In the sand states—Florida, Arizona, Nevada and California—these trends went into overdrive in the years leading up to the crisis.
在沙州——佛罗里达、亚利桑那、内华达和加利福尼亚——这些趋势在危机爆发前的几年里发展到了极致。
For instance, subjects are given three words such as "age", "mile" and "sand"—and asked to come up with a single word that can precede or follow each of them to form a compound word.
例如，给受试者三个单词，如“年龄”、“英里”和“沙子”，并要求他们想出一个单词，这个单词可以在这三个词之前或之后组成一个复合词。
This small reptile, which measures just 10 centimeters long, can swim through the sand dunes at up to 15 centimeters per second.
这种身长只有10厘米小型爬行动物，可以在沙子中以最快每秒15厘米的速度游动。
The youngster just got sand up its snout after playing in the sand and needed his mother's help to get it out.
小猫鼬在沙地里玩耍，却不想鼻子里进了沙子，他只是站起来向妈妈寻求帮助把沙子弄出去而已。
The island makers dug gigantic pits and used the excavated sand to build up the perimeter.
建岛时先挖出巨大无比的深坑，然后用挖出的沙子建造环形的边缘。
Hamad dreamed up the idea and had his workmen toil for weeks to craft the enormous piece of sand graffiti.
哈马德自己想出了这个主意，工人辛苦工作数周，在沙滩上造出巨型签名。
For the sun and sand, scoop up your laptop, head to the beach, plop down near the water's edge, and read this column.
置身于阳光和沙滩中，面朝海滩，打开便携式计算机，然后阅读本专栏。
He says up to three-quarters of the island's "body mass" -or sediment-is star sand, and he believes the beach project will help regenerate it naturally.
他表示图瓦卢岛近四分之三都是由星沙构成的，他相信这个海滩计划将有助于这个岛的自然再生。
When I came up sputtering, Jim smiled approvingly and we swam a few strokes to the beach, lay on the hot sand for awhile, and then swam back across the pool to do it again.
当我奋力跳入潭中后，吉姆赞许地冲我微笑，我们划了几下水游到了沙滩上，在热沙子上躺了一会儿，然后游回对岸，再把这种活动做一遍。
If you like to relax by soaking up the sand, sun, and sea, then sydney-with its famous beaches and fine weather - is the place for you.
如果你喜欢放松自己，使自己沉浸在沙滩、阳光和海洋之中，那么悉尼是最好的选择。那里有着著名的阳光海岸和宜人的天气。
Clean water can be drawn for up to several months after the rains have fallen through pipes underneath the DAMS or by digging a hole in the sand.
通过砂坝底下建造地下管道或者在沙中开挖蓄水洞，便可以在雨后连续几个月内抽取这些自然净化过的水。
But the lodging industry must wake up, draw a line in the sand and figure out a way to put the beast back in the cage.
不过，酒店行业必须醒悟了，要明确表明自己的立场，而且想办法把在线旅行社这只野兽关回笼子里面去。
Over the past few years, landlocked cities across Europe have been setting up temporary beaches to offer their residents a summer's day on the sand.
在过去的几年中，一些欧洲内陆城市通过在市里建造临时海滩向其居民提供沙滩上过夏天的乐趣。
On top of this mess, some sand was deposited, buried, lithified into rock, and brought back up to the surface yet again.
在这堆岩层的上面，一些沙子沉积、掩埋、固化成岩，然后又被带回到表面上。
After a few years building up strength, they swim back to the beaches were they were born to lay up to 150 eggs at a time in holes dug in the sand.
几年过去了，它们的力气增强了，他们便游回了他们的出生地，在那里繁衍下一代，他们一次可以产下150个蛋，然后挖个洞把这些蛋埋在沙子里。
Rosie chatters as her Mum picks up the food, carefully brushing the sand from each piece to make it clean.
当妈妈捡起食物，细心地将沙子从每一个上清除的时候，罗西不断的问着。
They worked with hand trowels, a plywood form for lining the shaft with concrete, inch by inch, and a sturdy hand-built crank for lowering a man to the bottom and sending up buckets of sand.
他们的作业工具是：挖土用的手工泥铲、浇筑混凝土井壁用的胶合板模板、还有手工制作摇杆。摇杆将一个人送到井底，那个人就在井底一点点挖土然后再通过摇杆把沙子一桶桶送到地面。
One by one, each of the eight birds pulled sharply upward into a full loop and flew all the way around to a dead-slow stand-up landing on the sand.
八只海鸥，一个接一个，陡直向上跃升，翻了个斤斗，又兜了个圈子，以极慢的速度，直立着降落在沙滩上。
Bulldozers have already cut a road through the cliffs, flattened sand dunes and torn up vegetation to create housing blocks.
推土机已经在悬崖峭壁之间开辟了一条公路，这些机器铲平了沙丘，毁掉了植物草木，为建立住宅区做准备。
From the rooftop, Mr. Sha’er pointed to where Israeli planes bombed Gaza early Wednesday morning, flattening buildings, churning up huge mounds of sand.
从屋顶上，沙阿先生指着以色列飞机周三轰炸的地方——轰炸夷平了建筑物，翻起了大堆沙子。
Clamber up, slide down; gaze in awe at the wildlife that miraculously survives in this sea of sand; and be ready to take many photos as the colors of the dunes change constantly.
攀爬或是滑落，你会看见动物在这片沙漠之中如何奇迹般的生存，心存敬畏。准备好相机，这沙丘的颜色转瞬即变。
The rain had cemented bits of sand, silt and clay into clumps up to a centimeter wide.
雨水把小粒的沙子、淤泥和尘土粘合成厘米大的团块儿。
I remember wondering what audiophiles were up to, buying extremely expensive home audio systems to play old vinyl records. They put turntables in sand-filled enclosures with elaborate cabling schemes.
我回想起我层疑惑那些发烧友的作为：他们购买极端昂贵的家庭音响播放黑胶唱片，把转盘放进接线精细的填沙盒子(不懂什么意思，我不是发烧友)。
The next time you play in the sand, just think about where the sand came from. It's hard to believe it could end up making a great sand castle.
下次在海滩玩耍的时候，想想沙是怎么来的，你很难相信这个过程最终结局会是一座大沙堡。
Little grains of sand can add up to a mountain over time.
日积月累，要相信细沙也可以堆积成山。
It usually takes 10 to 20 seconds of flushing to remove all sand particles, but you may flush the eyes for up to 15 minutes.
通常需要10至20秒才能冲洗掉所有的沙子，但是你可能要冲洗15分钟以上。
I'd cycled down to the village's small beach, where a herd of cows were rambling among laid-up fishing boats, grazing on the sparse grass that poked up through the sand.
我骑车到了村子里小小的沙滩上，有一群母牛被散放在搁浅的渔船之间，吃着沙滩上稀稀拉拉的牧草。
Maddrell said the sand DAMS had the potential to give up to 3 million people access to clean water in the drylands of Africa, and would be of particular benefit to women.
麦爵尔说，这些砂坝最大限度能为非洲干旱地区的300万人提供清洁水源，尤其有益于妇女。
Maddrell said the sand DAMS had the potential to give up to 3 million people access to clean water in the drylands of Africa, and would be of particular benefit to women.
麦爵尔说，这些砂坝最大限度能为非洲干旱地区的300万人提供清洁水源，尤其有益于妇女。
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