I went knowing that Shidu would have changed too, but I had no inkling of its despoliation. 我学习中文，想打开眼界，来了解这个幅员辽阔的国家的诸多差异。当我在“孤星”系列导游手册的最后一页发现了十渡（上面只有火车时刻表和几行说明）的时候，我已经游过了北京所有景点，于是我决定去十渡。
The thick stumps, mute witnesses to the terrible despoliation, are scattered all over the place, looking "proud and stubborn, slain but unyielding". 遍地“夭矫顽强，死而不仆”的巨大树根，无声地向游人们控诉着侵略者的罪行。
Environmentalists have long complained that GDP treats the despoliation of the planet as a plus (via the resulting economic output) rather than a minus (forests destroyed). 长久以来，环境学家一直在抱怨，他们认为GDP视掠夺地球为一道加法题（通过作为结果的贸易出口量）而不是一道减法题（如森林破坏）。
Already there are tens of thousands of protests each year: from those robbed of their land for development;from laid-off workers;from those suffering the side-effects of environmental despoliation. 那里每年都会发生成千上万起示威，从征地开发问题，到下岗工人问题，到环境恶化的副作用问题等，都是示威的起因。
Already there are tens of thousands of protests each year: from those robbed of their land for development; from laid-off workers; from those suffering the side-effects of environmental despoliation. 目前中国每年已有数以万计的抗议事件发生，抗议者包括因开发而被征地的居民、下岗工人以及环境掠夺副作用的受害者们。
from those suffering the side-effects of environmental despoliation. 来自于那些保守环境掠夺伤害的人们。
