In their quest for resources rich nations (and corporations) have too often devastated poor ones - destroying their forests, eroding their land, and fouling their water.

在寻求资源的时候，富国(和公司)经常破坏穷国环境——砍伐它们的森林，破坏它们的植被并且污染它们的水源。

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A combination of low prices, high interest rates and plummeting land values devastated rural America.

一个低价格、高利率和直线下降的土地价值混杂在一起，使美国乡村遭受打击。

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Other projects in the state of Colorado include a home rebuilt on land devastated by a forest fire and an extension to a riverside property that sits only a few feet from a nearby trout-fishing river.

科罗拉多州的其他项目包括由森林火灾摧毁的重建住宅，和对于河边距附近捕鱼河只有几英尺的基地的扩展。

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But the prime minister, in turn, is reported to get furious that they never give him credit for, as he sees it, bringing stability and progress to a devastated land.

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The floods devastated a tenth of Mozambique's land, and nine-tenths of its irrigated areas.

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For New Orleans' mayor Ray Nagin, the psyche of the people is the most critical issue when it comes to recovering from a disaster like Katrina, which devastated more than 90, 000 square miles of land and claimed about 1, 800 lives.

CNN: How New Orleans got its groove back