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but he's also an active farmer and reacting to

他同时也是一个地道的农民
what happens to farmers today, and he's written a book,

走在当代农业的前沿
a wonderful book called, Fields Without Dreams,

他撰写了《遗梦之野》这本书
which is the story of modern farming in America.

书中介绍了美国现代农业的发展
But this is also true of all of Western Europe,

西欧的情况亦如此
which has to do pretty much with the abolition of

这与农奴制的废除有很大关系
farmers and I just don't think it's right for me

我个人觉得如果不提一下其重要性
to pass without mentioning the significance.

那是我的失职
Nobody knows anything about it.

这一点几乎无人知晓
What percentage of Americans do you think worked

你们认为在十九世纪末
on farms at the end of the nineteenth century?

大概有百分之多少的美国人在农场工作
Twenty, thirty?

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