The government is warring with environmentalists over proposed dams on the madeira and xingu rivers .

关于在madeira和xingu河上建水坝的问题上，政府和环保主义者之间进行着斗争。

The most recent arrivals are 20000 construction workers building dams on the madeira and xingu rivers to provide electricity to brazil 's populous south .

最后到来的是两万名建筑工人，他们要在马代拉河和兴谷河上筑坝，提供电力给人口稠密的巴西南部。

Rivers are the natural highways in amazonia , which may explain why the burning is occurring right next to the xingu river , one of amazonia 's largest .

亚马逊地区的河是天然公路，这也解释了为什么森林烧毁发生在亚马逊地区最大的河流之一星谷河旁边。