1. "If you would have asked an anthropologist or archaeologist how many people lived in these Amazon uplands, they'd say almost zero," he said. 他说：“如果你去问一个人类学家或者考古学家，多少人曾居住在这些亚马逊高地，他们会说几乎为零。”
2. No less important to some people are bracken's effects on threatened habitats and on the use of uplands for recreational purposes, even though many appreciate its beauty. 尽管许多人欣赏蕨类植物的美丽，但对一些人来说，蕨类植物对受威胁的栖息地以及对高地娱乐用途的影响同样重要。
3. It initially surprises us that many of their cities were not built next to the rivers but instead on high terrain in rolling uplands. 最初让我们感到惊讶的是，他们的许多城市并不是建在河边，而是建在地势较高的起伏的高地上。
4. In almost all places in New York State where ducky salamanders used to live, suburban development has cleared uplands and put down asphalt. 在纽约州几乎所有有蝾螈曾经生活过的地方，郊区的发展使得沥青遍地，取代了高地。
