large scale agriculture lead by international corporations.
這種方法不受以國際公司主導的傳統的大規模農業的限制。
While farming is often difficult for both the body and mind,
桑切斯說，雖然耕作經常會對身心造成負擔，
Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.
但是他和他的許多年輕農民同伴們都渴望能夠建立一套新的農業標準。
Many of them are employing a multitude of technologies, some new and some not so new.
他們中很多人在使用大量的技術，有些是新技術，有些是不那么新的技術。
Recently, Sanchez bought a hand operated tool which pulls out weeds and loosen soil.
最近，桑切斯買了一個既可以除草又可以松土的手動工具，
It actually dates back to at least 1701.
實際上，這種工具至少可以追溯到1701年。
It stands in sharp contrast to Sanchez's other gadget, a gas powered flame weedkiller, invented in 1997.
它和桑切斯使用的另外一種工具形成了鮮明的對比，即1997年發明的一種以氣體為動力的火焰除草器。
He simply doesn't discriminate when it comes to the newness of tools. If it works, it works.
他不會因工具的新舊而對其區別對待，一切以其實用性為主。
Farmers have a long history of invention and is no different today.
農民們有著悠久的發明史，至今仍是如此。
Young farmers are guided by their love for agriculture and aided by their knowledge of technology to find inexpensive and appropriately sized tools.
年輕的農民熱愛農業，加之在技術上的知識，驅使著他們去尋找成本低廉且大小合適的工具。
They collaborate and innovate. Sometimes the old stuff just works better or more efficiently.
他們合作、創新，有時舊物件兒用起來反而更順手或者效率更高。
9. What do we learn about Leo Sanchez's farm?
關于里奧·桑切斯的農場我們知道什么？
10. What has motivated Leo Sanchez and his fellow young farmers to engage in farming?
利奧·桑切斯以及他那些年輕的農民同伴們從事農業的動力是什么？
11. Why did Leo Sanchez buy a hand operated weeding tool?
里奧·桑切斯買手動除草工具的原因是什么？
