Traditionally structures have been protected by the use of air terminals (Franklin Lightning Rods) and a network of downconductors connecting to an integrated grounding system.

传统上，我们使用一根置于空气中的金属终端【富兰克林避雷针】和一条与集成的接地装置连在一起的下导线路来保护建筑物。

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Lightning flashed through the air.

闪电掠过长空。

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The Mother Birch had hardly spoken these words than a terrible, deafening crack shook the air, and a sharp, hot tongue of lightning landed right on her trunk.

她的话音刚落，空中响起了剧烈的、可怕的响声，闪电的火舌正中她的树干。

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Such storms produce lightning and rain, but dry air will suck up most of the precipitation before it hits the ground.

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But while of particular interest to the electrical storm specialists at Cardiff University, lightning is just one of the many extreme weather phenomena encountered by planes when in the air.

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