Once it was understood how these plates move, it was possible to determine past movements of Earth's continents and how these slow movements have reshaped Earth's features at different times.

一旦人们了解了这些板块是如何运动的，就有可能确定过去地球上大陆的运动，以及这些缓慢的运动如何在不同时期重塑了地球的特征。

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With slow shutter speed, it's more likely that you or your subject is going to move while the shutter is open, causing motion blur in your photo.

如果快门速度较慢，则快门打开时，您或您的拍摄对象很可能会移动，从而导致照片出现运动模糊。

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I watch the green lines of crops, the white-skinned eucalyptus trees, the solitary oaks move past in slow motion.

我看到整齐的绿色田野，长着白树皮的桉树，一棵棵独生的橡树，在眼前缓慢的移动。

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British troops are tightening the ring around Basra in a slow move into the city.

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Moves by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to introduce a U.S. dollar-clearing system in stages this year suggest a possible slow move toward at least partial dollarization.

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As is usual for our bureaucracy, we are slow to move until something very bad happens.

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