Yet over 60% of all the rain and snow that hits the ground cannot be captured because it evaporates from the soil or transpires through plants.

而且落到地面的雨水和雪水中有60%在人们能够采集利用之前就通过土壤和植物散失掉了。

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Another shows the streaks of green flashes dropping to earth like rain with a meteorite soaring through the middle of it - all while a shimmering lake is illuminated by the colourful display.

另外一张照片里，一条一条的绿色光束像下雨般跌落大地，一道流星恰好从中穿过——此刻地上的湖面正被五彩的极光照得通明。

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Pale and shaking, Ned quickly turned to check if Susan was all right. When she nodded, Ned relaxed and looked through the rain soaked windows.

内德脸色苍白，摇摇晃晃地转去查看苏珊是否安然无恙。当发现她无恙时，内德松了口气，向被雨水浸透的车窗外看去。

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Just before the 10-minute mark the forecast rain began to fall but England soon opened the scoring through the boot of Wilkinson after All Blacks captain Richie McCaw infringed at a ruck.

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More impressive is the cause that has propelled her all these miles through heat and rain and over mountains.

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The trouble is that, though the farmers got through the drought all right, the environment did not, certainly not in the southern part of the basin where so little rain fell.

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