The Sierra Leone-flagged dry cargo vessel New Star began to sink in the Sea of Japan near Russia's far-eastern port of Nakhodka on Sunday morning, the report said.

报道称，塞拉利昂“新星”号货船在濒临日本海的俄罗斯纳霍德卡港附近沉没。

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About 90% of the plastic in the sea has been carried there by wind or water from land. It takes decades to decompose or sink.

海里大约90%的塑料由风或水从陆地带来，它们分解或下沉需要几十年的时间。

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They keep the oil away from shore - but the cost is paid in clogged wads of crude that sink to the sea floor.

它们将原油拦在海岸之外，但代价却是一团团的原油沉到海床上。

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You have a wind that blasts from God's nostrils, the waters stand straight like a wall, and at a second blast, the sea then covers the Egyptians, and they sink like a stone in the majestic waters.

从上帝的鼻孔里吹出来一阵狂风,水墙骤起，第二阵狂风吹起,海水淹没了埃及士兵，他们就像石头一样沉入水底。

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To the east of Bethlehem, chalky hills sink below sea level towards the Dead Sea and the ancient city of Jericho, immortalized in the Bible for its walls that tumbled under the blasts of trumpets (Joshua 6:20).

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Once a storm caused two ships to sink in the same area and all on board were lost at sea, save one from each ship, who survived only because they swam to a nearby island.

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In that sea of startups, some will undoubtedly sink but many more will swim and the ones that do find dry land will want to begin establishing a rapport, and eventually a partnership, with other like-minded businesses in their industry.

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