Natural resources, such as timber and oil, are becoming scarce.

像木材和石油等这类的天然资源正日渐稀少。

Never think that natural resources are unlimited.

认为天然资源是源源绝的。

For over 5,000 years these waters have provided natural resources for Native Americans and European settlers.

这里的河流为美国的印第安人和欧洲殖民者提供了丰富的天然资源，已有超过 5000 年史。

No natural resources, no oil or gas.

没有天然资源，没有石油或天然气。

Historically, textile dyes were made from such natural sources as plants and animal excretions.

从史上看，纺织染料是由植物和动物排泄物等天然资源制成的。

Ethiopia is an incredible country of immense beauty, with an abundance of one of the most precious natural resources in the world.

埃亚的风景非常优美，拥有大量全世界珍贵的天然资源。

When the city became a republic in 1965, few thought a country with so few resources and of vastly different ethnic groups could succeed.

新加坡於 1965 年宣布独立，当时有些人认为这个国家缺乏天然资源，又融合太多民族，难以获得成功。

You might think that finding hundreds of billions of dollars worth of natural resources in your country might be a blessing, a great thing for your nation.

你或许会认为， 在国内发现价值数千亿美元的天然资源，对国家而言是件幸事， 是大大的好事。

In the Beta-Minus geography room John learnt that, a savage reservation is a place which, owing to unfavourable climatic or geological conditions, or poverty of natural resources, has not been worth the expense of civilizing.

约翰在塔减教室的地理课学到了这样的东西, 野蛮人保留地是由于气候或地理条件利，或天然资源缺乏，值得花费功夫去文明化的地区。