广播电视英语短句 第 70 课：流失土壤-1

A new study says almost forty percent of China is losing soil because of wind and water erosion. 一项新调查表明：由于风水侵蚀，将近40%的中国地区正在流失土壤。

The Chinese government recently announced the results of a three-year study. 中国政府最近宣布一项3年调查结果。

The study was the largest of its kind since China became a communist nation in nineteen forty-nine. 自1949年中国成为共产党领导的国家以来，这是此类调查中最大型的一次。

Researchers found that China has three and one-half million square kilometers of eroded land. 研究者发现中国拥有350万平方公里的侵蚀土地。

Water has eroded more than one and one-half million square kilometers of that territory. 这其中水侵蚀土地超过150万平方公里。