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Livingin China's Expanding Deserts
生活在中國龐大的沙海
In the Tengger Desert, China — This desert,called the Tengger, lies on the southern edge of the massive Gobi Desert, not far from major cities like Beijing. The Tengger is growing.
騰格里沙漠，中國— 這是一片名為騰格里的沙漠，位於廣袤戈壁灘的南緣，與一些大城市比如北京相距不遠。它的面積一天大似一天。
For years, China’s deserts spread at an annual rate of more than 1,300 square miles. Many villages have been lost. Climate change and human activities have accelerated desertification. China says government efforts to relocate residents, plant trees and limit herding have slowed or reversed desert growth in some areas. But the usefulness of those policies is debated by scientists, and deserts are expanding in critical regions.
中國的沙漠在過去許多年間以每年超過1300平方英裡（約合3367平方公裡）的速度拓展著自己的領地。許多村莊都消失了。氣候變化和人為活動加劇了沙漠化的趨勢。中國稱政府採取的遷出居民、種植樹木、限制放牧等舉措放緩了沙漠化的速度，但科學家們對這些政策的有效性持有爭議。關鍵區域的沙漠化趨勢仍在蔓延。
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/24/world/asia/living-in-chinas-expanding-deserts.html
詞彙：
Desertification: [dɪˌzɜːrtɪfɪ'keɪʃn] (土壤)荒漠化；沙漠化
Relocate：[ˌriː'loʊkeɪt] 重新安置
問題：
Desert,dessert, dissert 這三個單詞您分的清嗎？
答案： desert -- 沙漠； dessert -- 飯後甜點； dissert -- 寫論文