Clearing woodland by burning it is a trick almost as old as humanity itself, but the presence of man also increases a forest's susceptibility to fire.

烧掉树木以得到空地是几乎和人类一样古老的伎俩，但是人类的存在也增加了森林对火灾的敏感性。

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When one has passed, they leap into action to blossom in the clearing that the fire has created.

当火灾过后，在大火燃烧之后遗留下来的空地上他们就会盛开起来。

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One, in his second year there, says the village chief in Meranti granted him a six-hectare claim after his coconut grove in Teluk Binjai was destroyed in a land-clearing fire.

一个在村里住了两年的村民说，他在直落宾甲路的椰林被烧荒大火毁掉后，村长答应给他6公顷林地。

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The Karen Refugees Committee, a leading refugee organization, recently said the reforms in Myanmar "signal a ray of hope for many refugees to be able to return to their homeland, " but laid down 10 conditions for repatriation ranging from a solid nationwide cease-fire to clearing the vast mine fields along the border.

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In a sense, today's crisis is like a forest fire running through the ecosystem of the economy, clearing out the mature monocultures of the past and allowing a more heterogeneous blossoming of new start-ups to emerge and redefine markets.

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Its derives from the fact that many houses sprung up after a clearing in a forest, where there had been a fire.

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