These lines are deeply carved into a flat, stony plain, and form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such as birds, a monkey, and a lizard.

这些线条被深深地雕刻在平坦的石质平原上，形成了大约300幅复杂的动物画，如鸟、猴子和蜥蜴。

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Now, while the rest of the group walked up a gully scanning for fossils, Berhane Asfaw and I headed down onto the flat plain to the spot where the skull had been found.

当小组中的其他人走入一条岩沟寻找化石时，我和博哈恩·阿斯范则下到那块平坦的平原之上，想探寻一下发现颅骨的地方。

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As the train glided through the flat coastal plain of western Japan, I chewed a snack of dried, vinegary octopus and watched the perfectly rectangular paddy fields pass by in precise rows.

火车在日本西部沿海平原上行驶，我嘴里嚼着醋渍墨鱼干，观赏着车窗外掠过一片片整整齐齐的长方形稻田。

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Some were popular, some struck a nerve, and others just plain fell flat!

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Beneath it, stretching all the way to the feet of Ubirr, lies a huge and perfectly flat, lettuce-green flood plain, through which the lazy curves of the East Alligator River meander.

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What this all means translated into plain English is that Obama and the Democrats are flat out opposed to any spending cuts (outside of national defense, which they think only warmongers are for).

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