俄罗斯人采取完全不同的看法，他们在北冰洋地区控制的潜在的可开采面积要比美国和加拿大合起来还要大的多。

The Russians, who control far more prospective drilling area in the Arctic Ocean than the United States and Canada combined, take a far different view.

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西方森林面积的快速增长似乎同其他各地的森林开采速度一样不可阻挡。

The growth of Western forests seems almost as unstoppable as deforestation elsewhere.

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在2003年以前，那里是一大片的原始森林。然而，从2003年至2009，超过15000亩(比百慕大面积还大)森林被砍伐，只是为了腾出地方来开采黄金。

Before 2003, the sites were pristine swaths of forest, but from 2003 to 2009, over 15, 000 acres (larger than the size of Bermuda) were cut down to make way for gold mining.

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