With the land so arid, he spends a lot of time tending to the system of irrigation ditches that run through the property.

土地很干旱，他花费了大量的时间去挖掘灌溉水渠来灌溉牧场。

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Farmers increasingly rent the land they cultivate, which can mean they are less familiar with areas at risk for erosion or are less invested in caring for the land over the long run.

农民不断增加租用可耕地面积，这也意味着他们对耕种土地的侵蚀风险并不熟悉，或者从长远打算来看，并不想在保护土地方面投入太多。

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Each station, with land around it developed by a centrally run Greater Paris corporation, is to be an economic hub.

每个车站周围的土地将被伟大巴黎公司统筹并开发，车站因而会成为经济中心。

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"The Egyptians were fertilising the land, and then fertilising the sea with the run-off, " she said.

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These feudal rulers, like the princely states of India, were given identity, power, recognition and land by Britain to run the subcontinent and were bestowed with the same privileges and undemocratic methods that, as you mention, they still retain.

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She completed three London Marathons, several triathlons, The Great North Run and, together with her brother, cycled from John O'Groats to Land's End and from Rome to Leeds.

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