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。

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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。

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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。

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When rivers that had burst their banks receded, they left sand up to two metres deep.

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