【英语时差8,16】伐木致热带雨林土壤贫瘠（上）

Deep, green forests, thick with plants and ringing with the sounds of wildlife. When we think of the rain forest we usually think of abundant life. In fact, rain forests contain the world’s greatest abundance and variety of life. One research station in a Peruvian rain forest counted six hundred species of birds. That’s about as many species of birds as there are in all of North America. And the diversity of plants is even greater than it is for animals. In an area where everything grows so prolifically¹, you’d think a farm would also flourish. But when tropical, lowland rain forest, like what fills the Amazon basin of South America, is destroyed, the soil is generally to poor to grow anything for more than a year. One reason the rain forest soil is so poor is that most of the nutrients² are stored in the plants themselves.

1 prolifically   

adv.多产地，丰富地

参考例句：

• He wrote prolifically both in Ireland and England, nearly constantly shuttling from one to the other. 他几乎不断穿梭于爱尔兰和英国之间，并在两地写出大量作品。 来自互联网
• He had directed his first film in 1923 and had worked prolifically throughout the silent era. 1923年，沟口健二执导了他的处女作，在之后的整个默片时代里，他创作了大量作品。 来自互联网

2 nutrients   

n.（食品或化学品）营养物，营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
• Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》