As you'll have noticed when you drove here, most of the land around the park is farmland.(当你开车来这里的时候,你会发现,公园周围的大部分土地都是农田。)
Trees need more water as temperatures rise, but the prolonged droughts have robbed them of moisture, making whole forests easily cleared of trees and turned into farmland.(随着温度的升高,树木需要更多的水,但是长期的干旱剥夺了它们的水分,使得整片森林很容易被砍伐,变成了农田。)
Opening up new farmland was a possibility, but most of what was suitable had already been exploited and further reclamation was technically unfeasible.(开辟新农田是可能的,但大部分适宜的土地已经开发,进一步开垦在技术上是不可行的。)
The increased productivity from farmland made some countries self-sufficient in grain and livestock, and offered effective protection against famine.(农田生产力的提高使一些国家在粮食和牲畜方面能自给自足,并为防止饥荒提供了有效的保护。)
Once the damage is done, it will take many years for the farmland to recover.(一旦损坏造成,农田需要许多年才能恢复。)
One acre of farmland used for raising cows can produce 250 pounds of beef.(一英亩用于养牛的农田可以生产250磅牛肉。)
We took a gravel road that meandered through farmland.(我们走上了一条蜿蜒穿越农田的石子路。)
It is surrounded by 62 acres of farmland.(它被62英亩的农田环绕着。)
They opened up large areas of wasteland and turned them into farmland.(他们在荒原上拓出大片农田。)
The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water.(荷兰一直在围海造田。)