在樹木稀疏的小山坡上，一只貘正看著一只松鼠在樹木間跳來跳去。“ 你還記得這些山上曾經(jīng)長滿了竹子嗎？”貘問道�！拔覜]看到過，但是我祖母曾經(jīng)說過。她還說那時候這里更涼爽，每年的降雨量更大。”松鼠回答道。
　　On a sparsely wooded hillside, a tapir is watching a squirrel leap from tree to tree.“Remember when these mountains were covered in bamboo?” asks the tapir.“I never saw it myself, but my grandma told me about it. She also said that it used to be much cooler during the day and that we had more rain all year round,” replies the squirrel.
　　“ 嗯， 自從桉樹種得越來越多，土地就變得越來越干燥了。”“為什么人們要種這種瘋狂吸水的樹，并且放任它生長呢？這對土地一點好處也沒有�！薄澳阒�道，農(nóng)民們聽說這種外來的樹長得比其他樹更快。”
　　“Well, since the eucalyptus tree became so
　　popular, the soil is much drier.”“How can anyone plant a tree that guzzles so much water? And then allow it to keep on growing? It’s not good for the soil.” “You see, farmers were told that this alien tree would grow faster than any other tree.”
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