The sample consisted of pebbles of hardened sediment that had once been soft, deep-sea mud, as well as granules of gypsum and fragments of volcanic rock.

这一样本包括曾经柔软的的硬化沉积物的卵石、深海淤泥以及石膏颗粒和火山岩碎片。

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Once, in Toledo, Ohio, as we left the field after playing the anthem for the Mud Hens, an umpire approached us.

有一次，当我们在俄亥俄州托莱多为沼泽鸟对演奏完国歌离开后，一位裁判走了过来。

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The Frogs gasped as they dived once more into the mud. But this time Jupiter would not listen.

青蛙们喘着气，又钻到了泥土里。可是，这一次，丘比特不再理会他们了。

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If the new effort fails, the conference will fall apart, the Europeans will get the satisfaction of once more denouncing the mud-stupidity of Bush, and no resolution will be passed.

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Network Rail said once engineers had removed the mud, rubble and debris and made the line safe, trains would resume at a reduced speed.

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Survivors trudging wearily through the mud and rubble along what had once been a pretty beach-front, many having lost not only their belongings but their families too, complained bitterly that the president had been more concerned with getting out the vote than with saving lives.

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