"This looks half dead most of the time, perhaps with just one branch that appears to be alive," says Sussman. "it shuts down all its non-essential processes."

“这种树大部分时间看起来都是半死不活的，有时仅仅是一个枝条表明这树还活着”萨斯曼说：“它是停止了所有不必要的生命活动。”

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If the Jordan River is saved, they say, then the Dead Sea could also be brought back to life. The Dead Sea lost thirty-three percent of its surface area during the last half-century.

他们说，如果保护了约旦河，那么也可能会给死海带回生机，在过去半个世纪，死海的表面积已减少33%。

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The flags at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, were to be flown at half-mast in honour of the dead, he added.

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However, on both occasions when it looked like the tourists would be walked over and left for dead - they always came storming back in the second half to deny any major thumping.

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