A huge volume of water heads back to sea at Skookumchuck Narrows — some 200 billion gallons on a 10-foot tide.

在斯库坎查克海峡（Skookumchuck Narrows），滔滔河水流入大海——大约相当于2000亿加仑的水，浪头有十英尺高。

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Once the price gap narrows, the imports will fall back.

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Instead of bulging at one end when squeezed at the other, cork distributes the load and so narrows across its length which is why a cork is easy to push back into a bottle.

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