"Avoiding the forest floor only also makes sense if the loss of a worker represents a significant decrease in the colony to collect a resource," Munk explained.

“避免森林地面也不无道理，因为如果失去一个工作者，将明显降低蚁群收集的资源。”蒙克解释。

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By the time she was level with the 2nd Floor—and only 30ft from the ground—he grabbed her.

在她到达二楼的时候——离地面只有30英尺的时候——他抓住了她。

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In a New York Times article, Sam Boakye—the only black student on his freshman year floor—said that "if you're surrounded by whites, you have something to prove."

在《纽约时报》的一篇文章中，一年级唯一的黑人学生山姆·博阿凯说：“如果你周围都是白人，你就会想要做点事情来证明自己。”

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"Coral reefs only make up about one tenth of one percent of the ocean floor."

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You feel heavy and it reads more because the poor spring not only has to support you from falling through the floor, but also accelerate you counter to what gravity wants to do.

你感到自己变重以及读数增加,因为现在弹簧不仅要支撑你,不让你掉下来,还要抵消重力的作用让你加速

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Inventory arrives on the factory floor only as and when it is needed.

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Pre-programmed cleaning cycles allow consumers to choose between floor-only cleaning or floor, wall and waterline cleaning, a necessary chore that many pool owners just don't want to do manually.

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If I were to return, I would ask for the least expensive second-floor room, only because I could hear the footsteps above mine.

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