It's because of their long history of desert living where time is not the first thing to think about.

这是因为它们有在沙漠中生活的悠久历史，在那里时间并不是首先要考虑的事情。

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The spacecraft was sent up at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi desert at 7: 30 a.m. Beijing time Monday with a Long March-2F Y11 carrier rocket.

航天飞船于北京时间星期一上午7：30在中国西北部戈壁沙漠的酒泉卫星发射中心由长征二号FY11运载火箭搭载升空。

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They spring up quickly after rains, when the surface is moist. Then, for a brief time, the desert can be literally carpeted with color.

当雨后地表还潮湿时它们就迅速发芽，然后在一个短时间里，给沙漠铺上绿色地毯。

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"The bus went into the middle of the desert and at a certain moment the call to prayer came just lilting through the desert - first time I've ever heard it - and then the bus stopped and all of those colorful people got off the bus."

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One thirteenth-century Egyptian papyrus describes Egypt's tight control of her border areas, and another reports some Egyptian officials pursuing some runaway slaves Obviously this happened from time to time, escaping into the desert.

一张十三世纪的纸莎草纸上描述了,埃及对它边境地区的严格控制，还有一张记录埃及官员追逐逃跑的奴隶,这显然时常发生，逃往沙漠。

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We've a harvest holiday called Sukkot, where we actually sit outside, in this open structures that have natural coverings, branches, often where you can see the stars as a reminder of the time when the Israelites wandering in the desert, after they were released from slavery in Egypt.

我们会过一个收获的节日，叫做结茅节，那时，我们坐在外面，在自然的开阔天地,树枝是我们的屋顶,满天星斗让我们想起,以色列人摆脱了埃及人的奴役，在沙漠中流浪的岁月。

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The milk is not easily obtainable in the UK and judging by its full-on taste, we're not likely to be seeing Britain's bovine stocks replaced with these desert-loving creatures any time soon.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | Milk: One hump or two?

Pusateri and the Soffers are among several casino bosses waiting for Wynn to unveil his plans--which he's expected to do in October around the time the old Desert Inn is demolished.

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This time the Nevada desert will not be big enough, so the attempt will take place over an even larger expanse of flat ground at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape in South Africa, perhaps next year.

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