那台机器是一项伟大的发明!”他说。“如果其他人愿意的话,他们可以坚持使用老式的方法,但我完全支持进步。我们生活在一个伟大的时代。只要我种小麦,我就会让一台机器来打谷,如果附近有的话。
(That machine's a great invention!" he said. "Other folks can stick to old-fashioned ways if they want to, but I'm all for progress. It's a great age we're living in. As long as I raise wheat, I'm going to have a machine come and thresh it, if there's one anywhere in the neighborhood.)