Not only are we bringing about the extinction of life on a vast scale, we are also making the land and the air and the sea so toxic that the very conditions of life are being destroyed.

我们不仅使生物大规模灭绝，还令陆地、空气和海洋含有巨大毒性，从而使生物的生存条件遭到破坏。

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Making the land use maps is an important content to compile the general plan of land use.

制作土地利用分区图是编制土地利用总体规划的一项重要内容。

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Nature has provided Shangri-la with endless natural treasures, making the land a happy home for the local people. page.

大自然为香格里拉提供了无数的自然宝藏，使得这片土地成为当地人民的幸福家园。

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They showed the men in the boat that it was slowly making progress toward land.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

And so here in Exodus, we find that just as the nation of Israel is coming into existence, just as the Israelites are making the transition from a nomadic existence to a more settled way of life ultimately in their own land, there seems to be a collective memory of a similar change in her religion.

所以在《出埃及记》中，我们可以看到,以色列作为一个国家即将诞生，就像犹太人,从游牧的生活方式,向更安定生活的转变,就像在宗教中同一个改变中的共同记忆。

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The land surface pokes just a couple of meters on average above sea level, making it the lowest-lying nation in the world.

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The Japanese auto industry is likely to remain a potent force, but increasingly manufacturers will supply their brands from plants that are less vulnerable to earthquakes, exchange rates and other disadvantages that have been making the Land of the Rising Sun a difficult place to do business.

MSN: The hollowing out of Japan��s auto industry

Also, making the existing land reform act less complex and easier for communities to use.

BBC: Community Land Scotland submission to land reform review

Everyone is focussing on 2014 and making sure the land is in a good condition to get good crops then.

BBC: Britain 'running out of wheat' owing to bad weather