Already, since 2010, drought and insects have killed over 100 million trees in California, most of them in 2016 alone, and wildfires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.

自2010年以来，干旱和昆虫已经导致加州超过1亿棵树死亡，其中大部分发生在2016年，野火已经烧毁了数十万英亩的土地。

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But shortly thereafter the American naturalist and philosopher accidentally burned over a hundred acres of pristine Massachusetts woodlands.

但不久之后这美国自然主义者和哲学家意外地将麻省上百亩上好的林地一把火烧没了。

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"One elderly gentleman, who has been working on his plot for two years, had his shed pushed over and smashed, all the tools were taken out and burned, there was absolutely nothing left - it's mindless, " he said.

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