Lathrop says it is difficult to predict changes that happen over thousands of years.

莱思罗普说很难预测未来几千年内会发生什么改变。

In their laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation, Lathrop and his team are trying to find out how and why that happens.

在国家科学基金会的资助下，莱思罗普及其团队在实验室里努力研究这一切是如何发生的，以及为何会这样。

Immediately upon our marriage we commenced house- keeping, in the old yellow building then standing at the southern extremity of Fort Edward village, and which has since been transformed into a modern mansion, and lately occupied by Captain Lathrop.

结婚后， 我们立即开始打理家务，住在当时位于爱德华堡村南端的那栋黄色旧楼里，后来改建成了一座现代化的豪宅，最近由拉斯罗普上尉居住。