One fifth of the world's fresh water is also found in the Amazon Rainforest.

世界上五分之一的淡水也存在于亚马逊雨林中。

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In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the "lungs of our planet" because it produces 20% of the world's oxygen.

事实上，亚马逊雨林是“地球之肺”，因为它为地球供给了20%的氧气。

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The largest tropical rainforest is the Amazon Rainforest in South America, which covers 1.2 billion acres, or almost five million square kilometers.

最大的热带雨林是南美洲的亚马逊雨林，它占地12亿英亩，相当于近500万平方公里。

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The latter phenomenon is what happened in 2005 when the Amazon rainforest was hit by a serious drought.

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The dam is to be built on the Xingu River in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

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Because, you know, humans prefer eating food to dying of starvation and the Amazon rainforest be damned.

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