标题: Stink Bug (from China) + Urbanization [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 3-17-2012 12:26 标题: Stink Bug (from China) + Urbanization (1) Darryl Fears, Stink Bugs Migrating to the Deep South. Washington Post, Mar 16, 2012. http://www.washingtonpost.com/na ... QA2noTHS_story.html
("Brown marmorated stink bugs native to China were first discovered in Allentown, Pa., in 1998, likely after crawling out of a cargo ship")
My comment:
(a) brown marmorated stink bug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug
(or simply the stink bug; Halyomorpha halys; The adults are approximately 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in) long and about as wide; The stink glands are located on the underside of the thorax, between the first and second pair of legs, and on the dorsal surface of the abdomen)
(b) marmorate (adj): "variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble" http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Marmorate
(c) There is no need to read the report.
The basic driver of remarkable economic growth in China — and India, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil and pretty much every other developing country — is pretty simple: migration of people from rural areas, where they’re not very productive, to dense cities, where they are very productive. This is a tried-and-true strategy for making people and countries richer. But it’s not just for developing countries.
Note:
(a) This is a book review on
(i) Edward Glaeser, Triumph of the City; How our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier. Penguin, 2011.
(ii) Ryan Avent, The Gated City. Kindle eBook, 2011. http://www.ryanavent.com/blog/?page_id=6
(iii) Matt Yglesias, The Rent Is Too Damn High; What to do about it and why it matters more than you think. Simon and Schuster, 2012 (eBook).
(b) The "necessarily" in "We haven’t done it on purpose, necessarily" in an adverb that means;
": of necessity : UNAVOIDABLY
2: as a logical result or consequence" www.m-w.com