The sun shone down on deserts.
太阳照射在沙漠上。
The harsh conditions in deserts are intolerable for most plants and animals.
沙漠中的恶劣条件对大多数植物和动物来说是无法忍受的。
By contrast, deserts and areas covered by ice and snow, these places have high albedos.
相比之下，沙漠和冰雪覆盖的地区，反照率很高。
Finally they returned yet again to the land as tortoises, some of which now live in the driest of deserts.
最终，它们再一次回到陆地，进化成为陆龟，其中的一些现在生活在非常干旱的沙漠中。
Consider the many geographic features of the country: mountains, steep grades, wetlands, rivers, deserts and plains.
想想这个国家的众多地理特征：山脉、陡坡、湿地、河流、沙漠和平原。
A similar strategy—accelerated development combined with a resting stage—has also allowed amphibians to inhabit deserts.
一个类似的策略——加速发展与休息阶段相结合——也使两栖动物得以栖息在沙漠中。
The nature of plant life in deserts is also highly dependent on the fact that they have to adapt to the prevailing aridity.
沙漠中的植物的性质也高度取决于这样一个事实，即它们必须适应普遍的干旱。
On these and similar formations in deserts around the world, a few fierce plants have adapted to endure under ever-changing conditions.
在世界各地的沙漠中，这些和类似的岩层里，一些顽强的植物已经适应了在不断变化的条件下继续生存。
In the rusty red deserts of South Africa, steep-sided rocky hills called inselbergs rear up from the plains like the bones of the earth.
在南非铁锈般红色的沙漠中，被称为岛山的陡峭岩石山丘从平原上拔地而起，就像大地之骨。
The deserts, which already occupy approximately a fourth of the Earth's land surface, have in recent decades been increasing at an alarming pace.
沙漠已经占据了大约四分之一的地球表面积，近几十年来还在一直以惊人的速度增加。
This marsupial inhabits the deserts of central Australia where the onset of rains and the resulting sudden growth of vegetation are extremely unpredictable.
这种有袋类动物生活在澳大利亚中部的沙漠中，那里的降雨和植被的突然生长是极其不可预测的。
The semiarid lands bordering the deserts exist in a delicate ecological balance and are limited in their potential to adjust to increased environmental pressures.
沙漠边缘的半干旱土地处于非常脆弱的生态平衡之中，而这些半干旱区域对于持续增加的环境压力的适应能力极其有限。
We fear the breakdown of the electric grid, the end of non-renewable resources, the expansion of deserts, the loss of islands, and the pollution of our air and water.
我们担心电网会崩溃、不可再生资源会枯竭、沙漠会扩张、岛屿会消失、空气和水会受到污染。
Though its villain also receives his rightful deserts, the thriller presents a less comfortable and credible world.
虽然反派也得到了应有的惩罚，但这部惊悚片呈现了一个不那么舒适可信的世界。
At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.
在书的结尾，这孩子的真实身份被揭开了，那些坏人也受到了应有的惩罚。
Some deserts are sandy and stony.
有些沙漠是沙质和石质的。
At night, deserts can become very cold.
到了晚上，沙漠会变得非常冷。
The wind can change the shape of the deserts.
风可以改变沙漠的形状。
That is good because few plants grow in deserts.
这很好，因为很少有植物生长在沙漠中。
He crossed some large deserts. The journey took almost three years.
他穿过了一些大沙漠。这段旅程花了将近三年的时间。
Concentrated solar power in the world's deserts.
沙漠中的集中式太阳能发电。
Over 11 years, he traveled across deserts and mountains.
在这11年间，他穿过沙漠，翻越高山。
Sandstorms slowed riders crossing the long, dry deserts.
沙尘暴也会减慢骑士们穿越漫长干旱的沙漠的速度。
Some of our wise men turned to the contemplation of deserts.
我们的一些聪明人转而思考沙漠。
Earth's deserts, for example, have analogues on dry, dusty Mars.
比如，地球上的沙漠就类似火星上干燥多尘的环境。
But the prevalence of food deserts is almost certainly overstated.
但是食物沙漠的普及程度似乎夸大其辞了。
Polluted water can be cleaned; man-made deserts can bloom again.
被污染的水源可以被清洁；人类造成的荒漠可以再次生机盎然。
North Africa has a small population relative to the size of its deserts.
与其浩瀚的沙漠相比，北非的人口不多。
I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.
我梦见那广袤的沙漠、茂密的森林，还有那无际的荒野。
I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.
我梦见那广袤的沙漠、茂密的森林，还有那无际的荒野。
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