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By late summer, the rice fields of southern China have turned to gold. The time has come to bring in the harvest.
夏末的中國南部是一片璀璨的金色稻海。如今正是豐收的季節。
Nowadays, modern high-yield strains are grown throughout much of the rice lands, boosted by chemical fertilizers and reaped by combine harvesters.
現代高產人工田占據了中國的大片土地，受化學肥料的滋養并用聯合收割機進行大規模收割。
This is the great rice bowl of China, producing a quarter of the world's rice.
這里是世界上最大的水稻種植區，占據世界水稻產量的四分之一。
Insects, stirred up by the noisy machines, are snapped up by gangs of red-rumped swallows, including this year's youngsters, who will have fledged several weeks ago.
被機器轟鳴驚擾的蟲子，馬上成為了一群紅尾燕的腹中餐，包括新生兒——數周前剛剛羽翼豐滿的新燕。
This could be their last good feast before they head south for the winter.
這也許是它們在動身渡冬到來前最后的聚餐了。
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