For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

That creates all sorts of social consequences that we'll talk about sustainability, with shipping water long distances, all the plastic involved, people's distrust of public water systems that's unfounded, and things like that are very interesting and have big public health consequences.

这就产生了很多社会问题,比如我们将要谈到的饮水污染问题,饮用水在长途运输的过程中,会受到各种塑料污染,还有人们对公用自来水系统,毫无理由地不信任,类似这些现象都很有趣,而且会导致重大的公共健康后果

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

All the land between the water on the left side and a long, long way has been reclaimed from the sea.

天水之间广袤的大地在你左边,公路在填海而形成的土地上无限延伸

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The rain harvesting systems mean that a family member no longer has to walk long distances to get water.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

I've been teaching long enough to know that doing derivations in class is equivalent to pouring ice water on the proceedings, so I do this sparingly.

我已经教了这么长时间书,所以我知道在课堂上讲推导,就好像泼冰水一样，所以我在讲这个的时候很小心。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Scientists have long believed that Earth's satellite lacks the ability to hold water near its surface because it has no atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

But they spent a lot of time, energy, and money on being sure that they would have a supply of water to hold them for a long siege.

他们花费了大量的时间,精力,和金钱来确保,在长期的围城中他们可以获得足够的水源

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The students were then asked to hold their hand in cold water for as long as they could.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

The systems are especially useful for those who are too sick to go a long way for water.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

When the flowers came, Paul put them in water and then he took a long,hot bath.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

This allows the water to stay warm for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

I had to walk a long way for the water.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Lake Champlain is a long, narrow body of water.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Osman says long-term residents like her were already struggling to find enough food and water for thousands of recent arrivals from Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

There are few neighbors and the distances to the water well,to the clinic, to the school are long.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

This 17-year-old boy says he spends long days carrying water back to his family's home.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

Water in the Okefenokee is dark, like tea that has steeped a long time.

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

"Basically,it's an underwater balloon. You've got two parts to it: You've got the balloon here - which is this long cylindrical object - and that's filled with a lighter-than-water substance, which is aviation gasoline."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Galmudug regional government Minister of Planning Omar Mohamud warns that not implementing a long-term solution to the water problem will fuel the vicious cycle of droughts, hunger,and violence and keep the Somali people in the iron grip of poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06