Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
環境污染可以對一個區域的生態造成極大的影響。
A string of disasters struck the region.
一連串的災難襲擊這個地區。
He promised to bring new industries to the region, but politicians rarely keep their word.
他承诺给这个地区带来新的工业,但是政治家很少完成他们的承诺。
The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.