1·So now the monk was having serious problems. Because he didn't know how to cultivate land.
现在这个和尚面临了严重的问题，因为他不知道如何种植牧草，因此有个好心人建议他说：「你可以找个农夫当伙伴，或娶个农家女，那么你就可以进行耕种了。
2·This was an important discovery, because by learning to cultivate the land, and care for animals, mankind would always have food steadily.
这是一项重要的发现，因为通过学习耕作土地，饲养动物，就可以有稳定的食物来源。
3·Farmers increasingly rent the land they cultivate, which can mean they are less familiar with areas at risk for erosion.
农民越来越多地租用他们耕种的土地，这可能意味着他们会更少了解面临水土流失风险的地区。
4·Feeling flush, farmers have rushed to buy and cultivate more land.
农民感受到了良好前景，就纷纷购买和培育更多的土地了。
5·Perelman has provided geometers with a fruitful land to cultivate.
佩雷尔曼提供给几何学家们一块富饶的土地来耕作。
6·Farmers increasingly rent the land they cultivate, which can mean they are less familiar with areas at risk for erosion or are less invested in caring for the land over the long run.
农民不断增加租用可耕地面积，这也意味着他们对耕种土地的侵蚀风险并不熟悉，或者从长远打算来看，并不想在保护土地方面投入太多。
7·Land is so scarce in the crowded countryside near Musanze that farmers struggle to cultivate every foot of the steep, eroding hillsides.
在木山子附近人烟稠密的乡村土地非常稀缺，以至于农民们都在开垦陡峭的、水土流失的每一寸山坡。
8·It provided a cheap source of calories and was easy to cultivate, so it liberated workers from the land.
但它是价廉的热量来源，也很容易栽种，因此使人脱离了田地间的劳作。
9·In America, we must cultivate our Promised Land.
在美国，我们必须培养我们的乐土。
10·About 12,000 years ago, when humans first started to cultivate the land and tame wild animals, they hijacked the process.
在大约12,000年前，其时人类首次开始耕作土地、驯养野兽，他们劫持了进化过程。