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Section1:English-ChineseTranslation(50points)
TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChinese.
OldpeopleinWidouThiengolysaytheycan
rememberwhenthereweresomanytreesthatyou
couldn’tseethesky.Now,milesofreddish-brown
sandsurroundthisvillageinnorthwesternSenegal,
dottedwithoccasionalbushesandtrees.Driedanimal
dungisscatteredeverywhere,buthardlyanydried
grassis.
Overgrazingandclimatechangearethemajor
causesoftheSahara’sadvance,saidGillesBoetsch,
ananthropologistwhodirectsateamofFrench
scientistsworkingwithSenegaleseresearchersinthe
region.“ThelocalPeulpeopleareherders,often
nomadic.Butthepressureoftheherdsonthelandhas
beetoogreat,”Mr.Boetschsaidinaninterview.
“Thevegetationcan’tregenerateitself.”
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Aftertheirfirstdryseason,thesaplingslook
dead,browntwigsstickingoutofholesintheground,
but80percentsurvive.Sixyearson,treesplantedin
2023areuptothreemeters,or10feet,tall.Sofar,
30,000hectares,orabout75,000acres,havebeen
planted,including4,000hectaresthissummer.There
arealreadydiscernibleimpactsonthemicroclimate,
saidJean-LucPeiry,aphysicalgeographyprofessorat
theUniversitBlaisePascalinClermont-Ferrand,
France,whohasplaced30sensorstorecord
temperaturesinsomeplantedparcels.
“Preliminaryresultsshowthatclumpsoffourto
eightsmalltreescanhaveanimportantimpacton
temperature,”ProfessorPeirysaidinaninterview.
“Thetranspirationofthetreescreatesa
microclimatethatmoderatesdailytemperature
extremes.”“Thetreesalsohaveanimportantrolein
slowingthesoilerosioncausedbythewind,reducing
thedust,andactinglikealargeroughdoormat,
haltingthesand-ladenwindsfromtheSahara,”he