" We do not record them, " said the geographer, " because they are ephemeral."

“我们不记录它们，”地理学说，“因为它们是短暂的。”

Let's consider the benefits of maps from a geographer's perspective.

让我们从地理学的角度考虑地图的好处。

Because an explorer who told lies would bring disaster on the books of the geographer.

因为一个说假话的会给地理书带来灾难性的后果。

" What is a geographer? " asked the little prince.

“什么是地理学？”小王子问。

Moroccan geographer said the most difficult thing about English for him is the future.

一位来自摩洛哥的地理学说，英语对他来说最困难的地就是将来式。

The geographer was suddenly stirred to excitement.

地理学忽然激动起来。

Then the geographer would note down two mountains in a place where there was only one.

那么，地理学就会把只有一座山的地两座山。

The geographer is much too important to go loafing about.

地理学很重要，不能到处跑。

The geographer is studying the site.

地理学正在研究这个地点。

Mapmakers may be geographers and cartographers, but they can also be artists and imperialists, storytellers and propagandists.

地图绘制者可能是地理学和制图专，但他们同时也可能既是艺术又是帝国主义者，既是故事讲述人又是宣传分子。

" A geographer is a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts."

“地理学，就是一种学者，他知道哪里有海洋，哪里有江河、城市、山脉、沙漠。”

" I am a geographer." the old gentleman said to him.

“我是地理学。”老先生对他说。

" The planet Earth, " replied the geographer. " It has a good reputation."

“地球这颗行星，”地理学回答他说，“它有好的名声。”

" We do not record flowers, " said the geographer.

“我们是不记载花朵的。”地理学说。

What do geographers actually do? Well, we collect data to begin with.

地理学实际上是做什么的？好吧，我们首先收集数据。

There was a particular, was it a Scottish translator or geographer?

有一位特别的，是苏格兰翻译还是地理学呢？

We're not wearing our honoree geographer badges today.

我们今天没佩戴地理学荣誉徽章。

But they want to make you honorary geographers, and they have sent us badges.

但他们希望授予你荣誉地理学的称号，并已寄来了徽章。

So as geographers we ask, “Why were potatoes domesticated here and not anywhere else? ”

因此，作为地理学，我们会问：“为什么土豆 在这里被驯化而不是其他任何地？”

Exactly, the geographer said, but I am not an explorer.

确实如此，地理学说，但我不是险。