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Profitable planting
你有多久没植过树了？植树好处多
I’m about to begin my fifth season of tree planting. Each year, around this time, I
have mixed feelings about the job. Never have I loved a job so much while hating it
with equal measure. Before a season, after living in the coziness of my home for the
winter months, I begin to romanticize and crave (
渴望
) the challenges of life in the
bush.
I mainly plant trees on the coast of British Columbia (
英属哥伦比亚，加拿大西
部之一省
) and get paid between 25 and 45 cents a tree. The job can be profitable: It
gives planters the opportunity to lead a roaming (
漫游的
) lifestyle, with a temporary
obligation
to
spend
a
few
months
filling
their
bank
accounts.
But
there
are
many
challenges.
In the early hours of the morning, we join our teams and travel along rough (
崎岖
不平的
) roads deep into the woodlands. During the ride, we prepare ourselves for the
difficult challenges that lay ahead.
When stepping out of the trucks, often in the pouring rain, we’re faced with a steep
chunk (
块
) of land that’s just been logged (
砍伐
). I step into the rain and fill my bags
with hundreds of tiny trees. The conversations with my team become strategic with a
few jokes to boost (
改善
) the mood. Seasoned tree-planters treat this more like a sport
than a job, and competition fills the air.
Once
our
bags
are
full,
we
suppress
(
抑制
)
any
reluctance
and
charge
up
that
hillside. We jump from log to log, and if they roll out from under our feet, we grab (
抓
住
) onto branches – or anything within reach – and swing (
摇摆
) around like monkeys.
We push through stinging (
带刺的
) bushes. We stumble (
跌跌撞撞
) and fall constantly,
always pushing ourselves to go faster among groups of insects that we often breathe in.
While tree planting, I am confronted with someone else; a self I thought I knew. It
is a person I try to come to peace with on those hillsides, during those strange days of
isolation (
隔绝
) and deep thinking.
Tree
planting
is
a
laboratory
of
self-examination
and
growth. You
master
your
mind, confronting the worst and the best in your nature, pushing yourself as hard as you
can. A new version (
版本
) of yourself awaits at the end of the experience.
（选自
BBC
）
1. What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
A. Tree planters can make a fortune from the job.
B. The author is mainly addicted to the roaming lifestyle.
C. Tree planting is a bittersweet job to the author.
D. The job is by no means tough to the author.
2. What do we know about tree planting?
A. Helping teammates is a very important part of the job.
B. The planters rarely talk to one another.
C. Planters enjoy climbing the hillside.
D. Planters are confronted with challenging conditions.
3. According to the author, what is the main advantage of tree planting?
A. It promotes harmony with nature.
B. It enables one to explore a new self.
C. It benefits your physical well-being.
D. It expands one’s social network.
译文：
我即将开始植树的第五个季节。
每年大约这个时候，
我对这 份工作都有不同
的感觉。我从来没有这么热爱过一份工作，却同样地讨厌它。一个季节之前，在
冬季舒适的家中生活之后，我开始浪漫并渴望丛林生活的挑战。
我主要在英属哥伦比亚（加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省）
的海岸上种树，
薪水为
每棵树
25
至
45
美分。
这项工作可能是有利可图的：
它使种植者有机会过着漫游
的生活方式，
并且有暂时的义务要花几个月的时间来填补他们的银行帐户。
但是
有很 多挑战。
在清晨，我们加入我们的团队，沿着崎岖不平的崎
deep
小路深 入森林。在
旅途中，我们为即将面临的艰巨挑战做好了准备。
当走出卡车时，经常在倾盆大雨中，
我们面临着一块被砍伐的陡峭土地。
我
走进雨中，
用 几百棵小树装满了我的书包。
与我的团队进行的对话变得具有战略
意义，
并开了些玩笑 ，
以改善心情。
经验丰富的树木种植者将其更像是一项运动
而不是一项工作，而竞争充 满了气氛。
装满行李后，
我们会抑制任何不情愿的情绪，
并在山坡上加油。
我们从原木
跳到另一原木，如果它们从脚下滑出，我们会抓住树枝或其他触手可及的东西，
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