And there was the farm. Like a demanding invalid, it needed constant attention, even though the steady substitution of equipment for human labor had made much of the work less onerous than it had been in the past.

• 还有那农场,像一个缠人的病人一样需要时时刻刻关心,尽管不断更新的代替人力的设备使劳动比以前减轻了许多。