Mom： Of course not， honey！ If the livestock gets sick， a farmer is obviously going to give them some meds， but he’s not 6）shooting the animals up 24/7 when they’re not even sick.
Monica： Farmers do that？
Mom： Oh yeah. And it’s not easy on the poor things.
Monica： Wow， I never knew. But wait， what about the fertilizers and pesticides？ Don’t the farmers actually need that stuff？
Mom： Well， technically speaking， they don’t need them， but they certainly don’t hurt.
Monica： So organic farmers 7）are stuck without them？
Mom： Not at all. There are lots of other options like natural fertilizers or doing 8）crop rotation to avoid pests.
Monica： So then why does anyone use the chemicals？
Mom： You underestimate the power of old-fashioned laziness honey.
Monica： Ah， I see. It’s just more work to be organic， eh？
Mom： I knew I raised a smart girl！
Monica： Haha， alright. I’ll get the organic stuff. See you 9）in a bit！
Mom： Bye baby！
Smart Sentences
① I haven’t seen Gran in a coon’s age. 我好長時間沒見到外婆了。
a coon’s age： a very long time（非常長時間）。例如：
Who？ John Levin？ I haven’t heard that name in a coon’s age.
誰？約翰 萊文嗎？我有好長時間沒聽到他的名字了。
② I’m off. 我出發了。
to be off： leave a place（離開）。例如：
She was off again after helping me with my résumé.
她在幫我搞好簡曆後又走了。
③ At the root， it basically just means that no chemicals were used in the process of growing this thing you’re about to stuff your face with. 最初它的基本意思是你準備狼吞虎咽的食品，在其生長過程中沒被施加任何化學藥品。
stuff one’s face： eat greedily（貪婪地吃）。例如：
Amy， stop stuffing your face with the cake and help me with the dishes.
艾米，別再啃蛋糕了，來幫我收拾碗碟。