1. I knew that strip mining was tearing up many scenic areas and that clear-cutting was causing widespread damage in the mountains. 我知道，露天采矿正在毁掉许多风景区，砍掉成片森林给山区造成广泛的破坏。
2. That's because less clear-cutting may mean less malaria, according to a paper out this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. 本周《新发传染病》上刊登的一篇文章指出，这是因为砍伐树木越少就有可能使疟疾发作的越少。
3. ABSTRACT: Justin Winery released a statement showing that they felt ashamed and sorry for clear-cutting a stand of mature oak trees in Paso Robles. 摘要： 贾斯汀酒庄发表声明，表示对其移除帕索罗布尔斯地区老橡树林的行为深感抱歉和愧疚。
4. As an environmental editor, I knew that strip mining was tearing up many scenic areas and that clear-cutting was causing widespread damage in the mountains. 作为一个生态环境编辑，我知道，露天采矿正在毁掉许多风景区，砍掉成片森林给山区造成广泛的破坏。
5. I was upset by what I thought were excessive clear-cutting practices by some of our timber companies and appointed Steve Smith to head a task force to look into it. 我们州内的一些木材公司在砍伐树木时采取了完全砍伐光的过分做法，我对此感到不快，于是指派史蒂夫·史密斯率领一个特别小组去调查此事。
