草地犁

She plowed the meadow into a garden and set up brooder house and barn.

她把草地犁成菜园，还搭了鸡舍牛房。

Then the plows went in and ripped off the protection of the buffalo grass and opened the helpless soil to quick water and slow drought and the mischievous wind that been more than enough desert in America; the new settlers, like overindulged children, created even more.

大草原土地的畜牧资源也被抢夺一空，然后，人们用犁破坏了受保护的BUFFALO赖以生存的草地，这些无助的草原土壤暴露在急流中或在烈日下忍受煎熬或是任由狂风肆虐。新移民，象是被宠坏的孩子，甚至做了更多这样的事。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。