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Book 3 Paragraph Recitation Unit 1 Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life Para 12 1 我想，不是所有热爱乡村的人都会乐意过我们这种生活的。 I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. 2 这种生活需要一些特殊的素质。其一是耐得住寂寞。 It takes a couple of special qualities. One is a tolerance for solitude. 3 由于我们如此忙碌，手头又紧，我们很少请客。 Because we are so busy and on such a tight budget, we dont entertain much. 4 在作物生长季节，根本就没工夫参加社交活动。 During the growing season there is no time for socializing anyway. 5 吉米和埃米莉虽然参加学校的各种活动，但他俩大多数时间也呆在家里。 Jim and Emily are involved in school activities, but they too spend most of their time at home. Para 13 6 另一项要求是体力――相当大的体力。 The other requirement is energy -- a lot of it. 7 小范围里实现自给自足的途径是抵制诱惑，不去购置拖拉机和其他昂贵的节省劳力的机械。 The way to make self-sufficiency work on a small scale is to resist the temptation to buy a tractor and other expensive laborsaving devices. 8 相反，你要自己动手。 Instead, you do the work yourself. 9 我们仅有的机器（不包括割草机）是一台3马力的小型旋转式耕耘机以及一架16英寸的链锯。 The only machinery we own (not counting the lawn mower) is a little three-horsepower rotary cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw. Para 14 10 没人知道我们还能有精力在这里再呆多久--也许呆很长一阵子，也许不是。 How much longer well have enough energy to stay on here is anybodys guess -- perhaps for quite a while, perhaps not. 11 到走的时候，我们会怆然离去，但也会为自己所做的一切深感自豪。 When the time comes, well leave with a feeling of sorrow but also with a sense of pride at what weve been able to accomplish. 12 我们把农场出售也会赚相当大一笔钱。 We should make a fair profit on the sale of the place, too. 13 我们自己在农场投入了约35，000美金的资金，要是现在售出的话价格差不多可以翻一倍。 Weve invested about $35,000 of our own money in it, and we could just about double that if we sold today. 14 不过现在不是出售的好时机。 But this is not a good time to sell. 15 但是一旦经济形势好转，对我们这种农场的需求又会增多。 Once economic conditions improve, however, demand for farms like ours should be strong again. Para 15 16 但我们主要不是为了赚钱而移居至此的。 We didnt move here primarily to earn money though. 17 我们来此居住是因为想提高生活质量。 We came because we wanted to improve the quality o