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英语经济杂志 The seven-year itch 七年之痒（陈继龙 编译） Jul 27th 2006 | MACAU From The Economist print edition THE army of workers operating along what used to be Macaus waterfront is conducting “land reclamation[1]”: dumping sand into the water to create more land on which to build ever more casinos, resorts and hotels in the formerly Portuguese playground. Cranes and bulldozers beaver away[2] throughout the territory, building new high-rises. Like most of Chinas booming conurbations[3], Macau is paying an environmental price; the air is thick with smog and dust, and the Pearl River has transferred some of