来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第11集 第11集》
-
which had not been useful for farming in the past以前无法耕种的荒地 -
and that's how they got into trouble,但是这也给他们带来了新麻烦 -
because for one thing farmers don't all succeed.因为 首先 付出并不一定有回报 -
In any society, there are farmers who在任何社会中都有勤勤恳恳 -
try to be good farmers and fail却得不到好收成的农民 -
and they fail sometimes through their own shortcoming,有些是因为他们自己不争气 -
and they fail sometimes because nature is not kind to them;有些则是因为自然灾害无法抗拒 -
luck is always part of the game in farming.运气在农业活动中的作用向来不容忽视 -
But what happens is但是现在 -
that they get into trouble麻烦的是 -
because things don't go well.诸事不顺 -
They start out; they have a crop,农民们夙兴夜寐 辛勤劳作