双语有声阅读:China plagued by locusts 中国遭蝗害

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China plagued by locusts² 中国遭蝗害

Huge swarms⁴ of locusts have been destroying crops in northern China - a region which is already suffering from its worst drought in more than a decade.

Two areas have been struck by the locust¹ plague at once.

In north-central China, at least six provinces have been hit by massive infestations⁶, and in the far north-western province of Xinjiang, another large swarm³ of insects is rapidly chewing its way through the summer crop.

In the worst affected⁷ areas of Xinjiang, local farmers are reporting infestation⁵ levels of 4,000 locusts per square metre.

According to one local paper, this is the biggest outbreak of locusts in a quarter of a century.

已在经受一场十年不遇的旱情的中国北方，近来庄稼又被大量蝗虫所危害。

同时有两个地区遭到蝗灾。

在华北，至少有六个省大面积遭蝗虫袭击，在遥远的西北部的新疆，大量蝗虫也在快速扫荡夏季庄稼。

在新疆灾害最严重的地方，当地农民说每平方米蝗虫数量可达4,000只。

据一家地方报纸说，这是25年来爆发的最大的一场蝗灾