Life will go on and, for farmers and those dependent on the land, the next crop should be a good one, if the weather holds.
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然后一些很奇怪的事儿发生了:梯田里的黄土不再在碎岩石上-在非常完美层压的黏土丰富的沉积物上。
Then something strange happened: the loess in the terraces wasn't on top of crushed rock anymore - it was on top of very finely laminated clay-rich sediments.
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这里能源储备虽然丰富,但过于依赖煤炭使黄土地成为全世界空气污染最严重的地区之一。
It has rich energy reserves, but over-dependence on coal accounts for some of the world's worst air pollution.