How dreary looked the forest-track that led backward to the settlement, where Hester Prynne must take up again the burden of her ignominy, and the minister the hollow mockery of his good name!

那通往居民区的林中小路看来有多么沉闷，一回到那居民区，海丝特·白兰就得重新负起她那耻辱的重荷，而牧师则要再次戴上他那好名声的空虚的面具！

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Upland forest reserves are vital for these and other species, but expanding human settlement could sever access.

对大象和其他物种来说，这片山地森林保护区是它们赖以生存的关键，但人类村落的不断扩展会切断它们通往水源的道路。

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10A helicopter drops water over a forest fire near the settlement of Kustarevka, Russia on August 10, 2010. (REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov)

2010年8月10日，库斯塔列夫卡（Kustarevka）村落附近，直升机将水泼在起火的树上。

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The loggers' hostility towards Seeds of the Forest has grown in recent months because the settlers want the authorities to allow them to use another large area of forest adjacent to their settlement.

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