Yet so far are we from simplicity and independence that, in Concord, fresh and sweet meal is rarely sold in the shops, and hominy and corn in a still coarser form are hardly used by any.

• 然而我们过得既不朴素，又没有独立性，在康科德，店里已经很难买到又新鲜又甜的玉米粉了，玉米片和更粗糙的玉米简直已没有人吃。