Kristof and others constantly romanticize the life they imagine we live, or used to live, and I wouldn't trade it for any other.

The farmers couldn't compete (竞争) with the large industrialized (工业化的) farms, and left the town to look for other work.

All flammable materials contain phlogiston that is liberated in burning, leaving the "dephlogisticated" substance in its "true" calx form.