For example, lightning can create tubes of glass when it strikes sand that has the right combination of minerals.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

and the rain is coming down, the lightning hits and there's thunder.

大雨倾盆，电闪雷鸣。

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And lightning strikes again and the lights go out.

突然一道闪电打下来，灯全都灭了。

I'm afraid of 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Shangaan street dancers move their feet as fast as lightning and shake their bodies to the music's beat.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

Thirty-six seconds after lift-off, lightning hit the huge Saturn Five rocket.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

(ALL CHEERING AND LAUGHING) Everyday we're going all the way Everyday, everyday, everydaywe're going all the way Tonight! Lightning Strikes!

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He smiles at the television cameras, sticks out his tongue with antic poses and hand gestures, strikes his "lightning bolt" pose, and tells reporters that he is on his way "to being a legend."

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"The operation Lightning Thunder was launched, and to date we have no inkling from Kony or the LRA that they are willing to talk, or that they are cornered, or that they are under pressure."

VOA: standard.2009.08.27