they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

昆虫会吞食我们的全部庄稼，杀死我们的成群的牛羊。

He gives the bank specimens of his signature,

他把自己签名的样本交给银行，

In the contrary school, the duck is supreme.

与滑翔鸟相对的另一类鸟中，数野鸭本领最高。

it can become a 'flying fruit-bowl', carrying bananas from the plantations to the ports;

它能成为飞行水果盘子，把香蕉从种植园运到港口。

There is none of the hurry which, in our society,

那里没有我们今天社会中的匆忙生活，

We are so familiar with the fact that man ages,

我们对人总是要衰老的现象并不陌生，