Volcanic ash provides nutrients to nearby soil, making the land fertile.

火山灰为附近的土壤提供养分，使土地肥沃。

Nature has provided Shangri-la with endless natural treasures, making the land a happy home for the local people.

大自然为香格里拉提供了无尽的自然宝藏，使得这片土地成为当地人民的幸福家园。

Frequent storms and monsoons are aggravated by shifts in the earth's tectonic plates that cause the ground to sink, making the land susceptible to flooding.

地球构造板块的移动导致地面下沉，从而加剧了频繁的风暴和季风，使土地容易遭受洪水侵袭。

A slave, on the contrary, who can acquire nothing but his maintenance, consults his own ease, by making the land produce as little as possible over and above that maintenance.

相反，一个奴隶，除了他的生活费什么也得不到，他会考虑自己的安逸，尽可能地减少土地在生活费之外的产出。

Not only are we bringing about the extinction of life on a vast scale, we are also making the land and the air and the sea so toxic that the very conditions of life are being destroyed.

我们不仅在大规模地灭绝生物，还把土地、空气和海洋变得毒性如此之大，以至于生物的生存状况正在受到破坏。