广播电视英语短句 第 180 课：与灾难抗争-5

Deforestation has traditionally been a major problem for farmers. 刀耕火种自古就是农民耕作的首要症结所在。

Few trees remain to protect soil from floods, droughts and severe storms. 稀少的树木难以保护土壤免受洪水、干旱和强风暴的袭击。

In the sixteen hundreds Haiti's French colonizers cleared forests to plant sugar cane. 在17世纪的海地，法国殖民者砍伐森林以种植甘蔗。

In the nineteen fifties, forests were cut down for wood and other products. 在20世纪50年代，森林被砍伐用作木材和其他产品。