Until a few years ago, the virgin forest here covered an area half the size of Germany.

直到几年前，这里原始森林覆盖面积还有半个德那么大。

He managed to stop the cutting of virgin forest (and the destruction of golden monkey habitat) in Yunnan province.

他成功阻止了对云南原始森林砍伐，由此也阻止了对金丝猴栖破坏。

A rival draft, by the forestry ministry, would cover just virgin forest—much of which, activists say, is in theory protected anyway.

但是据活动家所说，不管是原始森林还是再生林，在理论上都应该受到保护。

The virgin forest with its richness and variety of trees was a real treasure-house which extended from Maine all the way down to Georgia.

原始森林树木郁郁葱葱、种类繁多，是一座真正宝库，从缅因州向南一直延伸至乔治亚州。

Why, then, —while so much of the soil around him was bestrewn with the virgin forest leaves, —why should Colonel Pyncheon prefer a site that had already been accurst?

那么，为什么——虽然他周围许多土壤都布满了原始森林树叶——为什么品钦上校偏爱一个已被破坏点？