It snowed the day before — giving a strange feeling at a time of year when there is virtually no darkness — but on Sunday the sun blazed across the water.

前一天下了雪——在一年中几乎没有黑暗的时候，会有一种奇怪的感觉——但周日，太阳照耀着湖面。

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In very long period of time, I can not sleep well. The darkness resembled the gradually concretionary plaster envelop, sealing me inside.

很长的日子里，我无法入睡，黑暗像渐渐凝固的石膏，把我封印在里面。

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What the birds really have is a clock-like mechanism which allows them to time hours of darkness or light in each day.

鸟类真正具有的是一种“似钟的装置”，使它们能从时间上区分每天黑夜或白昼的小时数。

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Each year it's dramatized by the cycle of the seasons, And at a certain time of the year it seems that The forces of darkness and chaos are prevailing but each spring, Once again, cosmic order and life return.

每年这冲突都由季节的轮回戏剧性地体现出来，仿佛是每年都有一个时期,弥散着黑暗和混乱的势力，可是每当春天来临，宇庙的秩序又恢复了。

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This time riot police used the cover of darkness to break up the protest, beating the protesters.

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The best time of year to see them is during winter, when darkness in the upper latitudes stretches up to 24 hours.

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The data that he and his team have collected suggest the animals plan their moves with guerrilla-like precision, sprinting from the safety of one game reserve to another under cover of darkness and spending as little time as possible in the poacher-infested areas in between.

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