Death valley is this desert plain, a dry lake bed in California surrounded by mountains and on the desert floor these huge rocks, some of them hundreds of pounds.

死亡谷是一片沙漠平原，是加利福尼亚的一个干涸的湖床，四周群山环绕，在沙漠的地面上有巨大的岩石，有些重达数百磅。

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Six years after her Jim's death she had entered a "dry and blank space" where she seemed to need to do something, but couldn't tell what.

她的(老公)吉姆离世六年后，她的心境可以用“干涸与空洞”来形容。她想她似乎需要做些什么，可她也不知道要做什么。

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Side effects mostly involved nuisances like dry mouth and thirst, and no extra risk of death or kidney problems was seen - the main things doctors were worried about.

常见副作用如口干和口渴，但未见医生最为担心的额外死亡风险或肾脏问题。

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Kollie says news of Jackson's death spread like a dry brush fire.

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For example, scientists investigate the hyper-dry environments found in Antarctica (but there is still a lot of water, compared with Mars) or Death Valley (dry enough, but much hotter than Mars).

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And even though everyone was far more at the effect of natural forces (a couple of dry years, or a run of the black death, and it was all over), there was still a fairly direct correlation between working hard and doing well.

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Down the road from the park visitor center at Furnace Creek is Death Valley Elementary school, a flat-roofed building beside a dry streambed, which blends easily into the gray-brown landscape.

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