People have planted a great many trees in order to hold back wind and sand in the desert.

为了阻挡沙漠中的风沙，人们种了很多树。

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When I came up sputtering, Jim smiled approvingly and we swam a few strokes to the beach, lay on the hot sand for awhile, and then swam back across the pool to do it again.

当我奋力跳入潭中后，吉姆赞许地冲我微笑，我们划了几下水游到了沙滩上，在热沙子上躺了一会儿，然后游回对岸，再把这种活动做一遍。

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Though just an ordinary white towel at first glance, when turned over it has a photo of sand printed on the back that will camouflages and protects your valuables when you go swimming.

虽然第一眼看上去，它只是个普通的白色毛巾，但在另一面印上了沙子的图案。 这样，你去游泳时，把值钱的东西盖在毛巾下，就能有效伪装，保护你的财产。

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He himself would leave no more than a heap of bones on a beach somewhere, crumbling back into sand.

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Behind us, sand sweeps back toward the ocean.

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