Slash-and-burn farming can be good for soils provided it doesn't completely burn all the vegetation, and leaves behind charred wood.
刀耕火种的耕作方式对土壤是有好处的，只要它不完全烧掉所有的植被，只留下烧焦的木头。
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This is especially so in desperately poor countries, where residents in the countryside slash and burn forests each growing season to clear space for farming.
在极度贫困的国家更是如此，那里的农村居民在每个生长季节都要砍伐和烧毁森林，来为农业腾出空间。
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Yet this year the governor will probably slash funding for them.