Some forests are so badly damaged that they become deserts.

一些森林遭到了严重的破坏，变成了沙漠。

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Become deserts. Dunhuang in China, deep in the heart of the Gebi desert.

中国的敦煌，现在深深陷入戈壁滩的腹地。

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Some places on the Earth don't get much rain. But they still don't become deserts.

虽然地球上一些地方很少下雨，然而它们并没有变成沙漠。

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Petra is an ancient city that was sculpted out of sandstone cliffs in the southern deserts of Jordan to become the capital of the Nabataeans.

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Or perhaps with relief, seeing a "troublemaker, " whose deed had caused their masters to become more vigilant and harsh in an effort to forestall further rebellion, now getting his just deserts.

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