those kinds of things they can do.

还有些他们可以生产的东西
Well, now one of the things farmers in history discovered is that

关于农民我们在历史上能够得知的一件事是
it's very hard to do well as a farmer

当好农民很困难
if all you do is grow the crops,

特别是只种农作物的农民
because people normally don't use

因为人们一般不会将
what you grow in the form in which you grow it.

你从地里种出来的东西留作种子
I'm thinking again of grapes and olives;

我又想起了橄榄和葡萄
they made mostly olive oil and wine.

它们绝大部分被制成橄榄油和酒
So, what do you do?

如果是你会怎么做呢
Well, if you're a poor farmer,

如果你是一个贫困的农民
you don't know what else to do.

你不知道自己能干什么
So, you send it off to a middleman

你可能会将它们卖给中间商