On this day the land has spoken again: "My child, you look at me a bar!" To trees is dismissive: "no, I will not bow." tree desperate.

这一天土地又发话了：“孩子，你就看我一眼吧！”可大树却不屑一顾：“不行，我不会低头。”大树绝望了。

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So desperate was Japan, it even tried to make aviation fuel by distilling pine tree roots.

走投无路，绝望透顶的日本，甚至企图通过蒸馏松树根制造航空燃油。

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The town has been desperate to protect its prized tree.

该镇一直都竭尽全力来保护这颗珍贵的树。

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Wars since 1979 have ended all controls, while greatly increasing the number of poor people desperate to fell any tree they can find.

ECONOMIST: Missing trees reflect the country's woeful recent history