广播电视英语短句 第 28 课：毛虫啃噬的植被-2

The caterpillars are black and hairy and two to three centimeters long. 毛虫是黑色多毛的，2—3厘米长。

They were first reported in Bong County in northern Liberia on January fifteenth. 在1月15日时它们在利比里亚北部的邦县被首次发现报道。

They have spread into areas of Lofa County and Gbarpolu County, bordering Guinea and Sierra Leone. 这些毛虫已经蔓延进入罗发县和巴波卢县的地域，波及几内亚和塞拉利昂国家。

The area struck by the caterpillars has some of the richest farmland in Liberia. 毛虫侵袭的区域拥有些利比里亚最肥沃的农田。

The agriculture minister said Bong County grows most of the country's cassava, eddoes, plantains, bananas and potatoes. 农业部长称，邦县出产这个国家绝大部分的树薯，青芋，大蕉，香蕉和土豆。

Ben Donnie, an environmental activist, said the Liberian food supply is sure to suffer. Ben Donnie，这位环境活动家说利比里亚的食物供应必定要受挫。