They grow quickly, but exhaust water reserves. 它们生长快速，但耗水也多

213. At the foot of these eucalyptus trees,
     在这些桉树下 寸草不生
214. Nothing grows, because their leaves form a bed...
     因其掉下来的树叶覆盖地面
215. That is toxic for most other plants.
     对其他大多数植物有毒
216. They grow quickly, but exhaust water reserves.
     它们生长快速，但耗水也多
217. Soybeans, palm oil, eucalyptus trees-
     黄豆 棕榈油 桉树
218. Deforestation destroys the essential to produce the superfluous.
     森林砍伐是舍本逐末
219. But elsewhere, deforestation is a last resort to survive.
     但在别处 森林砍伐是最后的生存手段

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