And as any girl scout knows, twigs catch light more readily than branches, so a twiggy sort of plant can catch fire more readily than its non-twiggy sister.

每个女童子军队员都知道，细枝比粗枝更容易聚光，所以细枝多的植物比枝条不那么细的同类姐妹更容易着火。

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Plants catch light and turn it into an electric current, then use that energy to excite catalysts that split water into hydrogen and oxygen during what is called photosynthesis' light cycle.

植物捕获光线，转换成电流，然后利用这一这能量激活催化剂，然后把水分解成氢和氧，这一过程被称为光合作用的亮循环。

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At first I didn't catch on, then I suddenly saw the light.

始而不解，继而恍然。

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When the light shines just the right way, bronze squares in the doors seem to catch fire.

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The architects turned the pier into a hexagon with faceted sides that catch the light and reduce the apparent visual mass.

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Because the rims of these craters catch rays of light from the sun, this may provide sufficient illumination for the spectrometer to detect frozen water.

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Tubes at the top and bottom are intended to catch these flashes of light and tell scientists both the location and the intensity of the interactions.

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