Professor Cox says the first step to designing an earthquake-resistant building is to study the soil.

考克斯教授称，设计抗震建筑要做的第一步是先研究土壤。

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In fact, it was what a professor of soil quality at a lesser-known university in the Netherlands promised to a scientific conference that concluded on October 16th.

实际上，这是一个土壤质量学的教授近些年才提出的。这个教授来自荷兰的一个名气较小的大学，他10月16日在一个科学研讨会提出了上述观点。

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Professor Mu Xingming of the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation told the Guardian that overpopulation was largely to blame.

中科院水土保持研究所教授穆兴民告诉《卫报》记者说，人口的过度增长是水土的问题的主要原因。

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For cadmium to be evident in rice grains as well, the soil in which it was grown must have been especially highly polluted, said Jonathan Wong, a Hong Kong biology professor who has studied soil pollution extensively on the mainland.

WSJ: Cadmium-Tainted Rice Found in Guangzhou

For cadmium to be evident in rice grains as well, the soil in which it was grown must have been especially highly polluted, said Jonathan Wong, a Hong Kong biology professor who has studied mainland soil pollution extensively.

WSJ: Cadmium-Tainted Rice Found in Guangzhou