And as long as anyone can remember, those stones were about as valuable as a pile of river rocks. These days, Khotan is mad about jade.

那时，这些石头的价格大概就只相当于一堆鹅卵石而已，而今，和田在为玉石疯狂。

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After Xenna and I found river rocks in what looked like landslide deposits, we took our University of Washington colleague to see these strange rocks.

在我和克什那发现看起来象滑坡沉淀的河流岩石之后，我们带我们华盛顿大学的同事去看这些奇怪的岩石。

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In short, brewmasters carmelize wort on white hot river rocks, ferment it with German Weizen yeast, then toss on Finnish berries and a blend of spices to jazz up this rye-based beverage.

简而言之, 啤酒酿造师在温泉里的岩石上烘焙麦芽糖, 用德国小麦酵母使其发酵, 然后把芬兰浆果类和混合香精放在一起调制使这些黑麦饮料活性化.

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Zion National Park is an area of huge rocks that were cut through by a river.

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On either side of the path are what look like river beds of big rocks.

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Lake sturgeon, he said, once populated the river thanks to rocks and boulders that created spots to lay eggs in well-oxygenated water that was safe from other predators.

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We scrambled on and found ourselves on flat rocks at the place where the small river through the forest disappeared over the edge.

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The director, Curtis Hanson ("The River Wild, " "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"), has done his film noir homework, yet his movie feels bright and new, as if he's piercing those long-ago Los Angeles nights with halogen headlights.

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