Producers and Consumers
生产者和消费者
A producer is someone who provides goods or services.
生产者是指提供商品或服务的人。
A farmer is a producer.
农民就是生产者。
Things like fruit and vegetables are products that are made by a farmer.
水果和蔬菜是农民生产的产品。
He sells his products in the marketplace.
他在市场上销售他的产品。
At the marketplace, a person who owns a business sells the fruit and vegetables.
在市场上，一个拥有企业的人出售水果和蔬菜。
These things are then sold to your mom.
然后这些东西被卖给你妈妈。
Your mom is a consumer.
你妈妈是个消费者。
Your mom then takes the products home and uses things like onions and mushrooms as the raw materials in a meal.
然后你妈妈把产品带回家，用洋葱和蘑菇作为一顿饭的原材料。
The farmer is not just a producer.
农民不仅仅是生产者。
He can buy things like bread or cars.
他可以买面包或汽车之类的东西。
Now, he is a consumer too.
现在，他也是消费者了。
Your mom can be a producer too.
你妈妈也可以成为制片人。
For example, when she teaches students at a school, she is a producer.
例如，当她在一所学校教书时，她是一名制片人。
People can be both producers and consumers.
人既可以是生产者，也可以是消费者。