All together, this mass of waste floating in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The way these things work, when you are engaged in agriculture, it's natural to go first to that soil, to that patch of land which is known to be likely to produce the best land, the most fertile, the best product, the most fertile land there is.

这一方式是这样运作的,当你从事农业,你自然而然的会首先关注土壤因素,去找出已知土地中最为肥沃的那一块,土地越肥沃,产量越高,就越追求更为肥沃的土地

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They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch's effect on ocean environment.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The existence of the North Pacific Garbage Patch first gained public attention in nineteen ninety-seven.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Last month, a team from the University of California at San Diego became the latest group to travel to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The military says heavy clashes are taking place as troops advance toward a 30-square-kilometer patch of jungle in which the Tamil Tigers are cornered.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Austan Goolsbee spoke on Fox News Sunday: "It is going to be a rough patch not just in the immediate term, but for a little bit of time ".

VOA: standard.2009.06.07