The older kind of submarine used in World War Two could stay under water for only about forty-eight hours.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

This is, you see, also on 2 at the beginning here: I went to the cold-water flat with the boys and Dean came to the door in his shorts.

你们看，这也是在第二页的开始：,我和男孩们去了冷水公寓,安穿着短裤来到门口。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

That matrix has properties that vary in different locations in the body, but basically it's a highly hydrated or water-rich gel.

这种基质的性质,随其所在身体部位的不同而不同,但基本是高度水合的,即富含水的凝胶

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are effective in supplying water, especially during the long dry season.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

It involves a stone, a piece of lapis lazuli that has a kind of a flaw in it, which is like a "water-course," and where one can imagine a pilgrim climbing toward increased enlightenment.

提到了一块石头,一块有瑕疵的青金石，就像河道“,我们可以想象,一个朝圣者慢慢靠近神启。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

In many areas of fast-flowing water, a boat could be turned over by a wave as high as a house.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

And the triple point of water is 16K that temperature and pressure - there's a unique temperature and pressure where water exists in equilibrium between the liquid phase, the vapor phase, and the solid phase.

与水的三相点,我们定义它为273。,水的三相点,是一个特定的温度和压强,可以使水的液态，气态和固态三相共同达到平衡，三相点是液态。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

They observed that for every molecule of carbon dioxide taken in by the plants, they lost forty-four percent less water.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

And if that's the case, why in the world would--can we justify all that shipping, all the excess energy to taste, to ship water in from France, rather then just buying something local or drinking water out of the tap?

既然如此,为什么还会有世界范围的进出口呢,为什么还要浪费能源,从法国进口呢,而不是买当地的品牌,或是直接喝水龙头里的水呢

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

And,all cooking in the kitchen is done with only two hot water boilers for pasta and a wood-burning oven.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

A piece of Jell-o has probably 99% water in it, but it has a shape.

一块果冻里可能99%都是水,但它有固定形状

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Project organizers hope to re-create wetlands in Picayune Strand and nearby lands by redirecting the flow of water in that area.

VOA: special.2010.09.21

The group has simpler ideas -- like reducing water use at schools and other buildings in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

I put Helen's hand under the cool water and formed the word w-a-t-e-r in her other hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Now,he is trying to help people grow trees and plants in the desert -- and save water.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

In the western United States, mountain snow provides up to seventy-five percent of all surface water supplies.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

About seventy-six centimeters of dry snow equals the water in two and one-half centimeters of rain.

VOA: special.2011.01.11

Scientists say plants lose ninety-five percent of the water they take in through these pores.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

These Taos Indians live in the ancient adobe rooms as their ancestors did centuries ago -- without any running water or electric power for lights.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Natural micro-organisms in the water helped eat the oil and clean up the spill.

VOA: special.2011.04.23

And people active in water-sports like to dive and row boats in kelp forests.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Agriculture uses about eighty percent of the water in the Asia-Pacific area.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Malaria,diarrhea,and typhoid- water-related diseases that are not fatal in First World countries- cause half of the child deaths in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Bobo Simbo stands thigh-high in a pool of orange water, sifting the mud for traces of gold dust.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

This water pump -- called the Super Money Maker -- is designed to make a big difference in the lives of rural Africans.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

We have strengthened our investment in our most precious resources - the air we breathe, the water we drink, the parks and public spaces we enjoy."

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

So the water in this protected National Wildlife Refuge keeps moving - slowly,very slowly.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

In a neighborhood in northern Port-au-Prince the line for clean water was long.

VOA: standard.2010.01.26

As state television cameras chronicled his exploits for the Tuesday evening news, he co-piloted an amphibious firefighting plane, taking on water from a river and dumping it on burning fires in the Ryazan Region.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

"Darfur also provides the unique opportunity for donors and development program managers to deal with some of the most pressing global issues - like globalization,desertification, water management and climate change - in a holistic way and manner."

VOA: standard.2010.03.21