Do you know how much arable land there is in China?
你知道中国可耕地有多少吗？That's nearly a tenth of the amount of arable land used to produce five major grain and oilseed categories this year, by official estimates.
根据官方估计数字计算，这差不多是今年用于生产五种主粮和油籽作物可耕地的十分之一。Faced with shortages and a reduction in arable land due to development and disaster, some Asian countries are reducing food exports.
部份亚洲国家因土地开发和自然灾害面临可耕地短缺与减少，正在削减粮食出口。The old farmer owns a piece of arable land on which he has grown fruit trees for 25 years.
那位老农拥有一片可耕地，他在这片土地上种了25年的果树。Mongolia is the 18th largest country in the world by area. However, it has very little arable land: much of its area is grassland.
蒙古是18世纪世界上面积最大的国家，不过蒙古的可耕地面积非常少，大部分都是草地。Earthworm populations in arable soils in the United States may be destroyed by frost .
在美国可耕地中蚯蚓的种群会被冰冻所毁坏。The world is likely to lose one third of its arable land by the end of the century.
到本世纪末，全世界有可能失去三分之一的可耕地。So far, more than 80-million hectares of arable land have been affected.
到目前为止，超过8千万公顷可耕地已经受到影响。For instance, much has been made recently of the shrinkage of farmable land due to creeping urbanization.
比如近期通货膨胀有很大一部分是可耕地因贪婪的城市化而缩减造成的。