No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

如果不了解地球上的植被,就不可能真正了解世界的任何一部分,因为这不仅决定了动物居民的性质,而且也决定了大多数人的职业。

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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.

烈士们,我的朋友,必须在被遗忘、被嘲笑和被利用之间做出选择。至于被理解——永远不会。

The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by images.

新闻报道必须被理解为商品的宣传,以及通过图片来报道事件。

My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.

我母亲是个家庭主妇。我父亲是一名服装工人。