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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It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend.

人们总是明白,植物和动物虽然在它们的高级代表中是完全对立的,但在它们的低级和较简单的形式中却非常接近对方。但他们被认为不会融合。

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

对于运动员来说,我们从来没有完全理解我们对自己的要求有多高。尤其是在耐力运动中。

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

当一个女人脱掉她的衣服,她也失去了她的尊重。