While gathering shellfish is a popular pastime, the main business of Yandun Jiao happens further out at sea.

虽然采集贝动物是流行的消遣，但烟墩角村的主要事业在更远的外海。

Did you know I'm allergic to shellfish?

你知道我对贝敏吗？

Having nothing better to do, I decided to dredge these beautiful, clear waters, which exhibited a profusion of shells, zoophytes, and open-sea plants.

我因为目前没有什么可做的，想到要在这些清澈的海水中去捞捞看，好像水里面有的贝、植虫和海产植物。

Heating shellfish in water forces the shells to open, making it easier to get at the contents, but also, and no less importantly, it sorts out which ones are bad-bad ones stay closed.

把贝水煮一下，打开了，吃里头的肉轻而易举。而且，同样重要的是，人是摸着石头河，一路试吃试来的。

In order to stay alive, animals need to have keen senses. Fish and some shellfish have sharp eyes. Almost all animals are sensitive to touch. Fish detect movements in the water by means of their lateral lines.

为了生存下来，动物需要有敏锐的感觉。鱼和一些贝动物有敏锐的眼睛，几乎所有的动物对触觉都很敏感。鱼依靠侧线来察觉水中的活动。