翻译英语文章，谢谢了！InOur"Rurban"AgeToknowthecountryside,youmustliveinthecityInhisbookBadgers,thenaturalistMichaelClarkdescribessurveyingtheanimalbackinthe1960s.Callingatafarmcottage,heaskedanoldcountrymanwhetherheknewofanybadgerslivingnearby."Whatarebadgers?"camethereply.Thecountryman,Clarkwrites,"genuinelydidnotknowofthespecies".Youcanbeacountryman,itseems,andknowlittleofthecountry.Buttraditional,countryfolksareregardedasbeingintunewiththeland.Theylivethere,don'tthey?Whatcantowniesknowofthe"wayofnature"?Thisassumptioninfectsmuchofourculture.Itpredicatestheexistenceofacleardivisionbetweentownandcountry.Itenablestherurallobbytocharacterizeitselfasanindigenousculture,its"native"traditionsandpastimes(huntingandfishing)threatenedbyanoppressiveurbanmajority.Theunderlyingmessageliesinthatthecountrysideisbestmanagedbycountrypeople.Afterall,theyknowaboutsuchthings...Unfortunately,toooften,theydon't.AsthehistorianKeithThomasshowedinhisstudyManandtheNaturalWorld,thegrowthofourknowledgeaboutnaturehascomebycorrectingthe"vulgarerrors"ofcountrypeople.AndalthoughThomaswaswritingabouttheperiodbetween1500and1800,thatprocesscontinuestoday—whatcountrydwellerstakeforgrantedisstillbeingconfoundedbythecarefulobservationofreality.Astudy,fromYorkUnivesity,hascaststrangenewlightonthefarmers'enemy—foxes.Themorefoxesafarmerkills,themorelambsheappearstolosetofoxes.Thatisbecause:newfoxeswillalmostcertainlyoccupytheslainanimals'territory,andnewanimals,unusedtotheterrain,maythenchoosemoreobviousprey—suchaslambs.Themessageofstudiessuchasthisisthatnaturalsystemsarecomplex,unpredictable:understandingthemrequirespatientobservationandcarefulanalysis.Thelackoftheseconditionsexplainswhy,intheearlymodernera,grasssnakeswerekilledasvenomous,andgardenerswormsbecuasetheywerethoughttognawplantroots.Theassumptionthatcountrypeople"ought"toknowaboutsuchthingsisbasedonanurbanruraldividethatopenedupinthe18thcentury.Foracoupleofcenturies,cityandcountrypeopledidinhabitseparaterealms.Butthecar,thephone,themediaandtheInt