They thought that if the Earth itself was moving, there would have to be a constant wind blowing, sweeping them off their feet, and of course there wasn't.

他们认为，如果地球在运动的话，那么就会有风不断吹来，把他们刮倒——当然了，这种风并不存在。

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The earth-moving trucks and cement mixers lay idle.

运土卡车和水泥搅拌车都闲置着。

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Here on Earth, moving tectonic plates are a major geological element, just crucial for the whole surface dynamic, right?

在地球上，移动的构造板块是一个主要的地质元素，对整个地表的动态变化至关重要，对吗？

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Scientists who study the Earth tell us that the continents and ocean floors are always moving.

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Like the toys,Transformers are robots that can change into vehicles such as cars and earth-moving equipment.

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The only thing moving was the earth, in constant aftershocks.

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If the signature of an element is found at a wavelength that is slightly to the blue side of what experiments in a laboratory show, this means the star is moving towards the earth, making the wavelength of the light it was emitting slightly shorter.

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On Friday, Phobos-Grunt was moving around the Earth at an altitude that varied between 177km (perigee) and 224km (apogee).

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