A new plant will spring up wherever a seed falls on a suitable soil surface, but because they do not build big bodies, they cannot compete with other plants for space, water, or sunlight.

当种子落在合适的土壤表面时，一株新的植物就会在那里生长，但由于它们体型不大，它们无法与其他植物竞争空间、水分或阳光。

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When it is short of water, a plant, which normally USES evaporation as a means of cooling, cannot rid itself of the heat it absorbs from sunlight or the heat that may build up from its own metabolism.

在缺乏水分时，(植物)一般用蒸发作为降温的手段。一株植物无法消除它从阳光中所吸收的热量，或是无法消除它在新陈代谢过程中积累起来的热量。

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First, anyone who wants to build a nuclear facility must get the state utility regulator to verify the need up to a decade ahead of when the plant may be needed.

首先，有意建造核电站的申请人可能需要提前十年的时间找到州协调员对建设的必要性进行验证。

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James Stoppert, president of Cargill Dow Polymers, is hoping to build a polylactide plant that will start up in 2002 and produce 135, 000 tonnes a year for the textile and food-packaging markets.

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James Stoppert, president of Cargill Dow Polymers, is hoping to build a polylactide plant that will start up in 2002 and produce 300 million pounds a year for the textile and food-packaging markets.

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It also said it wanted to build a manufacturing plant in Scotland, creating up to 500 direct jobs and 1, 000 supply-side jobs.

BBC: Glasgow & West Scotland