As water flows along the ground, it picks up sand, pebbles, even boulders.

雨水沿着地面流动时，夹带了泥沙、卵石，甚至大圆石。

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In most cases, extracting oil involves chopping down the forest that blankets the region, draining the boggy ground, stripping off the topsoil and literally digging up the oily sand below.

在大多数情况下，要从油沙中提炼出石油需要先把覆盖该地区的森林砍掉，排干地面的水分，去掉表层土然后当然就是把地下的油沙挖出来。

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A good vacuuming will get up the sand and other loose debris from your car's carpeting, but it won't do diddly for stains or ground-in dirt.

用真空吸尘器好好打扫的话可以把沙土和其他一些碎屑吸出来，但它对染色和污垢就毫无办法了。

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