A lot of rich land has changed into desert, leaving only sand.

许多肥沃的土地已经变成了沙漠，留下的仅是黄沙。

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For the Tuareg and Wodaabe nomads of the Sahara desert it is a fleeting chance to enjoy the pleasures of communal living before leaving with their herds.

对Tuareg和Wodaabe这些撒哈拉沙漠的游牧民族来说，这种赛会是他们和牧群离开前享受公共生活的快乐的一个短暂时机。

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In the Grand Canyon State, every license plate reminded us that water changes the face of the land, splitting open rock desert like a peach, leaving mile-deep gashes of infinite hue.

这个大峡谷之州每一个车牌照都提醒我们：水改变了世界面貌，像使桃子开裂一样水劈开了石漠，留下了若干个色彩各异的数英里深的裂缝。

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This means the Israelites will have to wander for 40 years in the desert until all of those who left Egypt as adults pass away, leaving a new generation that hasn't really tasted slavery, to enter the land and form a new nation.

这意味着，犹太人必须在沙漠中流浪40年,直到所有一起出埃及的人过世，留下没有做过奴隶的，新一代人，进入应许之地，建立一个新的国家。

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These are some of the other things that go sailing through my head as I strain to keep the car between the lines: Leaving the desert on a clear day.

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But upon returning from a 24-mile run in the desert, he found that it had been stolen, leaving him stranded.

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