Faith Lapidus considers some recent suggestions for protecting Mother Earth.

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It's the passage from Spenser's cave of Mammon canto that describes this same scene of violation, the violation of mother earth.

这是斯潘塞笔下描写贪神之洞的长诗的篇章,它描述了对于大地母亲粗暴冒犯的场景。

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The fallen angels may be -- okay, they may be violating mother earth, not so great, but look what this violation produces.

这些堕落天使可能没有那么严重地侵略大地母亲，但是看看这侵略带来了什么。

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The image of men, and it's a grotesque image, of men rifling the bowels of their mother earth for treasures better hid - this is a disgusting and terrifying image of a lot of things.

人的形象是十分丑陋的，他们深深切入土地母亲以寻找被埋藏的宝藏,很多东西的形象是令人恶心的且十分恐怖的。

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