Traditionally, pollination by wind has been viewed as a reproductive process marked by random events in which the vagaries of the wind are compensated for by the generation of vast quantities of pollen, so that the ultimate production of new seeds is assured at the expense of producing much more pollen than is actually used.

　　傳統(tǒng)上，風媒傳粉被看成是這樣的繁殖過程：其特征就是由一些隨即事件的發(fā)生，在這些隨機事件里，風的反復無常被大量的產(chǎn)生花粉所補償，以至于新種子的最終產(chǎn)生被保證了，其代價是產(chǎn)生遠遠多于實際使用量的花粉。

　　The methods that a community devises to perpetuate itself come into being to preserve aspects of the cultural legacy that that community perceives as essential.

　　一個社會所創(chuàng)造出來藉以使其自身生生不息、恒久不衰的方法得以形成產(chǎn)生，以保存在這個社會看來具有本質(zhì)意義的文化遺產(chǎn)的各個方面。