Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

尽管平原上的农业几乎和西部干旱地区的冬雨一样不可能,但大量的水牛使生活在许多方面变得容易得多。

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Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.

虽然高山可以引导迁徙,但平原是人类居住最多的地区。

I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes.

我记得,在我们第一次实验的冬天,就在七年前,用新的眼睛看雪。

Autumn is the hush before winter.

秋天是冬天之前的宁静。