The mouth of the river was beginning to silt up-a powerful symbol of over-exploitation.

墨累-达令的河口开始被泥沙淤塞，这是过度开发的有力信号。

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Under a hugely ambitious scheme dreamed up by the British company, the silt flats north of Shanghai would have been home to a low-carbon, near car-free city the size of Manhattan.

这片北上海的淤泥地被野心勃勃的英国公司构想为一座低碳、车辆少，且相当于曼哈顿大小的家园。

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The next day the team began to sieve the loose, sandy silt around the spot-more hand bones and foot bones turned up.

第二天，考察队开始在现场周围用筛子过滤松散的沙质粉土，他们又陆续发现了更多的手骨和足骨。

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More often than not, a bilateral deal unblocks one trade route only to silt up its tributaries.

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But by the time it was completed in 1598, the Guadalquivir River had begun to silt up, causing all New World trade to move to Cadiz and the building became a rather opulent filing cabinet instead.

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Ian Barclay, a project manager on the silt scheme, said it would be good to add the extra barrier to stop the silt building up again so quickly.

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