Poor Thumbelina stood outside the door, like a beggar-girl, and begged for a little barley-corn, for she had not had anything to eat for two days.

可怜的拇指姑娘站在门口，像一个要饭的穷苦女孩子。她恳求田鼠施舍一颗大麦给她，因为她已经两天没有吃任何东西了。

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In fact, most calories come from wheat and barley, which are full of carbohydrates but have little protein.

实际上，我们摄入的大部分卡路里主要来自小麦和大麦，它们富含碳水化合物但却缺少蛋白质。

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"In particular, we still know little about what grains people ate at this time, so the Lady of Introd could provide direct evidence of a diet composed of wheat, barley, or millet, " Killgrove said.

“准确的说，我们关于当时人类吃的谷物知之甚少，‘茵特罗德女士’可以为我们提供她食用小麦、大麦和黍米的直接证据，”Kllgrove说。

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But for vegetables, organic yields are about 33% down on conventional, with barley and wheat a little lower still.

BBC: Food: Organic growth?